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Recommendations for comfortable noise cancelling headphones? (lemmy.world)
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Going on a trip in the near future with a couple of long flights, and want it to be more enjoyable through listening. Music, movies, podcasts, audiobooks, etc.

In the past though, I've found my ears get very fatigued after a couple hours. I think mainly because of my cheap earbuds competing with ambient plane noise.

So I'm looking for something that meets these criteria:

  • Noise cancelling (active?)
  • Wired
  • Comfortable for long stretches
  • Small and easily portable?
  • Affordable?

Not sure how real my options are for the full intersection of those. But I wanted to reach out to the community first, to get ideas that may help me know where to start.

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[–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

The issue you’ll run into I think is fatigue vs price. The more expensive ones tend to do noise canceling a lot gentler. Also, over-ear will be way better than the earbud-style design for both noise canceling and comfort (therefore, not so small).

I’ve had a great experience with the Bose QCs — Costco has them, so you can save a little money there. Case is about the size of a Kindle if it was 3” thick, and it comes with a wired option.

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