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| Brand: Audio-Technica
Category: CE
List Price: $219.95
Buy New: $94.41
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Avg. Customer Rating:  763 reviews
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Battery: 1 AAA
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 11.5 x 8.4 x 5
Arrive refreshed after a long flight, avoid distractions in a noisy office, or find peace & quiet in your living room?with ATH-ANC7 QuietPoint Active Noise-Cancelling Headphones. These lightweight, compact headphones effectively reduce distracting background noise by up to 85% while offering the superior audio quality that has made Audio-Technica a worldwide leader in electro-acoustic technology. Ideal for use with MP3, CD, DVD & in-flight entertainment systems, ATH-ANC7 QuietPoint close
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: ATH-ANC7
Model: ATH-ANC7
UPC: 496131009119
EAN: 4961310091194
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great noise cancelling, poor audio delivery September 24, 2007
19 out of 33 found this review helpful
I just received these headphones. I cannot live with the poor quality of the audio delivery: the noise canceling technology truly gets in the way, resulting in some very weird sounds coming out of the headphones during playback, which severely deteriorate the auditory experience.
Granted that the noise canceling job is done superbly (you can successfully isolate yourself from most surrounding noises), at the price these headphones sell for, I was expecting better audio: I am returning them tomorrow.
 Yes, I've tried the Bose. I'll take these. December 30, 2007
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
I finally got tired of dealing with my last set of headphones, Philips HN 110 Folding Noise Canceling Headphones, because the earpads kept falling off. I was ready to check out high-end noise-cancelling gear, and I knew exactly what I was looking for: good noise cancellation, comfort, durability, easy to travel with, and good sound quality.
I saw a consumer roundup in Wired Magazine that rated these over the Bose, so I checked out both. I listened to the Bose, both the QuietComfort 2 and the QuietComfort 3. Both sounded great, with a slight edge to the QuietComfort 3. But these Audio-Technicas sound pretty much as good as the QuietComfort 3 and better than the QuietComfort 2. The sound in the Audio-Technica is a wee bit brighter than the Bose, so if I just had to pick the better sound quality, the QuietComfort 3 would win. But the difference is close to indistinguishable.
And then we come to the strengths of the Audio-Technicas. Price obviously takes first place - these babies are only a bit over one-third the price of the Bose. Given the ease of losing or breaking the headphones during travel, that's no small consideration. I could buy a spare pair of the Audio-Technicas, and still be ahead!
But I also judge the Audio-Technicas as more durable, and slightly more comfortable. The comfort is important on those four hour plane flights. To be fair, I've never tried the Bose headphones on such a long flight, but I don't see how they could be any better in the comfort department.
The Audio-Technicas keep up with the Bose by having a very nice case, and the usual accoutrements. I like being able to unplug the cord completely from the headphones, for situations where I only want noise cancellation without music. The cord has its own nice little pocket in the case, so no more wrapping the cord around the headphones they way I had to with my old ones.
I would be happy to have the Bose if someone gave them to me, and maybe they would satisfy me more in the long run, but I'm not willing to pay almost three times the price to find out. I'll take these instead.
 Does the Job November 19, 2007
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
My first experience with the noise cancelling headphones was an on an international Business Class flight where they loan out Bose QC2's. It definately helped in getting some rest, but personally, I am not a huge fan of the artificial and over-engineered sound of the Bose speakers. The Bose headphones carry the same pedigree of sound quality.
So I sought out comparable noise-cancelling yet, better sounding headphones and discovered the Sennheiser PXC-350's. First a reality check: none of the headphones on the market today truly block out 85% of the noise on a plane as advertised. You can still hear the crying kid from 2 rows over and about 50% of the white noise from the plane. The Bose had the best noise cancelling of all three, but really, this was insignificantly better than either the Sennheiser or the ANC-7's. If that's worth an extra $200 to you, then you are justified in spending it. After trying out the PXC-350's at Newark airport, I was disappointed in the sound quality and the clerk pointed me towards the product featured here. Somewhat skeptical, I thoght to try them out since the price tag was alot more attractive.
There are tradeoffs between all three of these products. Though the Sennheiser has overall the best performance in terms of sound and nearly the same noise cancelling of the Bose, it is not the Audiophile's dream headphones. They sound good, but I'm certain these are not their best sounding units. I think the next step up runs for about $500 - and maybe that's your dream headset with the best of all three.
With the ANC-7's, you get almost the same noise cancellation of the Bose and about comparable to the Sennheisers. But you are best served to limit the use of these to the plane. As many have commented here, the noise leakage from these headphones is noticeable. So much so, it takes the white noise of the plane for it to be bearable to your plane mate, so using them in any other public setting is advocating noise pollution.
Net net, if you are looking for something in limited usage for the plane or in your own private setting, and auditory nirvana is not your expectation, these are a great value.
Instant price increase! June 26, 2007
16 out of 32 found this review helpful
Note that Amazaon jacked up the price for this item by $65 within a couple of days of a positive NYT review. It had always been $137.
Fine just for traveling. Not for other use. October 29, 2007
16 out of 21 found this review helpful
After reading the glowing reviews I decided to buy these headphones and my experience has been mixed. These are very comfortable and very well built but when the environment is quiet the noise cancelling function creates a low humming noise very similar to hearing the rain outside your house. The noise is present when playing music at low volume and also when no music is played. Maybe this is not a common feature because it would mean that you use these headphones to block the outside noise and if this goes away then the headphones will create their own! There are two ways to get rid of this noise: 1) turning off the noise cancelling function but then the sound quality gets reduced radically or 2) turn up the music volume.
So I guess it is perfect for traveling and for noisy environments and not for everyday use at home. If so you would need two pair of headphones.
Pros:
- Great noise cancelling in noisy environments
- Very comfortable
- Very light
- Well built
Average:
- Acceptable sound quality. Not that great but good.
Cons:
- With the noise cancelling switched off the sound quality is muffled and worse than a $10.00 earphones.
- When in a quiet environment there is a constant humming noise.
- No sound volume control
- A bit big to carry around
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