http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/ Engadget Comments for Video: Sony's MDR-NC300D noise-canceling canal earbuds http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/
Sarcasm-- Just one of the many services we offer here at Engadget.]]>Jun 17th 2009 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 17th 2009 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 17th 2009 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 17th 2009 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 17th 2009 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 18th 2009 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/ok they kost about 400 dollar more .. but once you have them a couple of days later you WILL
get hit by a bus you didn't hear :D]]>Jun 17th 2009 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/
But the Sonys probably still won't block out bone conducted noise. That means you actually need to crank the volume even more than normal headphones when doing something as benign as eating.]]>Jun 17th 2009 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 17th 2009 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/
Review: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1306657,00.asp]]>Jun 17th 2009 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/"Worlds first DIGITAL noise canceling canal earphones."

The keyword is digital.]]>Jun 17th 2009 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 17th 2009 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Isn't is a 36dB reduction? ]]>Jun 17th 2009 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/
But I don't know whether to apply a square or not, when "98.4%" are given (which is 1.6%/100%)]]>Jun 17th 2009 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/
-6dB = 50% of original signal intensity
-12dB = 25% of original signal intensity
-18dB = 12.5% of...
-24dB = 6.25%
-30dB = 3.13%
-36dB = 1.56%

(100% of original signal) - (1.56% remaining signal) = 98.4% of signal removed

So I'm pretty sure the answer is -36dB]]>Jun 17th 2009 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/
-6db only equates to a halving of a voltage or current.

-3dB equates to a halving of power. ]]>Jun 17th 2009 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 17th 2009 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 17th 2009 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/]]>Jun 17th 2009 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 17th 2009 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 17th 2009 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 17th 2009 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 17th 2009 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 17th 2009 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 17th 2009 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/
moar twitts fastar.....


w00t!!

]]>Jun 17th 2009 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 17th 2009 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 17th 2009 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/$10 earbuds = 13" black-and-white CRT tv.
$50-100 headphones = average LCD tv with digital signal
$300 headphones = those fancy, high-end LCD tvs that offer some amazing specs to go along with amazing pricetags.

There are diminishing returns on headphones. The really expensive stuff is typically better than the moderately priced stuff, but the moderately priced stuff typically is a LOT better than the cheap stuff. The problem with your $10 buds is that they're so bad that you don't even realize that you're missing a lot of the sound.]]>Jun 17th 2009 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/
I wish I could find the article, but a study was done a few years ago on the rise of young people (35 and younger) and how they are exhibiting early signs of hearing loss. The study attributed this to listening to portable mp3 players too loud when walking outside to mask ambient noise.]]>Jun 17th 2009 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/
I really can't imagine any digital benefits would outweigh the signal degradation that would result in that many conversions.]]>Jun 17th 2009 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 17th 2009 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 17th 2009 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 17th 2009 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/ ]]>Jun 17th 2009 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Or else:

The Sun
"Sony accused of plans to kill off all [CENSORED] by generating more traffic "accidents".]]>Jun 17th 2009 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 17th 2009 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 17th 2009 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 17th 2009 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 17th 2009 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/]]>Jun 17th 2009 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/
lol]]>Jun 17th 2009 10:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 17th 2009 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 17th 2009 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 17th 2009 10:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/Jun 18th 2009 2:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/
Of course these ones only do 94% (or 84%?) from memory... and it seems to be the people with the most annoying voices on the train managed to squeeze into the missing percentage points somehow.]]>Jun 18th 2009 4:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/video-sonys-mdr-nc300d-noise-canceling-canal-earbuds/
I don't think so.]]>Jun 18th 2009 8:13AM