PHILIPSH9505 Hybrid Active Noise Canceling (ANC) Over Ear Wireless Bluetooth Pro-Performance Headphones with Multipoint Bluetooth Connection

I’ve been looking for a pair of noise-cancelling headphones and came across these by the recommendation of a friend. I bought these headphones for the purpsoe of studying, productivity, and traveling. I’m not super tech savvy, but I really enjoyed using it for the past few months.Perfect for maintaining focus & personal quiet time: Like I said, I’m not super tech savvy. These headphones are super easy to use. I just turn it on and I feel like I can tackle on any assignment, essay, or research project. With so many things going on at a university setting, it helps me focus on the task at hand. I think that the ANC tap feature is pretty cool. It’s really convenient when I’m at a study group. Whenever someone needs to say something to me, I just tap the sides and I can hear what they have to say without having to take off my headphones constantly. I also really like taking these headphones with me for road trips. When I’m not driving, I like to take a nap while my friend/boyfriend drives. The headphones cancel out the loud road and air vents. It makes falling asleep a lot much easier because I’m so sensitive to sound.Comfort: The memory foam padding makes it super comfy to wear even after long periods of time. Other headphones I used to wear would start hurting after 2-3 hours due to the headband and the ear cups. Most headphones tend to have smaller ear cups and it can get pretty painful if you have lots of ear piercings like me. These headphones have large ear cups and encompass my whole ear, perfect for my pierced ears.Superb Sound Quality: I like to listen to music while I study or when I go on walks. I love how dynamic it sounds, especially the bass. I’m not sure how to explain it, but the music sounds more detailed? In comparison to other headphones and earbuds I’ve tried. Podcasts also sound amazing as well. It makes voices super clear, almost as if the podcast person is in the same person as you.Long Battery life: These headphones have a surprisingly long battery life. I use the headphones for about 1-2 hours a day and I could go up to 3 weeks without needing to charge.Pairing Issues: The only issue that I’m currently having is pairing the headphones with my 2013 MacBook air via Bluetooth. Not sure if it’s a software problem or my MacBook is too old (it’s pretty ancient), but it doesn’t seem to show up on my devices. However, it’s not a big problem because I use the cable that it comes with.

The media could not be loaded. I got this in late December, but in late May the right ear cup detached from the rest of the headphone. It's important to note that the ear cup broke off when I was trying to put it on; at no point did I put the headphones through any significant stress.What's worse was the customer service. Over the course of a month, I called and emailed Philips numerous times to try to get an answer as to whether they would repair my headphones or not. A full month later, they finally stated in a phone call that they would not fix my headphones because the damage was "physical." What a great one year warranty!For these reasons, I will not buy any products from Philips again. The quality of this product was extraordinarily low, breaking down after five months of gentle use. The customer service was even worse, wasting a good month of my life only to not help.The amount of money I spent on this was not commensurate to the amount of use I received. I wish I had spent my money on headphones from a different company.Edit:Although disappointed, I subsequently super glued the right ear cup back into place. The left ear cup subsequently was dislocated in the same way, and I super glued that one too. At the end of November, though, the plastic snapped in two. After less than a year of use, I gave up and threw these away. That the headphones suffered broke down three different times in different ways shows that the quality of these things is low. Don't buy them, and the customer service was so bad that I won't buy anything from Philips.

Have been looking for a good quality ANC headphone for noisy environment for a while. I need an extra pair when working in server room which the fan noise is quite loud. After some research, this Philips H9505 came across and I really like the design. Hence decided to give it a try. Here are some Pros and Cons:Pros:1.Really good noise cancelling effect, the Hybrid ANC feature works really well on cancelling fan noise.2.Awaressness mode has the right amount of ambient sound balance, not overly amplifying whispers as some other expensive ANC headphones tends to.3.Very comfortable headphone padding. A good whole-day listening companion.4.Touch pad works! I'm not a touch pad fan generally but the one on this headphone works as a charm!5.For the sound, the tune skewed heavily towards Bass. I'm impressed by the extension of the low end, probably contributed by the 40mm driver. Maybe a bit too heavy from my taste but this works well in noisy environment.6.Solid construction and great design, built with premium materials. Head band, padding, driver housing, hinge...etc. I also like the how it looks but this might be subjective. :PCons:1.The headphone buttons has that cheap plastic look. Although the buttons are small and low profile, but I mean come on, it's like a Maserati with Chrysler parts on console.2.The App doesn't really do anything, hence lack of ability to personalize frequency response. A multiband EQ would be nice. Hope Philips will update the app in the future to support this feature.Overall a solid headphone, some details could have been better but I'm satisfied as is. This will be my working horse for office use.Edit 6/29/2021Philips headphone app now works with my H9505. Now I can toggle different level of ANC. Also got the EQ adjustment feature which is the most important to me. For some reason the custom EQ setting reset itself on the APP. Setting seems to be preserved in the headphone but not quite sure. Hope this could be fix soon.