Some of the most interesting products we came across during our short visit at Sony's booth from IFA 2009 were the MDR-NC300D noise canceling earphones, recently released by the Japanese company (well, at least they were pretty recent at the time of our visit), which really managed to draw our attention for two reasons: the fact that they provided noise cancelation even in the absence of a Sony portable player, as well as the quality of the sound they produced.

[As we pointed out within our reviews of the Sony Walkman players providing noise canceling functions, the possibility of listening to one's music without being disturbed by the surrounding environment is an extremely interesting prospect, especially when commuting on a noisy means of transportation (train, subway, etc.). But in those cases, the technology was implemented within an MP3 player, which meant that people who wanted to enjoy such a function had to purchase the whole thing.

On the other hand, there aren't that many people out there who'd be willing to purchase a Walkman player just in order to enjoy this noise-canceling technology and, for this reason, Sony decided to offer it as a separate option. Thus, the MDR-NC300D earphones were born, this external accessory turning any music listening experience in a much more private and, why not, elegant one.

And the main reason why we've chosen the word “elegant” in order to describe this audio accessory is related to the sales package, which targets people for whom style and the way they look while using a certain product is almost as important as the features the respective device is able to provide.

Anyway, that's as much as we're willing to say about the Sony MDR-NC300D noise canceling earphones for the time being, so if you want to take a closer look at the features the product has to offer, as well as to the components included in the sales package, just go ahead to the next chapter.