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expiredNavy-Wife | Staff posted Oct 21, 2023 06:22 PM
Costco Members: Bose QuietComfort 45 SE Noise Cancelling Over the Ear Headphones
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They sound great, the noise cancelling is very good, but not quite as good as my Sony XM4's. If you're putting away silverware or clank a glass, the Bose attempts to compensate and winds up sending a loud counter clank.
However, I cannot recommend any Sony's. The XM4 earbuds had the dead battery issue and my XM4 headphones have the random ear piercing squeal with ANC. Their quality control and reliability are not worth the risk.
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Haven't had a chace to try the new QC's. Their build is slightly different and the weight is very close to QC 35/45 series. The reviews I've seen say the sound quality and ANC is very similar.
I have used the QC 35II's for 4+ years. I give them high marks for comfort. The same will be true for the 45's as they are only a slight tweak from the 35 series.
I'm sure the QC35II's, 45's, and QC are all excellent choices.
Note - For non-air travel, I like to turn ANC completely off... something that can't be done for the 45's. Not sure if this is the same with the QCs and might not effect your situation.
These are the most popular style/design of headphones you will find people wearing for airtravel... 3:1 hands down.
I'll take significantly better comfort over *slightly* better aesthetics every day of the week.
And they could be worse - Look at the Airpods Max. (Coming from someone with multiple iphones, ipads, and a mac less then 3 feet away.)
These really shine on long haul flights where comfort (for long use/wear time) and good ANC or your top priorities.
You will see more people with wearing Bose QC 35's/45's on flights than all other full sized head phones combined.
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I've owned and returned / sold two versions of the Sony's.
The QC's build, sound, and ANC quality is not as good... but the comfort wins out hands down.
I could never wear the Sony's more than ~30 minutes at a time. They are heavy, made my ears / face hot, and the clamping force (after adjustments) was simply too high. I really wanted to like/keep the Sony's but they were uncomfortable for me to wear for any length of time.
I'm not normally a fan of Bose, but the QC's are my goto when I need the convenience of closed cup *WIRELESS* headphones.
Now for serious music listening, I reach for my my wired Sennheisers or HIFImans every time. *NO* wireless headphones can compete with decent wired headpones (at even half the price) when it comes to fidelity, sound quality, sound stage, etc. The power budget is simply not available for wireless headphones / earbuds. And the more they try to compenstate with larger batteries, the more comfort suffers.
I've owned and returned / sold two versions of the Sony's.
The QC's build, sound, and ANC quality is not as good... but the comfort wins out hands down.
I could never wear the Sony's more than ~30 minutes at a time. They are heavy, made my ears / face hot, and the clamping force (after adjustments) was simply too high. I really wanted to like/keep the Sony's but they were uncomfortable for me to wear for any length of time.
I'm not normally a fan of Bose, but the QC's are my goto when I need the convenience of closed cup *WIRELESS* headphones.
Now for serious music listening, I reach for my my wired Sennheisers or HIFImans every time. *NO* wireless headphones can compete with decent wired headpones (at even half the price) when it comes to fidelity, sound quality, sound stage, etc. The power budget is simply not available for wireless headphones / earbuds. And the more they try to compenstate with larger batteries, the more comfort suffers.
My 1990s tracks sound way better on cd's played via wired headsets than any itunes junk with a bluetooth headset . It is just shameful that we sacrifice so much just so there are no wires and have lost true music sampling.
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