{"id":306,"date":"2018-01-22T17:01:21","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T15:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theband.at\/?p=306"},"modified":"2018-01-22T17:01:21","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T15:01:21","slug":"in-search-for-the-perfect-headphone-noise-canceling-and-wireless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubidu.io\/?p=306","title":{"rendered":"In search for the perfect headphone &#8211; noise canceling and wireless"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I do a fair bit of travelling. I&#8217;d guess at about 80-100 days per year are spent in some mode of transportation. I don&#8217;t commute since I do freelance work, though.<\/p>\n<p>To allow a bit more concentration on journeys I started looking for a wireless (read Bluetooth) and noise cancelling headphone.<\/p>\n<p>The journey starts with <a href=\"https:\/\/ch.akg.com\/wireless\/N60NC+BT.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AKGs N60 NC wireless<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theband.at\/?attachment_id=307\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-307\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-307\" src=\"http:\/\/theband.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/n60nc-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dubidu.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/n60nc-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dubidu.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/n60nc-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dubidu.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/n60nc.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I got those as refurbished from Harman on EBay for 180\u20ac instead of 280\u20ac so this was a big plus.<\/p>\n<p>Straight out of the box, I liked the case, and the extremely compact size these could be folded to.<\/p>\n<p>I then switched them on, and down-pressed the on-off switch.<\/p>\n<p>Pairing with my iPhone 6s was a breeeze, just worked straight away.<\/p>\n<p>Noise Cancelling is pretty good. I tested them with some white noise, and some sine sweeps. There seems to be a hole in the NC around 3-5kHz. It still atenuates, but not as much as in the other frequencies. Probably on purpose to allow warnings and shouts to pass.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d guess the NC does about 30dB of reduction. It really works quite well without giving you a sucked in and hollow feeling on your ears.<\/p>\n<p>The comfort of these headphones is good, but not great. Its winter here but still I can feel my ears sweating below the leather. They&#8217;re pretty light and don&#8217;t clasp you head, but I wouldn&#8217;t want to run with those on. I guess they&#8217;d fall of.<\/p>\n<p>Mechanics seem okay too. Quite well built. Not on paar with Beoplays or my trusted NADs, but good. Will hold up for a few years I guess.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the sound: Well, the sound is amazing. Even on Bluetooth, which is not the iPhones forte. Just very well rounded. Beautiful voices, no artifacts from NC. Amazing really. A joy to listen to.<\/p>\n<p>Bass is just right. Good fundament, not overwhelming or inflated.<\/p>\n<p>This really is a terrific headphone.<\/p>\n<p>Good news: My room-mate ordered the Sony MDR1000XM2, the Sennheiser Momentum Over-Ear BT and the B&amp;W PX&#8230; So soon we&#8217;ll know much better which is the ultimate!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazing sound. Good buid quality. Sweaty ears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,7,8,11,10],"class_list":["post-306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech","tag-akg","tag-headphones","tag-n60nc","tag-review","tag-wireless"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubidu.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubidu.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubidu.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubidu.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubidu.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dubidu.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308,"href":"https:\/\/dubidu.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306\/revisions\/308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubidu.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubidu.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubidu.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}