[Eric in the Ozarks]

Bose is overpriced junk.

[mdmathis6]

I don’t know if BOSE all totally junk but I think it is overpriced. They do clever things with bass management with their acoustimass technologies in their home surround systems taking into account how the human ear actually hears. But it is all way over priced. Give me Yamaha receivers any day(I don’t like their speakers).

Sony has a good basic head phone for 20 bucks...a supra-aural design...mdr-zx300 for example....very flat response...deep bass 10-24000hz. It isn’t circumaural or sound sealing and it isn’t noise cancelling but for most uses has a very outstanding sound. Sony also has some in the ear phones in the 20 dollar category that are very high quality in terms of sound compared to the hundred dollar pairs I see Skull Candy, Beat, or Bose selling for!

I guess the main issue that there are good high quality head phones from the old dependables such as SONY for not much money. Sony does have some noise cancelling phones as well...starting in the 75 dollar category.

[driftdiver]

and yet Bose is a far better product the Beats

[Bob]

You’re probably not getting the most out of the Bose headphones because you’re not using Monster cables. /s

[martin_fierro]

Bose is overpriced junk.

They are ridiculously overpriced, agree.

But I'm liking these:

[rarestia]

I love my QC15 headphones. I’ve tried noise cancelling headphones from several manufacturers, and Bose is far and away the best bang for the buck when it comes to noise cancellation and sound quality.

I also like that the headphone jacks are removable from the headset. Nothing worse than spending a few bills on a headset, rolling over the cord with your chair and ripping the cord out of the inlet when you move.