Headphones, Active Noise Reduction

by Altec Lansing

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 3.5 x 12 inches ; 1.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009WZ0XG
• Item model number: AHP712I
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

ACTIVE NOICE NOISE REDUCE HEADPH

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Better sets of headphones out there...., March 20, 2006

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D. Cerezo "dcerezo" (CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Headphones, Active Noise Reduction (Personal Computers)

I've had the 712i headphones for about a week and I am NOT very impressed with them at all. The headphones are relatively heavy making them not very comfortable for long periods of time. The noise cancelling is great, but because of the closed cup design, it suffocates the ears making it uncomfortable to wear for more than an hour continuously. As for sound quality, again it fails to live up to it's MSRP price tag. Fortunately I was able to find these headphones for less than $40 but even that price was too much in my opinion. Instead, I would definitely recommend going with the Sennheiser HD212 or even the HD202. I have the HD212's and love those headphones. I only bought these because I wanted to see if there would be a difference in quality given the higher MSRP of these cans. There was a difference, a big negative one.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Beware - Headphone broke, February 11, 2007

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Odin7 (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Headphones, Active Noise Reduction (Personal Computers)

After 9 months of use, the right headphone earpiece broke at its swivel connection at the headband. The swivel joint is only .25 inches in diameter and each headphone earpiece is massive compared to the strength and durability needed at this skinny hollow plastic joint. When the phones are rotated for storage, there is no guard to prevent a large lever arm to apply force and bend this joint with any movement. The soft carrying bag offers no real protection. After a number of cycles of use, stress fatigue in the plastic (like metal fatigue) sets in and then ...... SNAP one of your headphone earpieces is dangling by its wire.
As an analogy, I offer the example of those plastic model airplanes, you might have made as a kid. To get the individual parts, you bent the pieces back and forth until they snapped off from their molded plastic branches...same principle, but in this case, it results in headphone failure.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for what you pay for them!, August 30, 2007

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S. Morris - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Headphones, Active Noise Reduction (Personal Computers)

I have friends with the Bose versions and these sound almost as good at less than half the price. My only complaint is that they are ackward if you pull them off for a moment and try to put them on your neck. For example, when you are boarding the plane or when you have to talk to the flight attendant for a minute. The battery life on the noise cancellation is EXCELLENT! One AAA battery has lasted for over 24 hours so far. I only wear them when I am flying.