Bose On-Ear Stereo Headphones
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Customer Review: Give it some time like a 10-15 hours of play
Summary: 5 Stars
I generally dont write reviews. But, for this I though like I should. I just want to make sure that you know the right thing.
I like clear and crisp music. I have tried several headphones and most of them had problems with one frequency or another. I like the music when I can distinguish the sound of each and every instrument and hear them clearly.
I was very skeptical buying these as they dont really have great reviews as compared to the price you have to pay. The most general complaint is that these headphones are too bassy. Most of the reviews here say the they bought it and returned it immediately as the sound quality seemed too bassy.
I agree when you start litening to it, it is be too bassy. I was not able to get other frequencies clear. I was quite disappointed and thought my $200 is wasted. But, I decided to keep using it for sometime. I dropped the left most three equilizers to min and the right most two to near max. This lowered down the overdominating bassiness(low frequencies) and balanced the high frequencies. I kept listening it and in a weeks time now, I am really pleased with these. The sound is improved a lot. Now I have increased the bass (left two equilizers) little bit as per my requirement. It is perfect piece. I would request you to give it some time.
Although, these have been designed to generate higher bass than any other headphones (if you read the mannual carefully, it clearly says that). Hence, first of all it does not need any artifical bass boost provided in most of the audio players. So, please turn them off when you listen to these head phones.
Secondly, these headphones give you more flexibilty, if you really want to listen to more bass for some songs, where other headphones might distort the music.
(I would not recommed but you may also choose to let it play overnight and you can try listening to it the next morning.)
I hope this help in your buying decision.
Customer Review: nice sound, comfortable, but...
Summary: 4 Stars
for me, comfort is a huge factor when listening to my music. i own standard ipod earphones, sony in-earphones, and etymotic er6i in-earphones. i tried on shures and some other brands. yes, earphones are convenient, they are barely noticeable when you're wearing them, and you can put them in your pocket. but for me personally, i just don't like the feeling of these things stuck into my ear canals.
now i don't know anything about the physics of sound, but i think sounds are better when they hit your whole ear rather than just your ear canal. these bose headphones do just that. and they sound great. i think better than any of the earphones i've had. i also own sennheiser px-100s which i think are pretty good. but i definitely like this bose better. the bass is really great for hip hop, electronic, and rock. but i don't think it loses the midtones or highs either. i'm not an audiophile, so please take that under consideration. but i know what i like.
before purchasing these, i was also looking at sony mdv, sennheisers, and grados, but the comfort factor is what led me to get these.
now, the only FLAW. these headphones just barely fit me. they have to be fully extended to get to my ears. perhaps i just have a huge head, but i did not have to fully extend headphones by other manufacturers to fit me.
in any case, they do fit me. but the flaw is that they look bad when fully extended. the bending of the band pops out from the sides of my head, and it just looks weird. just about all my friends agree with me. if you have a big head, go to an apple store, bring a mirror, and try them on. you'll see what i mean.
they are designed to fold up nicely, but not to look good when extended. but i don't care about how i look enough that i won't use them. its just too bad because it was so close to being the perfect headphone.
comfort: A+
sound: A
how it looks on a big head: C-
Customer Review: Breakin time required! Don't return yet!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was on a recent buisness trip and purchased the Bose OE Triports to use with a new Sansa MP3 player. I listen to more jazz than anything presently and wanted something that would give excellant performance as well as good isolation. I purchased these grudgingly because of the price and my dislike of Bose marketing and pricing. But I thought that I would give these a try. I too found that the bass is excellant, better than most that I have heard. The midrange and highs were buried beneath the bass!! I thought only the younger generation who crave bass heavy music would enjoy these. I planned to return them at the end of my trip. I even stopped at more stores along the way to compare them against the $499.00 Shure earbuds (I forget the model)as well as some others. The Shures sounded more open, as I perferred but were expensive. I arrived home and let others listen to them and they agreed that they were bass heavy (Still hadn't made the return because of time restraints).
It happens that I feel asleep with my player going. I awoke, removed the headphones, left the player going (by mistake) and went back to sleep. By some miracle, the next time that I put the headphones on, I couldn't believe the improvement in the sound quality, the openess, and the seperation!! I listened very intently over the next few days to countless tracks and tried to find something that I didn't like. The midrange, highs and bass response were all there. I think that the total listening time between the period that I really disliked the phones to the sweet spot was 15-20 hours. I don't know if headphones require breakin like speakers but I have no desire to make a return. I look forward to listening to my entire collection of music. The Bose are here to stay.
Customer Review: Great balance, great sound, and comfy but pricey
Summary: 5 Stars
I just got these very recently after trying for 2 years to find the headphones of my dreams for both my audio system at home and my iPod.
These allow you to take off any bass booster eq and really hear what's going on. My previous headphones were pretty good, but just missed the range around female voices. These have NO such problems.
I am an audiophile and these would be considered on the "bright" rather than rich side, but it does very well in that. Hey, it's from Bose, so that's what you would expect, to some degree.
The sound is very accurate in that I could tell (for the first time) that a drummer was using a set of nylon brushes rather than metal. That's a bit esoteric, but it does give a description of how accurate these headphones are in that range.
I can not comment on durability yet as these are new to me. Bose does provide a semi-rigid case for them, so if you are good at putting things in their cases, it should be OK. If you just like to take your headphones off and let them drop, these are probably not your best choice.
For me, it was between the Triport AE (around the ear) and this one. To my ears, these OE's are clearly less muddy, especially in the mid to high freq range. They are occlusive enough so that I could go around vacuuming with my iPod without being at full volume. That's pretty not bad, especially for non-noise cancelling headphones.
If you realy can't tell the difference, I wouldn't spend the $180. If you can, these are certainly worth a listen.
The biggest problem now is that I might have to go back and re-rip my CD collection using a lossless format versus MP3. That's not a bad problem to have.
Customer Review: a good compromise
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought these headphones to replace a pair of Bose noise-canceling headphones which I had worn out, and like them much better. (I don't like the noise canceling because there is a constant background hiss, and sometimes it hurts my ears as if the volume is too high, even when there is no sound at all.)
The sound quality on these headphones is very good. The sound seems to be identical to the around-ear model, and is better than any other headphones I have heard, although I haven't tried high-end audiophile models. The detail is excellent by my standards. My only complaint about the sound is that the bass is a bit stronger than I would like. By the way, the cord comes in several segments which plug into each other, and when you use the phones for the first time you need to make sure that the segments are securely connected, or else the sound will be terrible.
These headphones are also very comfortable. Soft leather pads rest lightly on the ear. I can wear them for hours without noticing. The around-ear version is a bit less comfortable but blocks out more noise. (I own the around-ear model as well, and which one I wear depends on how much outside noise I want to be able to hear.)
Some reviewers have pointed out that the part where the earphones attach to the headband is a bit fragile, and I am inclined to agree. These headphones might not be so good for you if you want to be able to toss them in your backpack frequently. An excellent protective case is provided, and this is good for occasional travel; however it would be a pain to pack and unpack the phones in this case on a regular basis. Since I don't transport them much, this is not a problem for me.