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Bose Headphones
Bose Headphones
Folks, Bose has undeniably the best *sound-cancelling* headphones out there. (At least in the realms we mortals tread. >$1000 may be a different story.) Anything else, though, is badly overpriced and not great value. For the love of everything holy, go for the QC25's or something equivalent, and skip the rest of the garbage.
Guys, I believe it's not about the sound quality but the industry top grade noise canceling
This poll has over 200 votes, so when will the headphones be available to buy?
guys, I just want comfortable earphones.
wheres_william
I have a set... AMAZINGLY comfortable. I have tried so many, these feel the best. My set is 3 years old, I take very good care of them. The wires are now starting to split. I'll get another set for sure..
Bose is the most trustworthy brand out there. They have scientific articles testing their headphones which supports their claims that they sound better.
Unfortunately, that research makes them cost more...
Unfortunately, that research makes them cost more...
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Spicy_Cork_Sauce
I'm sorry but that's a bunch of marketing horse manure. Take the Bose AE2, their flagship full sized, closed back headphones which retail for around $200, or $300 for the bluetooth version:
http://en.goldenears.net/46103
Take a look at the first graph, frequency response. Not only is the right channel significantly louder across the entire spectrum than the left (this is poor quality control), but the bass lacks proper extension, the mids are lumpy and tilted far towards the midbass, which will make them sound muffled and boomy, and the treble is spiky and lacks extension past 10kHz, making for an ear-searing sibilance with no clarity or air.
Now take a look at the impulse response. This should show a tight, controlled up and down spike, but these things ring like chuch bells. It's absolutely disgusting and you can see from the waterfall plot that all the ringing is in the upper frequencies, which means that the treble, which we already established from the frequency response graph would be harsh, is probably going to be nothing short of agonising.
Now take a look at the Beyerdynamic DT770 Pros, Beyerdynamic's full sized closed back offering for about the same price:
http://www.innerfidelity.com/images/BeyerdynamicDT770.pdf
You can see already that the frequency response is much, much flatter. Bass extends well down into the sub-audible range, mids are flat enough to sound natural and clear, treble is flatter and extends well past 10kHz. A look at the impulse response shows far, far less ringing, and the ringing that is there is of lower frequency (just by eyeballing it, unfortunately innerfidelity don't do waterfall plots and these haven't been reviewed on goldenears), not in the ear-piercing sibilant range of ~7kHz.
http://en.goldenears.net/46103
Take a look at the first graph, frequency response. Not only is the right channel significantly louder across the entire spectrum than the left (this is poor quality control), but the bass lacks proper extension, the mids are lumpy and tilted far towards the midbass, which will make them sound muffled and boomy, and the treble is spiky and lacks extension past 10kHz, making for an ear-searing sibilance with no clarity or air.
Now take a look at the impulse response. This should show a tight, controlled up and down spike, but these things ring like chuch bells. It's absolutely disgusting and you can see from the waterfall plot that all the ringing is in the upper frequencies, which means that the treble, which we already established from the frequency response graph would be harsh, is probably going to be nothing short of agonising.
Now take a look at the Beyerdynamic DT770 Pros, Beyerdynamic's full sized closed back offering for about the same price:
http://www.innerfidelity.com/images/BeyerdynamicDT770.pdf
You can see already that the frequency response is much, much flatter. Bass extends well down into the sub-audible range, mids are flat enough to sound natural and clear, treble is flatter and extends well past 10kHz. A look at the impulse response shows far, far less ringing, and the ringing that is there is of lower frequency (just by eyeballing it, unfortunately innerfidelity don't do waterfall plots and these haven't been reviewed on goldenears), not in the ear-piercing sibilant range of ~7kHz.
miled
If you guys get a chance, please check out our Kickstarter-funded company Forte (http://myforteaudio.com). We aim to engineer the most affordable high performance headphones. What you're talking about @miled is dead on. It's all marketing, huge margins, and riding big brand name longevity. I mean Bose still makes a competitive product compared to most but everyone's making less quality (cough Beats) and charging higher prices. Definitely check us out. The audio quality stacks up against all the big names but we think our HIF technology is giving you back more true sound and best of all, we charge you almost half the price to give you back much-deserved spending power.
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Bose quality sound?
I'm sorry but as an audiophile that's a joke.
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