Ok, I admit it. I’m a motherfuckin’ compulsive person who is actually very, and I mean very selfish… So I decided that the Sennheisser headphones that I bought yesterday were to uncomfortable to be tolerarted more than 10 minutes, and so, I bought the Bose In Ear headphones…
I spent $1,049 in them, which isn’t that much for a Bose product, but it’s surely a high price for a pair of headphones. The least thing I can do now that I feel a little bit guilty because I haven’t bought anything for Christmas, is to review them.
The pack were they were was way big for a headphones this small. It was gorgeous though. Too bad I had to tear it apart to get them out. The package include the headphones with the medium silicone buds attached. It also included small and large buds, a wearing collar to keep them hanged to the neck, and a huge (compared to the buds) leather case. Also, it included a manual which had more pages than useful information, along with the warranty and a ton of useless papers.
Now, on to the headphones.
Overall, the quality is very good. They are way better than the Griffin and the Sennheiser ones. One thing though that I miss a lot from the Griffins, is the Bass overload. I surely enjoyed that. They were great headphones, too bad that they broke easily.
The headphones themselves are notoriously designed to fit the whole ear. An I actually mean, the whole ear. The silicone buds occupy every corner of the ear, so even if you shake your head badly, they won’t fall. I’m starting to think my neck will fall apart before this headphones from my ear.
One curious thing, is the feeling of having them inside the ear. It seems as if they were about to fall, but they don’t actually even move. One thing I didn’t like, once again compared to the Griffin, is that unless you turn the volume way up, you can clearly hear the exterior sounds. I guess they are so small that they couldn’t fit a noise suppressor in.
Another point that is worth mentioning, is the comfort. They are not uncomfortable, but they could’ve been better. I have around an hour listening music with them, and they are starting to hurt. I’l see what happens if I leave them there. I want to see what’s the maximum time I can tolerate them. To be honest, there have been times that my ears hurt way bad, and keep listening to my music. The addiction is bigger than the pain.
The last important point, is the volume. Overall, the volume is good enough to hear, but not enough to hurt. I got mad when I turned them all the way up for the first time, as I remembered that the maximum sound pressure of the Griffin was higher. Part of this were the buds though, actually if I attach them to the Bose, the volume is more or less equal. The maximum pressure is actually good. What I love, is that if I turn them up, the sound doesn’t distorts a bit.
Overall, they are very good headphones. The quality is awesome, the maximum volume is quite good, they are comfortable and they are gorgeous. Too bad they’re way overpriced. I would’ve gladly payed $500 for them (Like in US) but not the whopping $1,049 they costed. It actually made me tremble…
Bose In Ear headphones
UPDATE:
Being as paranoid as me, I decided to check the qualitiy of the headphones with someone who has used them for a while. I was talking to Pablo, a friend from High school, and he told me that his headphones hadn’t wore down a bit, even though he didn’t use to carry them in the case. He made it clear that they were intact, even after months of use. Hopefully, my headphones will last the same as his.
