Do bose headphones suck?

[TheEAR]

Do these B0$e headphones suck,no they do not.If they at least sucked they would be good for something [:S]

At the price these headphones go you can buy a set of Grado or Sennheiser headphones that VASTLY outperform these.Also if you do not vlaue transparency you can take B0$e over Grado or Sennheiser.

Myself I will never buy any noise cancelling units as transparency suffers in the end,and who listens when there is noise around????

Headphones,larger ones anyway are to make you relax. I take my Sennheiser HD650's over any B0$e any day,in fact the 650's are better than most exotic headphones costing many times more.

PS. Get Grado SR60 or 80 and you have these B0$e beat for a small fraction of the price.

[kjohnsonhp]

"who listens when there is noise around????"

Almost all their customers...that's why they buy them. I use them exclusively on the air plane. I have Synnheiser for in home use.

[NICKG]

I have a friend that really likes them. He lives in an apartment that has noise problems from upstairs neighbors, and he said they totally cut out all that racket.

I also read a review of all noise cancelling headphones online somewhere, I forgot where, but they also tested them against earbud types (I think someone else posted something about that here) and the consensus among the "audiophiles" was that the high end earbuds costing around the same as the Bose noise cancelling headphones did a much better job of eliminating outside noise than any of the headphones tested. In addition, there was no loss of sound quality, and in fact they rated the high end earbuds as having much better sound quality accross all frequencies.

I have a pair of Aiwa noise cancelling headphones that I think were about $60 and they do eliminate outside noise quite well, but when switching them on they seem to "boost" the signal somewhat, and there is a feeling of pressure in the ears. My friend says that "pressure" feeling is also there with the Bose headphones (he tries on my Aiwas too). Noise cancelling is just reporducing an out-ot phase signal to moise picked up by the headphone mic, so that pressure may be due to the activation of the headphone speaker even with no input signal. I can tell you that the Aiwa phones start feeling a little heavy after a while, and after listening to them for an extended period, I start to get a sense or irritability. I have read reports that "bad" sound can have that effect on one mentally.

I tried Bose headphones in a local store, and I personally didn't like the way they sounded. Seemed to lack good bass response, but that may have been the listening source.

All in all, it may just be a matter of personal preference at the bottom line. Doesn't Bose offer a 30 day trial period in their ad? I seem to remember seeing that.

[Freak Nasty]

I just tested the Bose QC2 today, the noise cancellation is quite good, just wearing them on already cancel most of the outside noise, i could not see a difference after switching the "nc", they sound not too bad, there are so many much more cheaper headphones that does a much better job. They are very comfortable and light, it could be used for a very long time. I would buy them if they were half that price.