Philips SHN2500

DO NOT BUY

THESE HEADPHONES MAKE MORE NOISE THAN THEY REDUCE

I feel giving them a "1" for sound quality is still overly-generous.

I spent a long time researching whether to buy this product and found numerous reviews from rubbish to excellent. Having a cheap pair of noise cancelling earphones, which had similar reviews but were in fact excellent, I thought that opting for a well known brand would be a sure thing. Many people do not realise noise cancelling does not magically block-out all noise but removes a lot of the irritating stuff and I thought this was why there were bad reviews. Big mistake! I had heard that these earphones do not have any noise cancelling and that Philips give no customer support - well that is what I found myself. They just ...  Read the complete review

These headphones are the best I have ever owned. Initially I was worried about purchasing Philips as a previous set (of a different model) had spontaneously melted one day. The Philips SHN500 headphones have been perfect from the day I them. The earpieces have an earplug type bud that blocks out a fair amount of noise. They come with a variety of sizes for big ears and small ears and are quite effective at dulling noises sharp or high pitched noises. They are comfortable and don't feel awkward to me even if I'm laid on then or have my ears stuffed in a hat. For lower pitch noises and drones such as engines and traffic or other background noise, ...  Read the complete review

It can be very annoying for other people to hear your music with other types of headphones, and that is a long-complained about issue; but from the other side, your enjoyment of music can be totally ruined by loud sounds around you (voices, laughing, public transport announcements, crying babies). These headphones go a long way towards dampening these intrusive noises so you can enjoy your music in peace, plus they keep noise in, so allow you to comfortably turn up the volume without disturbing other people, which in turn goes even further towards drowning out those irritating noises around you. I have used these headphones and they have very good noise ...  Read the complete review