Instruct: Classify a review as either positive or negative.
Query: Not what I was expecting

I bought these headphones because I work in a cubicle office environment and wanted to reduce the noise around me. The headphones do cancel out the sounds of the ventilation system, the heating system and the sound of the rain hitting the windows. They do not cancel out the people around me. I can still clearly hear people talking, phones ringing, and people typing around me. It seems like these headphones only reduce the ambient noises.The headphones when turned on seem to introduce a static sound, that while listening to music is ok, but when listening to audio books or podcasts is somewhat distracting.I might have been expecting more out of the headphones then what they were designed for. I am going to return them when I go back to the store.