Color:Black Media:Electronics Autographed:No Memorabilia:No Number Of Items:1 Batteries Included:No Shipping Weight (lbs):1 Dimensions (in):7 x 3.8 x 3 Building on the success of the award-winning ATH-ANC7, Audio-Technica's ATH-ANC3 QuietPoint Active Noise-Cancelling In-Ear Headphones reduce distracting background noise by 85% while offering the superior sound that makes Audio-Technica a world-leading pro audio company. Engineered to create a comfortable listening environment in areas with high ambient noise, these in-ear headphones feature a miniature microphone in each earpiece that picks up ambient noise (such as traffic, air-handling system Warranty:1 Year
Noise Cancel EarphonesOctober 27, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Excellent transaction. Product and service as promised. The earphones work remarkably well on a plane and I have worn them for 5 hours with little to no discomfort.
Very good, but...October 14, 2008 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I do most of my work in a noisy computer sever room. I purchased these to help block out some of the noise of the very loud air handler while still being able to listen to my Mp3 player. Was looking at the big brother ANC7's but thought these might be easier to stick in my backpack. Well, these little gems do just that, and do a very good job at it. As soon as I put them on and turned the Active noise cancellation on, pooof....The AC noise just about vanished...Ahhh sweet silence. until I started to move around. You can hear every bump and scrape on the cables. The cables are poorly insulated. I even tried them while mowing the lawn and they are much better than earplugs. They are comfortable and come with a battery, extension cable, Airplane adapter and a nice little case. I would definitely recommend them. Only reason I do not give them a 5 star rating is the poor cable insulation. All that said they are well worth the price.
Excellent noise isolation and cancelling - especially for bass response and clarityOctober 12, 2008 5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought these to use with my faithful iPod which is full of music extending from:
* House, Electro, Techno (minus, Trapez, Traum Records etc), requiring a decent and tight bass response and good crisp uppers for all those 808/909 kicks and bass lines and tight hi hats * Classical to new and old Heavy Metal (Gustav Mahler to Iron Maiden :) * Indie/rock/acoustic (e.g. The Eels, 1980's Ska bands, Punk) * Abstract electronics (Venetian Snares, Luke Vibert, AFX, Mr 76 etc - lots of Warp records stuff)
I'm also a DJ and musician, so have experience with a wide variety of listening conditions, studio monitors, studio headphones, and my faithful Sony MDR-V700 cans when mixing vinyl techno/house. I'm also VERY careful with my ears and use custom fitted earpieces for sound management at gigs and shows.
I travel quite extensively so what I wanted was:
1. Earphones that are comfortable 2. Excellent noise suppression - block general noise - people coughing, babies crying, annoying people chatting whilst standing near your seat on the plane etc. 3. Excellent noise cancellation 4. Excellent dynamic range given the spectrum of my listening library 5. Not over the top pricing 6. Good enough to not need extra amplifier to get a decent dynamic range (like some of my Koss Studio Headphones) 7. No fatigue both physical and due to the characteristics of the drivers - too 'brittle' a high end and its over after 30 minutes - think cheap JBL monitors crushing the mids and highs into a distorted mush. I can't stand that. Since noise canceling is an acoustic process, it was important that this didn't mush up my choons :) 8. Sturdiness - nothing worse than a cable getting snared and having to "tie" it to get a proper contact. Nooooo !
I've had quite a few different pairs of noise canceling phones in the past - the very early Philips over the ear ones (both two recent models which i was quite happy with) being the ones I'd settled on and used for about 5 years due to value and meeting most of the above. However, since one of my two pairs plastic broke - they were about 5 years old and used heavily, and I was not too happy about the need to drive them quite hard from my 80G 5G iPod to get a decent level which also meant that it introduced a bit of distortion - the iPod amp isnt actually that great by the way - I decided to look at some other options including Sennheiser top of the range, Bose QC range, the current Philips as well as Etymotic and Shure passive noise canceling. I was prepared to invest in something decent up to $400.
Anyhow, after much research and trying a few out my conclusions were:
* the Bose models were nice, but hugely over the top in price given their performance - especially whilst they did well in noise canceling, this appeared to be at the expense of phase alignment and actually changing the EQ spectrum quite vividly. Sounds were good but it sounded like a kind of flattening effect across the mids which for my music which in the main tends to be somewhat "V" in EQ was a bit odd sounding. I just felt given the price it should have been much better.
* Sennheiser - excellent all round but could not help feeling way too expensive (and a bit bulky)
* The Philips models were the same as my old ones - still perfectly serviceable but still a little lacking and needing driving a little hard - but can be had for pretty low dollars
* The Audio Technica just stood way above the rest on the price/sound quality/value/curve. The downsides are slight and similar to all the others anyhow: Yes, as with ANY noise canceling headphones since we are dealing with an acoustic process by which sound waves of any reasonable magnitude arriving at the earpiece in the range say up to 1500 Hz (aircraft engine noise, train noise, most conversations) are rapidly inverted and "played" into the earpiece at a level to actively cancel out anything arriving at your eardrum - more or less - there are bound to be acoustic artifacts and changes in EQ spectrum/Phase and so on.
However the AT's were much nicer in this regard. Couple this with the nice rubber noise isolation buds (use the largest you can to block noise and have them slot nicely into your ear canal), pressing the "NC on" button is pure bliss. One thing I did note- if you connect them to nothing and use them, you will "hear" the noise canceling process - but this is eliminated when the music is created or if you are in even a slightly noisy environment (e.g. bar, cafe, restaurant, shop).
So, I actually ended up buying both the in-ear buds listed here since they are so compact and hugely effective for creating my own silent or music filled world on trains and planes, as well as the AT over the ear ones - ATH ANC7's. The latter are very comfortable if a little compact over the ear and have excellent performance also - and nice cabling - removable cable and a nice case that also happens to fit my ipod inside too.
Paid $99 for the in ear via one of amazons sellers, and $127 for the over the ear ones. That's TWO pairs of really excellent headphones for less than the Bose or Sennheisers which were getting into la la land on price.
So, I can get close to my Studio and DJ can performance out of these and its made my ipod and other music listening experiences (eg. plane's movie system) really quite pleasurable. I can also use them to sleep on a noise plane or train - so effective you have to watch to make sure you don't miss announcements like your stops. If push came to shove, I reckon I could easily use the over the ears for a bit of impromptu DJ'ing if I had to - they are really great in this regard as they work perfectly without being powered - unlike some others. So, both be used when batteries are dead too.
Hope this helps - just a happy customer of these nice cans.
Mark
Unbelievable - better than Bose on-earOctober 8, 2008 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I had to write a review for these! They are incredible. I bought them before a trip to Europe from the US 2 weeks ago, and they were fantastic at reducing the noise of the plane. But the most incredible part was that when the AA stewardess brought around the Bose on-ear headsets in business class, I did a comparison and the AT's were significantly quieter than the Bose. Of course the over-ear Bose are even better so I suspect they would blow the AT's away. Still, a product this good and this compact is well worth $100. And the case has room for your MP3 player if it's flash, so everything travels in one case, which is awesome. I travel a lot, and wish I'd discovered these babies a long time ago.
Great product; BUT can not be used with computerSeptember 25, 2008 5 out of 5 found this review helpful
They do an excellent job cancelling noise. Audio quality seemed great to me. I have used them on very long flights, walking on busy streets, working on noisy offices. They were able to cancel noise from crying babies, people snoring, people talking and laughing loudly. I loved them!
BUT when used with the computer, they make an awful constant buzz/crackling noise (with the noise-cancelling mode on, off and even without battery). AT technical support informed me that it is a common problem with high sensitivity (low impedance) headphones.
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