Originally Posted by
PAXboy
I have my short list now and will probably stay with the fulll over-ear style. I am interested to know if anyone has the earbud style of noise cancelling. I would have thought them not as efficient in blocking out sound. Not to mention their cost ...
To clarify: I do not need to use them for phone calls or gaming. Whilst flying, I usually listen to speech podcasts and some music. Only once in a while to watch a movie from the system.
It seems I have the wrong shaped ears for earbuds. They're just really uncomfortable. Try a cheap pair of earbuds before making expensive decisions that lead you to buy something unwearable.
I went for over-the-ear headphones, B&W PX7 S2, as advised by other people in this thread. Good noise cancellation, good audio quality (I'm fussy about audio quality), comfortable, expensive. Lousy instructions until you get pointed in the right direction for the full instructions by PPRuNers.