Originally Posted by civicmon
For these E2C's, how's the noise cancelling effects of them? Are they really worth the $70 or so I would be paying for them? I'm looking for a good set of earbuds to travel with as well and stumbled on this thread but I don't have $379 to spend on a nicer set.
Thanks.
Not noise cancelling, but noise isolating. The amount of isolation you'll get depends on the choice of tips you use. The foam tips will do the best at around -30dB. Rubber tips (clear or gray) wil be around -25dB.
For comparison, the QC2s and other noise-cancelling headphones are around -15-20dB...
Personally, I love my e3's.