The active noise cancellation works very well at keeping ambient noise from intruding, and it significantly improves the sound quality to boot.

I am a stong advocate for protecting your hearing from noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). This is a bigger problem today than ever before, especially since so many people listen to music from their portable devices on headphones, often cranking the volume to unsafe levels.
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