Bose QuietComfort 2 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones

Manufacturer:	Bose
List price:	~~$299.00~~
Our price:	that is 100% off!

Bose QuietComfort 2 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones

Average rating: Stars

Excellent headphones; much less expensive in America than the UK

The quiet comfort aspect of these headphones don't cut out all sound, so if you are sleep deprived and have shrieking neighbours you'd be better off getting ear protectors for Â£5.

The headphones tend to cut out bass sound e.g. the sounds of bus engines, train engines, loud men on their mobile phones. On London Underground (very noisy - people have to shout if they want to talk)you still hear the sounds of the air being forced through the tunnels, but the rumbling sound of the wheels on the track vanish. You can actually hear the music you are listening to too, which is a first.

The headphones don't cut out all voice sounds, so if you have noisy people chatting behind you on the bus you will still hear them, but they are far less irritating than they would be without the phones. Interestingly, if you have someone sitting near you listening to their i-pod too loudly it doesn't cut this out.

Moving on to music, the headphones pick up sounds and notes from my i-pod I didn't know existed, and make my listening experience fantastic, and if you have music on whilst in the situations mentioned above you won't hear anything external (apart from on the underground).

As regards comfort I have no complaints - they are far more comfortable than in-ear headphones, and you don't notice the weight. The headphones use an AAA battery in one of the cups which seems to last a long time (over 20 hours so far!). (The phones are switched on on a switch on one of the headphone cups - you need them switched on for silent mode and music mode; they don't work without the battery, unlike most other headphones).

If you are in a quiet environment, say at home with the occassional sound of kids or car-alarms, you will hear a very faint hiss if you try, but this isn't intrusive (It sounds like falling rain in the distance, so is quite relaxing). You won't notice this if you are wearing them in noisier environments.

The headphones also come with various cables for use in different machines, and come with a hard case to protect them when you are not using them. (The ear cups fold flat for transport).

My only worry about wearing these excellent headphones in public is the possibility of being mugged.

Bose QuietComfort 2 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones - Bose

Excellent

These headphones are superior. I bought the 50-dollar JVC HANC100 Noise Cancelling Headphones, but compared to the Bose, it's garbage. The only two things that the JVC has over the Bose is that it has a retractable headphone plug and the headphones fold nicely together to make it more compact and easy for travel. However, the Bose:
1.) Has excellent sound quality - the bass is very deep.
2.) Is comfortable (unlike the JVC which presses against your ears, whereas the Bose wraps around your entire ear)...the other reviewers do not know what they're talking about..it's not too much pressure at all.
3.) Has incomparable noise cancellation...if you take these on the subway or on a flight, or if you have a loud air conditioner, these will take out those sounds ENTIRELY. Even if you're near someone who snores loudly in his sleep, you can BARELY hear him/her.
4.) Is aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

The only negative is its 300-dollar price tag. If you have the money and are the type of person who goes for QUALITY regardless of cost, GET THESE HEADPHONES.

Bose - Bose QuietComfort 2 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones

please pass: no good

bought these for my iPod. aside from the noise cancelling gimmick, the earphones that came with the iPOD sound better.

the Bose sounds muffled and tinny, and you have to crank up the volume to the max to get some sound out of it compared to the original earphones. the noise cancelling is a gimmick

My old Sennheiser Cx100 are just better for a 10th of the price

this was my second and last Bose purchase

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