Plenty of headphones and earphones claim to isolate or reduce noise, but that doesn't mean they offer proper ANC. Passive noise isolation, sometime...

Adaptive noise cancellation refers to active noise cancellation that adjusts to environmental sounds it measures with mics in real time. Technicall...

Hybrid ANC is the combination of feed-forward (exterior mic-based) and feedback (interior mic-based) noise cancellation technology. While many of t...

Some noise cancellation modes add an audible hiss—think white noise—to the signal. It doesn't sound awful, but it serves to mask the high frequenci...

Over-ear (circumaural) headphones typically offer the most effective ANC. Their earcups can create a tight seal and the earpads act as an additiona...

Many noise-cancelling headphones work with free apps that can alter the experience to better suit your environment. And most ANC models feature an...

Noise cancellation circuitry isn't cheap. If a model has been around for more than a year or two, you might find some deals, but a quality pair of...