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Published on: 5/1/2007
Last Visited: 12/16/2008
"With the launch of these two models, the PXC 350 and PXC 450, we are introducing high-end circumaural travel headphones which have much more to offer than conventional models," announces Sven Wihelmsen, Headphones Product Manager at Sennheiser.
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says Product Manager Sven Wihelmsen, "They screened off all unwanted noise so thoroughly that it was not possible to carry on a conversation without removing the earphones, even when the NoiseGardÔ system was switched off.
However, the new TalkThrough function now offers an innovative solution to that problem."
This revolutionary technology, which Sennheiser is now introducing for the first time in the PXC 450, works with the help of efficient miniature microphones mounted on the outside of the headphones, which records the noise from the immediate environment and distinguish between simple noise - e.g. from turbine engines - and noise such as the voice of the person sitting next to you, which is isolated and passed on into your ear.
"At last it is possible to enjoy a conversation without removing your headphones and, above all, without having to resort to a model which has no noise filter system," comments Sven Wihelmsen.
The volume control is located directly on the headphone in the PXC 450, and integrated in the single-sided cable in the PXC 350.