sennheiser pxc 300 review

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Average Ratings

Sound Quality	9/10
Comfort Level	7.3/10
Value for Money	7.6/10
Overall rating	8.1/10

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By petepsy on 21st Jun 2008

petepsy's Ratings

Time Headphones Owned	Over 1 Year
Sound Quality	8/10
Comfort Level	8/10
Value for money	6/10
Overall value	6/10
petepsy's recommendation

Good Points

Reduces noise from certain sources
Excellent quality audio
Brand named and well made

Bad Points

Does not reduce speech and many other noises
Too many wires, especially noticeable from external battery holder.

General Comments

The Sennheiser PXC 300 headphones are portable noise reduction headphones. They were made to cancel out external noise. Technically they work by producing a counter noise, which is a slight humming when turned on. You can tell when they are not plugged in. Sennheiser call this NoiseGard.

The Noiseguard works by switing on the power supply, this contains 2x AAA batteries, and is a slim part cylindrical holder. There's a handy clip on the back of the battery holder which holds true to a belt or pocket. The headphones do not fully enclose the ear, but then if you wanted the whole ear enclosed you wouldn't buy these. The ear pads are made of a leatherette material and quiet comfy. This all comes packed with a nice pouch in which to put them, and not forgetting a converter jack. The headphones fit squarely over the top of your head so are traditional.

I bought these primarily to blot out the verbal diatribe of my work colleagues. The colleagues never got the hint and I then found the PXC300's don't work this way. In fact I doubt whether there is any noise cancelling headphones on the market which are able to remove the spoken audio.

However, regardless they do mask out other noises. Such as the constant hum from an engine, perhaps car or aeroplane. They work best with those low frequency ranges which can be irritating when you want to put your head back and get some shut eye. Regardless of the spectrum of outside noises, the PXC300 do have a pretty good sound.

Not being an audiophile as such, I Sennheiser are doing a good job of converting me. It is wonderful to listen to music where it is possible to discern the instruments and identify the blending of tracks. I say blending when I mean the overlapping of individual musical instruments. These headphones will help the amateur understand what stereo music is about. I compared them with other cheap headphones I had and there is a very real difference.

The PXC 300'S have barely changed in price since I bought them over a year ago, if this is a mark of quality then for the price you can't go too wrong.

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