Originally Posted by Teacher49
I, too, bought the QC2's earlier this year. They are good. But big and there is something better for both sound isolation and acoustical quality. And a far better value.
My QC2's are for sale now, no regrets.
The better,IMO, product is the Shure earphones. I have the E2c's ($99.00) and just got the E5c's ($499.00) I will return the E5c's - they are just not that much better. Purchased on the Shure web site, they can be returned within 30 days "no questions asked."
The E2c's DO block out conversations as well as engine rumble. I just retuned MXP -ZRH - DFW -SFO yesterday. Arrived rested and having enjoyed two movies and hours of music from the iPod as though I was sitting in my living room.
Best wishes,
Teacher49
A couple of days ago I just took my first flight with the Shure E3cs (which are priced slightly higher than the E2cs but still much lower than the E5cs), which cost me around $130 on sale at ECost.com. Anyway, it was a wonderful experience to insert the earphones and instantly remove about 80 to 90% of the ambient sound without even turning on my mp3 player. Then with the music turned on as you say, it was like being in one's living room and not on a plane. There could have been a screaming baby in the next row and it wouldn't have bothered me.
Only problem is you have to be good at lip reading and learn to control the volume of your own voice without the normal auditory feedback.
Any doubts I may have had about the purchase were erased by that first flight experience with the headphones. To me these in the ear canal ear buds were worth the hassle of learning how to properly insert them and getting used to wearing them.