No one prefers BOSE out of personal preference. That name has become synonymous with "quality" by sheer marketing barrage. If any of you actually stepped outside of Circuit City and Best Buy, you'd hear infinitely better speakers for the same price or cheaper.
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In-Ear Headphones: Still Waiting
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No one prefers BOSE out of personal preference. That name has become synonymous with "quality" by sheer marketing barrage. If any of you actually stepped outside of Circuit City and Best Buy, you'd hear infinitely better speakers for the same price or cheaper.
Yeah as far as the bose in-ear headphones. I went to look at them and the guy at the store WOULDN'T let me leave without trying them. So I did, and they sounded worse than my $50 set of Sony in-ear's that I bought 3 years ago. He pumped up the volume nice and loud so it broke my ears in an attempt to mask the 'average' sound output.
Bose suck. the only person I know who loves bose also won the lottery, and therefore bought the most expensive and 'aristocratic' of audio hardware.
Bose suck. the only person I know who loves bose also won the lottery, and therefore bought the most expensive and 'aristocratic' of audio hardware.
Fly a lot too. I bought a $300 pair of Shures a few years ago, but could never get a good seal to block external noise. They also sounded very tinny but, again, that was due to a poor seal. Other people love them however, so I think I just have odd-shaped ear canals.
For now, I'm still with my old sony MDR-NC11's. I hate the heavy inline battery holder, but at least they're pocketable. The huge Bose noise canceling 'cans' that I see a lot on flights are great (sound-wise) but I'm not keen on the "Princess Leia" look!
I don't shop at Circuit City or Best Buy in fact I don't shop at an big box electronics stores. I've bought Ultimate Ears headphones because of people saying "No Highs and No Lows must be a Bose" "Buy Other Sound Equipment", etc. You know I'm sure Ultimate Ears have fantastic sound quality but they are some of the most uncomfortable headphones I have ever used and when I use headphones for mostly the whole day I like them to be as comfortable as possible. You should probably read this as well. If someone can match the comfort and sound quality of Bose sign me up. No I'm not saying they are the best and I'm not saying they aren't overpriced but people do like them. Because most headphones I see are just earplugs with sound.
Fly a lot too. I bought a $300 pair of Shures a few years ago, but could never get a good seal to block external noise. They also sounded very tinny but, again, that was due to a poor seal. Other people love them however, so I think I just have odd-shaped ear canals.
For now, I'm still with my old sony MDR-NC11's. I hate the heavy inline battery holder, but at least they're pocketable. The huge Bose noise canceling 'cans' that I see a lot on flights are great (sound-wise) but I'm not keen on the "Princess Leia" look!
Lol. I have a set of sennheiser full headphones (HD280) that do VERY well for the price. Unfortunately I wear glasses to read, which means a worse seal and the frames digging into my head.
So wait... are the new Apple headphones better than Bose or not? And will they be compatible with the iPhone 3G with the advent of (maybe) iPhone 2.2?
/also, I have a workmate who used to work for Bose
//I'll have to see what he thinks of them
/also, I have a workmate who used to work for Bose
//I'll have to see what he thinks of them
So where do you demo loudspeaker systems, I'm curious. You seem to have listened to many to come up with your conclusion. And yes, I've read that article, it's a bunch of nonsense. They don't publish specs because the frequency response curves would be embarrassing at best. Obviously specs aren't everything and speaker selection is a totally subjective experience. But there is a limit to how well garbage can sound.
You mean the EarJams? I put a pair of those on my iPhone 3G headphones as an interim measure.
Pros:
1) Cheap ($12)
2) The Apple earphones now stay in my ears (they used to slip out when walking)
3) Sound is okay (but my ears are not as young as they used to be, so it's probably moot)
4) Provide some sound isolation.
5) I can still use the play/pause/back/fwd/mic features of the basic iPhone headset! Yay!
6) Come with a cute little zippered case.
7) Come with plastic 'shells' for both old and new ipod earbud shapes.
8) Come with rubber 'tips' for small, medium and large ears.
9) because of 7 and 8; I (big ears, new earbuds) and my daughter (small ears, old earbuds) benefit!
Cons:
1) Not insanely beautiful. Insane, maybe
2) The rubber bits sometimes come off in my pocket.
3) No volume control !!!!
I was actually thinking about the TuneBuds Mobile
Sennheiser's were the first active noise canceling headphones I ever tried out. It was only in an airport store, mind you, but I was hugely impressed with the noise cancellation. They were open (on ear) and collapsible (good!), but unfortunately had that heavy inline battery holder that just sort of hangs there, or catches on things.
I don't have a loudspeaker system. I bought some Altec Lansing FX4021 computer speakers that I connected to my TV and those are fine for me.
The TV is in my bedroom I don't need and can't fit big speakers in there. I just wanted something better than the speakers that came with my Vizio. They sound pretty nice for being only 85 dollars. Have you listened to them?
I've tried out a variety of Bose headphones now - sound cancelling ones, in ear ones - and I just couldn't bring myself to get excited about them at all.
I have a set of entry level Beyerdynamic cans which cost me $20 and for all the testing I did with the Bose sets, I think these sound better not even taking their outrageous pricing into consideration.
Bose does sound a HELL of a lot better than the standard / basic stuff out there. But there is a lot better stuff than Bose out there, which doesn't cost anything near what Bose does.
I have a set of entry level Beyerdynamic cans which cost me $20 and for all the testing I did with the Bose sets, I think these sound better not even taking their outrageous pricing into consideration.
Bose does sound a HELL of a lot better than the standard / basic stuff out there. But there is a lot better stuff than Bose out there, which doesn't cost anything near what Bose does.
Unbelievable. What don't you get about having a small space and not needing huge speakers in order to get good sound?
Nothing. Listen I would of bought the Klipsch Pro Media 2.1 but at the time they were sold out. Besides Altec Lansing are underrated for what you get and the price you have to pay for it.
So what exactly are you trying to prove? That your selection criteria was a small range of computer speakers, and that BOSE was the best out of them? Got it.
You're really cocky you know that? Where did I say I bought Bose computer speakers?
Who here has, lets say a Bose Lifestyle System in their home? And use the ADAPTiQ to calibrate it?
Hopefully Apple is perfecting the headphones. From what I've read, I'm expecting great things from Apple for this one. Although every company use fancy words and wow us with technical phrases, Apple's headphones seem genuine.
Whether I will cough up the $79 for them, I'm not sure. Cheap for what seems like a good pair of headphones but I hate spending money nowadays.
Honestly, I'll probably end up getting a pair eventually though.