Noise Cancelling Earphones

yay or nay?
I think they're pretty new on the market but they have the potential of being great for a bike

el linko
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-MDRNC11.../dp/B00007EDM0

[SoulKiss]

Would think they would be difficult/painful to wear under a well fitting lid.

Seinheiser X300's block most noise (like most of the in-ear ones these days) and cost about the same.

[G]

They work very well, but the noise level of wind/bike noise would not be drowned out that effectively with these.

We have used noise canceling speakers on oil platforms where machines are excessively loud, play an equal fequency noise towards the machines and you could be stood 10m away and just hear a hum, step into the noise zone and you need ear protectors or your ear will bleed.

Reading a few reviews it seems these are pretty poo.
I had the sony in ear/ earplug style ones but didn't find them sufficient. Certainly no match for plugs. It seems the best solution is the super expensive shure range

Get some molded ear plugs with speakers built in.

Not cheap, but do the job properly!

Probably no more than a set of Shure earphones (£100)

Sennheiser cx400's are the dogs danglies! noise isolating like my old ear plugs were but deafen me with the music from the ipod instead!

I've got a set of Shure e3cs. They work really well in most environments, on the train, planes, etc.

I've used them a few times on the bike and whist they work fine (no wind noise), and you get your music/gps directions etc. It can be a pain (and slightly painful) to get the lid on and off, as it tends to push the earphone into your ear more, or up/down.

But once they are in, and your lid is on, its the same as earplugs, with these attachements . I have a slightly different model to the photo but the principle is the same.

Off the bike, wearing them in the office, people have been standing behind me talking at me and i've had no clue. People don’t have to creep up on me they just wonder up normally and scare the hell out of me. They are that good.

Dan

Awesome. More painful than normal headphones in a helmet? Apparently the new foam attachments are brilliant