Originally Posted by
nmenaker
just to be clear, in ear canal is noise blocking/reducing whereas OVER the ear can be true noise CANCELING.
Although, someone makes a true in ear noise CANCELING headphone, I think it is like 750$?
Why would you need cancelling in an in-ear unit? I guarantee the Etymotic and Shure models will eliminate much more noise than the on-ear or even over ear noise-cancelling models.