Comments on: Sony MDR-NC22 Noise-Cancelling Earbuds Review

By: mode893

mode893 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:36:06 +0000

You only hear the hissing in a quiet room after which it would seem to diminish over time, but I’ve never noticed it in an atmosphere with ambient sound. But it case the hiss bothers you in your quiet room, you can always turn it off and that’s the beauty of it, I’m pretty sure that’s how it’s supposed to work anyway.

By: martin

martin — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:20:34 +0000

If you think the NC22 sounds tinny, you don’t know what tinny is. And if the earbuds are flimsy, you didn’t buy what you think you bought, since Sony stuff is never, ever flimsy or flex-y.

By: Timothy White

Timothy White — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:25:32 +0000

Wish Bose in-ear had NC option. Their QC3’s are unbeatable…however they are what they are… an over the ear type piece. A bit bulky for work and everyday situations.

By: Hanksez

Hanksez — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:14:42 +0000

Recently purchased Sony MDR-NC22’s at Frye’s for $99.99 and I’ll be taking them back. Noise cancellation is nothing to write home about and sound, with or without the NC, is tinny. I have old Sony earbuds in a dial-type storage case which sound much richer even with background noise. Earbuds on NC22 are extremely flimsy – should last about a week. I’ll pass on these.

By: MEC

MEC — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:06:34 +0000

The frequency range of Skullcandy headphones tends to be poor enough that I wouldn’t consider them for any serious listening.

By: keshav i

keshav i — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:41:18 +0000

i have both the sony mdr-nc22 and the bose inear. i recently buy the bose inear. earlier i was completely satisfy with the sony but after listening to the sony in ear i`m reluctant to listening to the sony.conclusion: i enjoy the noice cancelling option but the sound of sony is shit compared to the bose inear

By: Don

Don — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:37:02 +0000

James
Could you let me know where you got them for that price?
Cheers
Don

By: James

James — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:52:16 +0000

Bought these 2 weeks ago for £20 ish
The summary is they are the best headphones I ve ever had.
Using them with no battery as normally earphones the sound is superb in fact this is the only phones I ve owned where I don’t like to go to the top end of the sound level from a laptop source.
They work fine without a battery. Inserting an AAA and there is some hiss in a quiet room but when using them in an environment to cancel unwatned noise they work superbly for the money. I tested about 5-10 sets of noise cancelling phones before buying these. The best were clearly the Bose at £200-£300 but they were quite bulky and I would have felt quite conscience wearing them outside home. JVC did an impressive set but I foget the model number. However in terms of “bang for you buck” sony NC22’s are unbeatable. Just dont pay more than £30 for them.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:56:29 +0000

I recently bought them and just finished completing a couple hours on an MD-80 (Row 12). I didn’t notice the hiss and the ear pieces fit fine. They were very confortable and sounded much better than the ear pieces that came with the iPod. They absolutely diminished the jet noise and made the trip much nicer. As far as fit and finish, it’s a Sony and that says it all.

By: Booster

Booster — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:40:02 +0000

Sony is good brand but y’all gotta try searching for skullcandy. Their nice too. Sony is cool also. but i recommend skullcandy too.:)

By: Richard Young

Richard Young — Sun, 25 May 2008 11:42:25 +0000

I am right on the verge of trying a pair of these so I really hope they are OK…

By: Mark H

Mark H — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:51:29 +0000

I had NC11s and within less than a year one of the earphone’s went dead, the same happened to the replacement. I wonder do the NC22 suffer from the same problem? Also on the NC11 it was very easy to lose the ear plug part since they fell off now and again. The solution was to super glue them to the earphones, otherwise it would cost you around £7 to replace them.

By: Rich

Rich — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 20:26:45 +0000

I have a pair of these and there is a hiss, but it is part of the hum that is not cancelled. All of the low notes are gone and you can listen to music at a volume level at least 30 to 40% lower that if you had the noice cancelling turned off. Flying with them is great as the his is from the low level noises.

All in all they are a great buy at that price. Compared to anything else on the mkt that is in the ear. They come up very high on the value for money factor.

So, you pay for what you get and in this case, it is great value for money.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:55:52 +0000

I have just bought and flown 20 hours with these. They are outstanding. The hiss was only noticeable on the ground, and at no time whilst flying did I feel the sound quality was being affected.

By: jl

jl — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:03:42 +0000

Hello! I was wondering if you still felt that the older Sony MDR-NC11 would be better than the newer MDR-NC22?

I was thinking of getting a set of noise-cancelling earbuds in the next couple of days. I have to say that I’m not too keen on the aesthetics of the NC11 but if it does perform so much better than the NC22 then I guess that will have to decide it… *sigh*