Originally Posted by
Nitehawk
I think that one of the 3 prongs probably provides power for the noise cancelling function.
Nah, I wore the 3-prongs on some SQ and BR flights last week and they did not do any noise reduction. What annoyed me was bringing along my QC15s with 2- and 1-prong plugs, then having nowhere to plug them in as the airlines were all 3-prong.