To balance the comments...I use the Bose noise cancelling headphones on flights but usually for my ipod.
It does come with adapter for aeroplane use and a decent case with a strap so you can carry it easily.
The battery (AAA) lasts for ages at least 24 hours (3 x 8hr flights).
Works for me.
After a bad experience a couple of years ago, I'm very unwilling to plug MY earphones into an airline socket. I plugged in (via an adaptor ) a pair of Sennheiser NR in-ears (around £100) into a seat socket on Emirates. I felt a burning sensation in one ear which took me a few seconds to work out exactly what was happening. By the time I yanked them out the bud was too hot to touch. Needless to say the earphone was fried though the other ear did still work... Upon complaining to the airline that their oulet had just trashed my phones they helpfully pointed out that I didn't HAVE to use my equipment since they did actually provide earphones for all passengers... and obviously I couldn't prove that it was the socket which was defective, but the phones had been working OK on my ipod a few minutes earlier. So I sure as hell wouldn't plug in a £300 pair of BOSE's...
maybe you were referring to the other cross-posted thread, which i will give below
Oops. Whata bigga mistayka me maka.
Yes the bose ones are expensive, however the audio-technica headphones (i have the ATH-ANC7b, current model is ATH-ANC9), generally got good reviews and seem to be a known brand among those who know stuff about quality audio.
They come with a hard case like the bose, one advantage is they work without a battery, although much much better sound turned on. I kow bose have a good repair policy, they generally just replace them.
I hadn't really thought about taking my ATH-M50's with me traveling, and just being more dependent on small in ear headphones, but this thread has go me thinking. They have a nifty design which helps the pack smaller than most cans too
These aren't noise cancelling, but are enclosed, rather than open
Not a good idea to bring your best tech gear when traveling. Aside from theft there are the personal follies of breaking and losing things, especially when you're on the go and getting in and out of buses taxis etc.
Beware of brand-names at bargain prices when in SE Asia, they are probably fakes. Currently Malaysia seems awash with a variety of fake Beats Dr Dre cans.
Well I have a pair of noise isolating (Not as good as cancelling but it drowns out the sound of my fan whirring away next to my head) JVC xtreme explosives....Think they cost me about £25-30 from Amazon, cheap, good bass, decent sound quality and comes with 3 different size ear pieces to suit your own ear size........Like you I had to find something a lot smaller to take travelling with me as I kept breaking my cans when they were in my bag and the like........These beauties stay with me the entire time now!