Sony MDR-NC500D Review

By Ian Bell
March 04, 2008

We get our hands on the worlds first fully digital noise canceling headphones, the Sony MDR-NC500D. Costing $400, you have to ask yourself just how well they work.

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"The NC500D offers three different levels of noise cancellation, as well as manual and automatic modes. In manual mode, you press the button marked "AI NC Mode", and one, two, or three beeps tells you which mode you're in. Mode A tailors the frequencies that are blocked to typical airplane noise, really taking the bottom end off of a 747's whine. Mode B blocks noise you'd hear on a bus or train (on the airplane we heard a slight but noticeable increase in engine "whoosh"), while Mode C lightens up cancellation for listening in an office environment. All three modes were still able to make our back-of-the-plane ride more bearable; when we took the headphones off, it sounded like Niagara Falls.

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