I'm in the market for noise-cancelation headphones

Rule #1 for new headphones: TEST THEM. Not the sound, or the looks but fit. There's nothing worse than spending $X00 on freaking sweet sound headphones when they'll kill your ears after 30mins of use.

Btw, personal experience.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Zergrinch

Do elaborate on your experience.

What ruined the purchase of your freaking sweet sound headphone? Didn't fit the shape of your head?

After 30 minutes of orgasmic music experience (good) my ears were on fire and hurt really bad.

Of course, I tried it several times and in many ways, but it always ended in the same way.

So... test them!

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Zergrinch

Ears on fire? Perhaps you were playing music too loud...?

Noise-Canceling headphones (no ear buds) are usually very very closed*, if you are like me (Big head/ears), some of this headphones will get extremely hot and uncomfortable.

Seriously, never buy headphones without doing some testing first. (Specially if you have big ears)

* Eh... most of this headphones apply a higher pressure to the ears than regular headphones.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

IIRC, that happens because the noise canceling earbuds use your ear canals to produce low frequencies, some people is affected by this stuff.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Eww... that sounds like fanboy discussion.

I was speaking idiomatically.