Hi! Thanks Tim for your great explanation. That made me thinking of buying them even though they’re expensive. But there are more expensive beasts out there. /A
> 20 jan. 2021 kl. 00:16 skrev Tim Noonan <[email protected]>: > > Hi, > > The Bose 700 headphones are very comfortable and have some good features for > blind users. > > The touch controls are extremely easy to use. Sliding your finger vertically > up or down the front side3 of the right ear cup increases or decreases the > volume. > > Sliding your finger forward or backward moves to next track or start of > current track/previous track. > > Double-tapping pauses and resumes playbak. > > There are three physical buttons also > > - for power on/off and pairing; > - For adjusting the noise cancelation level between three pre-set levels > (the Bose Music app allows you to choose these); > - And the other button is for answering/ending a call, Siri or other voice > assistant. > > You can choose from level 10 noise cancelation - which is extremely good, > through to level 0, which is a pretty responsive and accurate transparency > mode. > > I often use level 4, which attenuates noise but still allows situational > awareness when at home - so I can hear someone calling or what the dog is > doing. > > For blind folks, this multi-level noise cancelation feature is the stand-out > feature of the 700's. > > Their other stand-out feature is for phone calls, where they attempt to > cancel noise around you as you speak, so the person at the other end only > hears you. As with all headphones in this class, their reproduction of your > voice is adequate, but not great, lacking high end and some flanging. > > Music playback Sound is good, but not super fantastic. Bose have their own > sound profile which a lot of audio files are not very impressed by. The app > allows you to adjust bass, mid-range and highs, but it’s accessibility is a > little fiddly. The Sonys and The AirPods Max are both considered to have much > superior sound over-all. > > Audio Latency is pretty poor over Bluetooth, which is a shame. > > Worse still, there is significant latency when you use the 3.5 ml headphone > cable, which makes them poor for audio production work where you really want > 0-latency. > > That about sums up my experience with these headphones. > > Tim > > Tim Noonan > Consultant Speaker Coach > > Phone: +61 419 779 669 > Email: [email protected] > Skype: TimNoonan > Twitter: @TimNoonan > > Speaking, Coaching & Consulting: www.timnoonan.com.au > Voice Readings: www.voicereadings.com > > On 20/01/2021, at 6:28 AM, Anders Holmberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > H i! > Is anyone using the Bose 700 here? > I am just wondering how it works with the touch gestures? > I suppose they will work for a blind person as there are no display on the > headphones. > /A > > > > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#3763): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/3763 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/79960358/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
