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We have collected 4 reviews of the Bose QuietComfort 15. Experts rate Bose QuietComfort 15 8/10. Reviewsor.com helps you find reviews, best prices, user reviews of the Bose QuietComfort 15 and Bose Headsets.
Bose continues its tradition of excellent noise cancellation and supreme comfort with its QuietComfort 15. The $299 price tag is par for the course with Bose products.A large rigid case keeps the pricey cans safe in your baggage, and Bose also includes an airplane adapter. The earpads seal out noise very well without any power, though unfortunately the headphones won't work without batteries.Noise cancellation immediately produces a virtually silent environment. The QC15 blocks out a broader range of frequencies than the rest of the pack, making them great for just reducing background noise without even playing any music.Our test music sounded pleasingly warm and lively, with strong upper bass and clear highs. Upper mids can be a bit harsh, leading to mild listener fatigue during long listening sessions.While we like the overall sound of the QC15, we prefer the more accurate Denon, and we wish it were possible to listen without power.
Frequent fliers have counted on Bose for years as the go-to brand for excellent noise cancellation and a fit comfortable enough for cross-country jaunts. By using microphones both inside and outside each ear cup, the Bose QuietComfort 15 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones eliminate even more noise than their predecessors, enabling you to hear more of your music and movies. Even better, the redesigned ear cushions that provide a seal against the racket around you are a pleasure to wear for hours on end. As long as you don’t mind keeping a spare AAA battery handy, these high-end cans are the best money can buy. Although they’re crammed with a AAA battery as well as a mess of electronics, the Bose QC15s are no larger nor heavier than a traditional pair of headphones. The 7.3-ounce cans are mainly black, with the exception of silver caps on either earcup. The overall look is somewhat subdued but handsome nonetheless. The right can has an inconspicuous latch on its top for inserting one AAA battery, and a switch to turn noise cancellation on and off. The left can has a 3.5mm jack to accept its lengthy 5.5-foot cord.
Here’s today’s quiz—guess how many headphones will be bought in the U.S. this year? If you said 68 million, you’d win the prize. The vast majority are earbuds for music players with a chunk (12 million) the classic wired-headband, DJ-wannabe style cans. A much smaller portion of these are noise-canceling type, the kind that shuts out the outside world and lets you concentrate on the music, soundtrack or whatever you’re listening to. Bose, the venerable audio company, really made this latter type of headphone popular and its classic QuietComfort 2 model is frequently spotted on dozing airplane passengers. The QC2’s – originally introduced in 2003 – hadn’t been upgraded since 2005, however. So Bose researchers sealed themselves in a lab and came up with the QuietComfort 15. After settling into an airline seat, it was our turn to try them out… The Bose QuietComfort 15 Acoustic Noise Canceling headphones have a circum-aural design which means they fit over your ears; they don’t rest on them (supra-aural) or get plugged in like earbuds. Will you look dorky walking around with them on your head? Of course, but you really don’t want to run or bike outdoors with noise-canceling headphones for safety’s sake. Walking around in a plane is very cool though (more on this in the Performance section).
In designing its fourth-generation consumer noise-canceling headphones, the QuietComfort 15s, Bose has done something interesting. Instead of coming up with a whole new look for its headphones as it did with the QuietComfort 3s, Bose has left the basic design of its popular QuietComfort 2s intact and simply redesigned them on the inside, adding even more effective noise-canceling circuitry and improving their sound quality. The QuietComfort 15s look identical to the QuietComfort 2s, with the same over-the-ear design, including earcups that swivel and fold flat to fit in a stylish case. (To be clear: the QC15s replace the QC2s, which will no longer be sold.) Bose has redesigned the case so that it's easier to plop the headphones in it and close it up. The resulting package is slightly bigger than a CD wallet, which makes it easier to tote, though it's still not terribly compact. As you'd expect from a set of headphones designed for frequent travelers, Bose throws in a two-prong airline adapter. The 'phones also offer a "high/low" switch, which should prevent your ears getting blasted when the pilot or flight attendant comes over the PA system.
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