Originally Posted by
jerseyfinn
Safetymom is absolutely right about those Bose headphones. They're the best money ever spent, both for MP3 music, or simply for canceling out 90% of the cabin noise. I got mine after returning from a MAD flight in which some clowns spent the whole night talking ( and ear plugs didn't come close to handling their chatter).
Funny, I don't see my Bose QC2's cancelling out voices well at all. The music can of course cover up the noise, but the cancelling part seems only to work on the background sounds of the plane. In fact, without music playing I think I can hear voices better since they are isolated from the background.