Hi Jim, Should something happen to the headphones you mention, will they be replaced free of charge? I broke the bands on both my noise cancelling headphones and a pair of quiet comfort headphones and they were replaced free of charge! This is certainly something to consider when buying headphones. I doubt this would keep happening if one broke these over and over again but If Bose found a design flaw in the head bands or in some other part of the headset, I'm certain they would be replaced! Bose actually repaired an acoustic wave unit I once had ten days after the warrantee expired. I didn't pay anything! I haven't seen other headphone manufacturers back their products like this!
Please feel free to write me privately about this if you like. Tripple A batteries aren't hard to find and I keep them with me when I travel. The rechargeable battery in the smaller pair would be more of a challenge! Thanks for the good info! Jim Aldrich ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Rebman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 1:21 PM Subject: Re: [GWN] radio Actually, the Audio Technica ATH-ANC7 QuietPoint noise cancelling headphones are far better, and much cheaper than the Bose offerings. Shure, Ultimate Ears, and Etymotic all offer reasonably priced in-ear-monitors that generally block out more noise than most of the noise cancelling ones and require no batteries or adjustments. By far the best deal in portable, high-quality, lightweight (but not noise cancelling) headphones are the Sennheiser PX-100s that can be had for $49 without much looking. They come in a hard plastic case that looks like a glasses case, fold up nicely, are exceptionally comfortable, and sound extremely good -- far better than any other lightweight set of cans I've tried, and up with some of the big boys that cost many multiples it's price. The one I recommend to everybody for just about everything where portable headphones are appropriate. Stay away from Sony -- any model, any type. -- Jim R. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Aldrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 12:57 PM Subject: Re: [GWN] radio > The best you can get are the Bose Noise cancelling headphones. You can > get > more info on them by going to: > http://www.bose.com > Most pairs of headphones should work fine in either Braille Sense Plus or > Voice Sense. The key is the length of the cord which acts as the FM > antenna! Sometimes one must coil the cord to get best results. > > HTH > > Jim Aldrich > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Gallagher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 12:01 PM > Subject: [GWN] radio > > > Hi list does anyone know of other earphones that work as good or if > not better with the radio. it is a nice feature. > thanks. > > > >
