NFT: Bose Quiet Comfort 25: yay or nay?

I prefer wireless over active noise canceling headphones so I just switched to the Bose SoundLink Bluetooth headphones and they're fantastic.

Bose although popular and have decent sound not my first choice from an audio quality standpoint. Secondly, like with all headphones they need to go through a "burn in" period. You will find the more you use them the better they should sound.

and I agree with you on the sound on these, but I don't think I've found a better pair of active noise canceling headphones. There are ones with better sound that don't cancel as well, but nothing that is the complete package of form factor, noise canceling and sound that does it better than Bose.

you bought $300 headphones partly to check out the vending machine? lol what did you expect to happen?

In comment 12153016 jcn56 said:

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and I agree with you on the sound on these, but I don't think I've found a better pair of active noise canceling headphones. There are ones with better sound that don't cancel as well, but nothing that is the complete package of form factor, noise canceling and sound that does it better than Bose.

Agree, Bose probably leads the pack for this type of a headphone.

or nay.

But QC 25 has better noise cancellation.

In comment 12153016 jcn56 said:

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and I agree with you on the sound on these, but I don't think I've found a better pair of active noise canceling headphones. There are ones with better sound that don't cancel as well, but nothing that is the complete package of form factor, noise canceling and sound that does it better than Bose.

And to the list of pros I would add: comfort. Man, these are comfortable as shit.

sound quality wise they are way overpriced though.

In comment 12153020 brandozilla said:

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you bought $300 headphones partly to check out the vending machine? lol what did you expect to happen?

I expected to insert my credit card, at which point a robotic arm would whir into motion and carefully but awesomely deposit the headphones into a recepticle from which I could retrieve them.

The vending machine was great, and the headphones might be growing on me.

So you bought a pair of noise CANCELING headphones and your not happy with their sound reproduction. Doesn't that strike anyone else as odd?

You should buy noise canceling headphones if you want silence.

If you want great sound, buy them from a company known for great sound like Bowers & Wilkins, or Senheiser or AKG. These companies are known for their performance not their silence.

find wireless headphones with ANC and the market is really small. I ended up with the Beats Studio Wireless. I know, I know - overpriced garbage. That said - the sound is fine -i'm certainly no audiophile - and the absence of a cord when i'm on a plane is excellent - as is the noise-cancelling.

I had my Bose QC 3's for over 10 years and they still work great but i wanted to check out the wireless option.

Not having a wire in your way is absolutely the way to go. Works great with all of my Android devices.

headphones for silence. You want to block out outside noise so you can enjoy the music or movie you are listening to. I have the Bose QC. I love them. At work I wear them as regular headphones. But on two recent plane trips, I used the noise cancelling and it worked very well. It eliminate all of the plane noise and all I could hear was the movie/music.

In comment 12154610 LAGiant said:

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If you want great sound, buy them from a company known for great sound like Bowers & Wilkins, or Senheiser or AKG. These companies are known for their performance not their silence.

You should try listening to music with a set of Sennheisers on the BART. That'll learn ya.