I cannot reccoment my Shure E2C's highly enough. I had real trouble finding earphones that were comfy inside a helmet, and these little buds ar fab. They act as earplugs as well, so no other noise comes in. App £35 to £50 depending on where you get them. Not easy to find in shops, so online is best.

Originally Posted by Reburner

I'm back. I decided to post it in the Noise cancelling headphones forum but was somewhat surprised to find we didn't have one

You can start one if you like. Get yourself a social group for it, if you get 10 members then you can make your own forum proper. Gotta be better than complaining

I'd have gone for the pair with the airline logo on them

BOSE® - QuietComfort® 2 Acoustic Noise Cancelling® headphones: Overview

Nothing else comes close. Unfortunately, they're £££££.

But they are the dog's danglies..........

Originally Posted by LadyB

I cannot reccoment my Shure E2C's highly enough. I had real trouble finding earphones that were comfy inside a helmet, and these little buds ar fab. They act as earplugs as well, so no other noise comes in. App £35 to £50 depending on where you get them. Not easy to find in shops, so online is best.

+1 - that's what I use.

They are passive noise cancelling - they act as ear plugs so cancel out any external noise. I like this as it means the volume coming out the headphones is very low (doesn't have to compete with however many decibels of background noise) so will damage hearing less.

There are other 'active' systems that use a microphone and phase cancellation to reduce noise. I prefer the passive systems - less to go wrong, plus generally cheaper.

Ive used Shures for around 5 years now, havent found anything better in that time...