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About two years ago I received a pair of these headphones as a gift. I have never owned better headphones. They are, as they advertise, comfortable. The noise-canceling leaves something to be desired; however, I've tested many of these headphones and not a one has better noise canceling than these do. The sound quality is amazing and consistent. The two setting of "High" and "Low" make me never have to worry about cranking the volume of some device that will cause me to jump the next time I turn it on. Seriously, these headphones are amazing.
That being said not once have they acted up until a week ago when the left earpiece suddenly stopped working. Naturally I was quite sad. I had to go back to my old apple earphones for my ipod and computer and well, everything.
I remembered something about a warranty so I decided to call them up. Oh, did I mention that they have toll-free quick service that you hardly have to interact with a machine to get? Also, there's the fact their number is right in the headset case unobtrusively. I was on the phone for about five minutes and next thing I know they are sending me a new set of headphones free of charge, of course I had to send my own back in. Not only that, but since the headphones acted up they are reseting my warranty, so should anything happen to them again I can get another pair.
I've never had such a pain-free encounter with any company, nor such consistently good service. (Until it failed ;p) My point is that if you ever have the need for a bose device absolutely go with their product. I am very impressed with how they work. I wish other companies were more like them. Thank you Bose!
EDIT: I thought I'd add in that these headphones do gobble up AAA batteries like nothing else. I forgot that part. :[
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you didn't have to send in your current headphones?
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Yes bose is fantastic for quality and customer service.
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Will look into these. Music is best experienced with headphones, for sure.
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On September 17 2009 07:23 blabber wrote:
you didn't have to send in your current headphones?
I did.
@v I dunno... I don't consider myself an audiophile though. Still, I think you'd be hard pressed to find better quality headphones. I've never encountered them.
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i have a bose!
nonetheless, most audiophiles look down upon bose, no?
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I wouldn't say 'look down upon.' Bose makes quality gear. It's just that most of the time it is overpriced and you can find other equivalent gear for less.
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On September 17 2009 07:21 LeperKahn wrote:
EDIT: I thought I'd add in that these headphones do gobble up AAA batteries like nothing else. I forgot that part. :[
Not if you use rechargeables, then you just need to charge 'em a lot =P
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These are nice. :D
I'll stick with my AKG K518's though. Although they don't cancel sound they have great sound quality that makes up for it completely.
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These headphones are the reason I never leave my computer
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Bose is known to be expensive yet not quite up to par with some audiophile headphones with the same price because their headphones tend to put overemphasis on the bass but not others (thus sometimes called "fart cannons" :X). But for the most part, they're very comfortable and in most cases, very satisfactory purchase.
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On September 17 2009 07:21 LeperKahn wrote:
About two years ago I received a pair of these headphones as a gift.
This is exactly why you enjoy it as it is. The price would say otherwise.
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hey so im a headphone newbie.
bose is great quality from what i gather, but how are they compared to headphones from other brands? like the Beats by Dr. Dre from Monster Cable? Other examples? And how come DJs never use bose headphones? i always see them using like pioneer or audio technica headphones.
just curious - i'd like to buy a good pair thanks!
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On September 17 2009 07:57 m4gdelen4 wrote:
hey so im a headphone newbie.
bose is great quality from what i gather, but how are they compared to headphones from other brands? like the Beats by Dr. Dre from Monster Cable? Other examples? And how come DJs never use bose headphones? i always see them using like pioneer or audio technica headphones.
just curious - i'd like to buy a good pair thanks!
Bose are mass market stuff. Lowest common denominator of the high end. There are many superior brands and models, but you'd be best getting on a few audiophile discussion boards and reading up.
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This op explains why their shit is so overpriced. The great customer service and easy warranty for free new shit. but in general I'll stick to this acronym
Buy
Other
Sound
Equipment
sennheiser is awesome.
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You're dead to me leper!
BOSE.... pfft!
I'd take my Sennheiser, Beyerdynamic or Shure headphones over BOSE any day.
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Louder and Kingfisher basically killed the thread, but Wangsta will probably wander in at some point :p
On September 17 2009 07:25 LeperKahn wrote:Show nested quote +On September 17 2009 07:23 blabber wrote:
you didn't have to send in your current headphones? I did. @v I dunno... I don't consider myself an audiophile though. Still, I think you'd be hard pressed to find better quality headphones. I've never encountered them.
There are plenty of better alternatives out there, they just aren't as mass marketed as Bose is.
Honestly, if you ask me, whatever sound makes you happy goes. But if possible, it is best to find stores dedicated for audio equipment (or dedicated enough, New Yorkers, J&R!) and test it out yourself. I just wouldn't quite recommend Bose personally.
One thing though, your SQ is only determined in part by headphones, a pair of high end headphones is wasted on integrated sound and lossy music. While headphones represent the quickest way to increasing the said quality, it is just as important to pay attention to the source.
On September 17 2009 08:43 keit wrote:
You're dead to me leper!
BOSE.... pfft!
I'd take my Sennheiser, Beyerdynamic or Shure headphones over BOSE any day.
I raise you a pair of Denons for people who like the Bose bass.
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I'm liking my scennheisers right now. They give pretty good sound quality and mic. I'm looking at the megalodon though. The only thing putting me off from those is the mic, apparently some of them are faulty.
Ya i got those, but damn are they expensive there, I got mine for 100$ at future shop of all places and my friend got his for 70$ on NCIX from price matching.
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i listen to many different genres of music trance, classical (piano and/or symphony), rock/metal, etc.
is there a pair of headphones that sounds good all around?
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Better sales through marketing
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On September 17 2009 09:23 MamiyaOtaru wrote:
Better sales through marketing
It works, look at Apple.
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On September 17 2009 09:23 m4gdelen4 wrote:
i listen to many different genres of music trance, classical (piano and/or symphony), rock/metal, etc.
is there a pair of headphones that sounds good all around?
Hard to say, if you care, do some reading around audiophile forums and go test out equipments yourself. Do you have a budget range?
Few things can be said to sound good all around (though some make an argument that particularly high end equipment can marginalize that issue), further more, there are at times sound signatures that people like that aren't universally accepted.
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bose is really terrible for the money. you are paying for their marketing and appearance (which is ugly, IMO). its not just made-up elitism from audiophiles, people have taken apart bose phones and compared the parts to those used in headphones from sennheiser, audiotechnica, AKG, beyerdynamic, etc.; it's almost fraud how overpriced bose headphones are. you are basically paying $150+ for a $30-50 headphone. compare those bose to the $40-60 JVC ha-rx700 or the $50-80 grado sr60s, both of which offer much better sound quality for less than half the price
active noise canceling is something you should ALWAYS avoid, the technology simply is not good enough yet. the reason why your headphones need batteries is because they use a miniature amp to create an inverse sound wave (they add sound to your music) which cancels out ambient noise. however, that mini-amp is of TERRIBLE quality and adds all kinds of bad artifacts to your music.
if you need to block out external noise, get IEMs. good IEMs will form an air tight seal with your ear and work like earplugs. they will remove much more ambient noise than any active noise canceling headphone, while maintaining MUCH better sound quality. there is a huge, HUGE, difference. some IEMs (like the jh-13 pros) are comparablein sound quality to many $3000+ top of the line audiophile headphone setups (i.e. hd800, k1000s, etc. with top of the line tube amplifiers)
if you enjoy your bose headphones that's great though. but for the sake of your wallet, make sure you never listen to similarly priced models from sennheiser, AKG, audiotechnica, beyerdynamic, and etc.
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On September 17 2009 09:58 Ecael wrote:Show nested quote +On September 17 2009 09:23 m4gdelen4 wrote:
i listen to many different genres of music trance, classical (piano and/or symphony), rock/metal, etc.
is there a pair of headphones that sounds good all around? Hard to say, if you care, do some reading around audiophile forums and go test out equipments yourself. Do you have a budget range? Few things can be said to sound good all around (though some make an argument that particularly high end equipment can marginalize that issue), further more, there are at times sound signatures that people like that aren't universally accepted.
thanks for the advice
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On September 17 2009 10:01 Wangsta wrote:
bose is really terrible for the money. you are paying for their marketing and appearance (which is ugly, IMO). its not just made-up elitism from audiophiles, people have taken apart bose phones and compared the parts to those used in headphones from sennheiser, audiotechnica, AKG, beyerdynamic, etc.; it's almost fraud how overpriced bose headphones are. you are basically paying $150+ for a $30-50 headphone. compare those bose to the $40-60 JVC ha-rx700 or the $50-80 grado sr60s, both of which offer much better sound quality for less than half the price
active noise canceling is something you should ALWAYS avoid, the technology simply is not good enough yet. the reason why your headphones need batteries is because they use a miniature amp to create an inverse sound wave (they add sound to your music) which cancels out ambient noise. however, that mini-amp is of TERRIBLE quality and adds all kinds of bad artifacts to your music.
if you need to block out external noise, get IEMs. good IEMs will form an air tight seal with your ear and work like earplugs. they will remove much more ambient noise than any active noise canceling headphone, while maintaining MUCH better sound quality. there is a huge, HUGE, difference. some IEMs (like the jh-13 pros) are comparablein sound quality to many $3000+ top of the line audiophile headphone setups (i.e. hd800, k1000s, etc. with top of the line tube amplifiers)
if you enjoy your bose headphones that's great though. but for the sake of your wallet, make sure you never listen to similarly priced models from sennheiser, AKG, audiotechnica, beyerdynamic, and etc.
See just like I predicted, he appeared!
I've been so tempted to get a pair of jh13, except I'd need to sell off a kidney to do that ><
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When my logitech G5 was acting up after a few month of use, all i did was sending an email to one of the customer services ppl and they ended up sending me a new one for free.. and I didn't even have to send in the old one (i did have to give them a bunch of serial codes on the back of the old one) but yeah, logitech is awesome like that.
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I'm probably going to buy new speakers and new head/ear phones, is there any particular forum you guys would recommend where I could educate myself about what models to get?
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$2 earbuds from walmart are good enough for me.
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IEM so good
i've got shure se530
heavenly sound
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On September 17 2009 11:08 Orome wrote:
I'm probably going to buy new speakers and new head/ear phones, is there any particular forum you guys would recommend where I could educate myself about what models to get?
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/
A lot of good stuff to read, and very nice people.
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Sennheiser is great for the price. Bose is awesome but its damn expensive. Ive been using Sennheiser earbuds and headsets for awhile.
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I love my Bose in ear earphones.
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