Hey Mr. Reviewer -- you missed the point. These are sound isolation headphones. (understandably -- their website is as confusing as their name.) They have a closed back and a silicon rubber earpiece to accousstically isolate the ear canal. As far as I know this was started by Sony a few years back with their "Nude" series. Now it seems everyone in Akihabara has a copy. Is this type available in USA yet? The Sony ones work great. I travel a lot and they are way better than the Bose active isolation headphones. -jcp-
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Hey Mr. Reviewer -- you missed the point. These are sound isolation headphones. (understandably -- their website is as confusing as their name.) They have a closed back and a silicon rubber earpiece to accousstically isolate the ear canal. As far as I know this was started by Sony a few years back with their "Nude" series. Now it seems everyone in Akihabara has a copy. Is this type available in USA yet? The Sony ones work great. I travel a lot and they are way better than the Bose active isolation headphones.
-jcp-