Noise Cancelling headphones

Does anyone know if the Sony MDR-NC8 is overall better than the NC7? I just don't know which should I get when I go to Japan this Sep. I' usually choose Sony type headphones since I always liked Sony headphones but just didn't know if the NC8 is overall better. I notice that the battery life is better on the NC8 since it's 80 hours vs 25 hours. But I just don't know if the NC8 will help to lower the jet engine sound on a plane. I can get the NC8 locally for $29 and the NC7 for $40 locally. I just assumed the newer is better since it has better technology.
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Ya I remember the bass was lacking on the NC7 but I though that they cancelled out more of the engine sound than the NC8 but I don't know. I did notice that the NC8 was more of a headphone that blocks outside sound rather than a headphone that just lowers the engine sound like around 300hz. Kinda reminds me of the Sennheiser HD280 I did try those at Best Buy at the headphone display and all they did was block every sound out there. I remember the NC6 was open type and they just took the 300hz and lowered it but when I tried the NC7 they did muffle the outside sound more and did little less lowering on the 300hz area but maybe it was just my ears thinking that. Now with the one I have which is the NC8 they seem to mostly block everything and just little bit lower the 300hz area. But the sound for the NC8 sounded way better overall then the NC7 since the NC8 had more bass or so. But I think that you need to turn up the volume more on the NC8 than the NC6 or 7 to get the same loudness as the older models. But it does say on the box for the NC8 that the noise cancelling feature works for the low frequency sounds like airplanes, trains, etc and if less effective on higher sounds like human voices. This is good since I do need to hear when people are trying to talk to me but the engine sound is what I want to lower down like the jet engine.
But I would like to know what others think and see if what I' am saying is right. If someone has heard these please reply and let me know. Thank You

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