Exec First Noise Cancelling Headphone Quality?

dakuda · Jan 17, 13, 8:25 pm

I have an upcoming trip in AC Exec First from YYZ-LHR. I have never flown AC before.

Are the noise cancelling headphones that the airline offers good enough for me to spare the hassle of bringing my own for the flight?

DutchSE · Jan 17, 13, 8:33 pm

No, they are junk

drumbo · Jan 17, 13, 8:34 pm

Better bring your own

hydrogen · Jan 17, 13, 8:35 pm

Bring your own. Who knows how many other ears have worn those headphones...

Dorian · Jan 17, 13, 8:40 pm

My girlfriend prefers them over carrying. I carry my own.

mendy7511 · Jan 17, 13, 8:45 pm

I don't usually have enough room, so I bring a pair of decent airbuds.
The built in ones are horrible and if you press then to your ear, they emit a high pitch whine which is really annoying.

dakuda · Jan 17, 13, 9:07 pm

This is kind of what I figured. I'm glad I asked. Thank you.

Looks like I am packing them.

Now I guess I can ask LH fliers if I should bring them in my carry-on or checked baggage for the return flight.

capebretonboy · Jan 17, 13, 9:16 pm

To me, they look like crap. If you can afford to fly J, you can afford to buy Bose. They are the best. I never travel without em.

RooFlyer · Jan 17, 13, 10:14 pm

I always take my own Bose 15, but usually I get soft crackling when plugged into the AC socket (J or Y). There is a thread explanation somewhere here, to do with the structure of the plug Vs receptor connection points.

Ditto LH when I last flew them.

capebretonboy - don't you get this?

If its a noisy item or movie on the IFE, it might be tolerable, but last flight I switched back to the AC head sets.

yuubah · Jan 17, 13, 10:16 pm

Bose is way too overpriced. You can buy much better quality headphones for the same price. A good audiophile forum is http://www.head-fi.org

Dorian · Jan 17, 13, 10:56 pm

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Originally Posted by yuubah

Bose is way too overpriced. You can buy much better quality headphones for the same price. A good audiophile forum is http://www.head-fi.org

Researched this extensively when my Bose failed.

Hands down winner were the Sony Digital over ear noise cancelling ones. No comparison to Panasonic, Bose, Beats....etc.

Dorian · Jan 17, 13, 10:58 pm

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Originally Posted by capebretonboy

To me, they look like crap. If you can afford to fly J, you can afford to buy Bose. They are the best. I never travel without em.

Maybe the best ones you own. Far from the best. I've had 3 pairs of Bose. One pair panasonic. One pair Nokia wireless. Sony Digital is the new kid on the block and they slam the others, especially Bose.

IluvSQ · Jan 18, 13, 2:24 am

The ones on board are not noise-cancelling, they are just regular head sets.
I bring my own Sony with me, a world of difference.

RunningWithScissors · Jan 18, 13, 2:57 am

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Originally Posted by hydrogen

Bring your own. Who knows how many other ears have worn those headphones...

They do include the thin, disposable foam ear-condoms which cuts the icky-factor in half.

But, as noted by many others, they sound so bad you want to bring your own anyways.

mountainboy · Jan 18, 13, 3:52 am

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Originally Posted by IluvSQ

The ones on board are not noise-cancelling, they are just regular head sets.

the AC J headsets are noise cancelling, but an older, dated technology. The high-pitched squealing when you put the two ear pieces together is an indication of feedback in the cancellation circuitry. Newer headsets can do a lot better than that.