Noise cancelling heaadphones for the turbo

I have some very cheap over the ear type headphones which supposedly cancel ambient sound (in this case, turbo + fan). However, they don't seem to work very well. I am always a relieved at the end of the session to take them off as the music still has to be quite loud in order to cover the sound. Turning the music just means I get annoyed by the noise of the fan and the turbo instead. On top of this, the over the ear design is very warm which is also a bit annoying.
It'd be great to get something I can reduce the music level as this would not only be good for my long term hearing but I think would also help avoid building up a level of background stress from what turns in to a high noise environment.
Has anyone got a good suggestion for other headphones? What are you wearing? I did toy with getting some ear defenders and some cheap in-ear headphones. It would still be warm but might be quieter.
It'd be great to get something I can reduce the music level as this would not only be good for my long term hearing but I think would also help avoid building up a level of background stress from what turns in to a high noise environment.
Has anyone got a good suggestion for other headphones? What are you wearing? I did toy with getting some ear defenders and some cheap in-ear headphones. It would still be warm but might be quieter.
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They work great however when I’m watching the cycling on the iPad while the missus is watching the telly.
Admittedly I have an uber quiet turbo, but I do have a noisy fan, and I just use one of these on a shelf beside me:
I have a vision of ear phones of pretty much any description becoming manky and orrible within days!
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It's quiet enough to hear my echo dot over the sound of the fans.
Over the ear headphones would be incredibly sweaty surely ?
You can buy decent noise cancelling headphones for £25 or so. Work for me traveling and lawnmowing etc.
I turbo early morning and try and do it without waking my partner in the next room so a speaker is out.
I currently use some very cheap, knock off type "noise cancelling" headphones, they are warm and not what I would call "A+" condition but they aren't too bad. I don't think the NC actually does anything.
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Surely all over the ear headphones will be as warm ? My cheapo ones have a switch on them to turn the NC on and off. You can clearly hear the difference.
Yup, which is why it'd be nice to swap to some in-ear ones. Though the noise cancelling is a higher priority. After all I've been using the over ear ones for > 2 years.
Just get those. If you can hear your turbo over them, buy a new turbo
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Ditto, I've also got the Bose QC35 which I use on the train, etc. The sound sport are better for turbo sessions as they isolate the outside noise by plugging your ears, its more effective than cancellation which tends to work well for consistent, low thrumming noises (think trains, plane engine noise, etc).
I'd go noise isolation over cancellation
Interesting, thanks for the input. Wouldn't a fan count as consistent noise though?
Where I find noise cancellation works well is if there is consistent noise that the NC isolates, that enables you to hear other things around you and your media better. So on a plane I can hear someone talking to me more clearly with the NC earphones in as they've stripped the engine drone away, likewise I can hear my music at a lower volume as it's no longer competing with the engines. But the NC is seperating out frequences, so it's killing some background and letting others through - if someone talks to me I can clearly hear them even though the headphones are stripping the noise out.
Whereas isolating headphones just block everything. Personally if I'm walking around then I prefer noise cancelling as I can still hear traffic, people, etc. But if I'm sitting on my turbo I don't really want to hear anything other than my music so isolating tends to be my go-to.
So it's horses for courses, the other advantage of isolating is that they tend to be cheaper. Which given you're going to sweat all over them tends to be handy...