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I'm David karna a executive editor cnet.com and I'm here with the monoprice noise cancelling headphones in case you've never heard of monoprice this is the electronics equivalent of a generic drug company yes it makes sort of I wouldn't call them knockoffs exactly of name-brand products but it does make bargain-priced versions of name-brand products and this is obviously a bit of an imitation of some of the bose noise-canceling headphones now the first thing you notice about them is they do seem pretty well built I wasn't in love with some of the cosmetics they do have a glossy finish on their cups those are prone to fingerprints and they probably will get scratched up fairly easily but the headphones do seem well built they fold flat and they come with a nice carrying case they also come with a couple of different cords the cord is detachable and you do get a cord with an inline remote and microphone so you can make cell phone calls like other noise cancelling headphones these are powered by a triple-a battery it's easy to access and it gives you about 50 hours of battery life so decent battery life one of the areas where they do fall down a little bit is in the sound quality they just aren't as clear as the bose QC 15s or the Harman Kardon and C headphones well the problems with noise cancelling headphones is that when you do put sound through that noise canceling circuitry it does end up sounding kind of processed and it comes that are able to do it better like bose they do retain that clarity and make them sound less like noise cancelling headphones the good news here is that you can listen to these with the noise cancelling off and they do sound better with the noise cancelling off not sure exactly why you would buy them except for the noise cancelling but you can do that which is nice so there's a lot to like you there are some other models out there like the creative hn 900 that are very similar looking this does seem a little bit better than that it does have memory foam in the ear cups and just seems a little bit more sturdily built but that creative model is around $65 online so it is worth checking out the real question is whether you want to buy a pair of headphones that clearly isn't as good as some of those more expensive models but cost close to a third of the price so you're getting about 70% of the headphone both in terms of its design and its sound quality and for some people that will be good enough for others that 30% will be worth paying the extra money for I'm David Conroy and those are the monoprice noise cancelling headphones thanks for watching