For those of you that don’t like shoving in-ear buds half way to your brain, then there are other ways to reduce ambient noise.
We all know that listening to music while travelling on tubes and planes is a real chore using regular earphones which is why I have been pleasantly surprised by my ability to erase [mostly] the outside world thanks to the new Sony MDR-NC500D noise cancelling headphones.
Launched in July and billed as the ‘world’s first digital noise cancelling headphones’, the NC500D provides you with a few more options than more common analog noise cancelling offerings. But first, let’s start with the headphones themselves. Design-wise, we are not looking at anything revolutionary here but they are a solid, well-made pair of headphones with glossy black finish, chrome edging, and leather cups.
