I’ve been through just about full spectrum of noise cancelling phones (Bose, Parrot, Beats, Sony, B&O), always disatisfied with sound quality and NC annoys me. Parrot Zik 3s got stolen recently, insuarnce paid up, needed a new pair, wanted good isolation, great sound, but no NC. Senn momentums were previous favourite sounding non-NC, portable headphones, but were bloody uncomfortable.
Reviews, listening and chat to music-y friends = purchase of Oppo PM-3 headphones.
As the reviews say: shut up and take my money. Just. Incredible.
Makes other phones sound comically bad by comparison. I actualy shed a wee tear on the (very noisy) tram home listening, and really hearing, some of my music 2 days ago (particular track was Bon Iver: 8 (circle)).
Now, where do I get a hand rolled, directional, 3.5mm jack headphone cable to really make my music come alive 😉