In full agreement about Bose quality, service and support. I've
tried a large number of the noise cancelling headphones and nothing
came close to the Bose around ear ones for quality sound
reproduction, shere comfort for prolonged use and effective noise
cancellation in environments such as aircraft and trains.
Apart from technical specifications the perception of quality sound
and comfort is subjective. Sure the price is high but the drive
behind Bose is excellence.
Deon van Wyk
At 21:01 06/08/2008, you wrote:
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.
>
>
>
>
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