Bose® around-ear headphones, for personal and portable listening

by Bose

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000NJCIOY
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 11, 2006

Product Description

High-performance audio in a lightweight headphone design. Bose® technologies deliver rich musical nuances rarely found in conventional headphones. Comfortable fit for hours of listening enjoyment. Bose around-ear headphones answer the call for smooth, high-performance sound in a very lightweight package. Hear a greater range of music whether you're plugged into a computer or on the go with a portable media device. Their ergonomic design keeps them remarkably comfortable and lightweight, even as proprietary Bose headphone technology reveals the rich acoustical landscape of your music.

Customer Reviews

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great sound, comfortable fit, December 9, 2006

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Shelley Gammon "Geek" (Kaufman, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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I am not an audiophile - I do not have the precision hearing of a bat so I can echo-locate my breakfast. I know some folks are far more particular and can hear nuances in sound that are apparently not within my range of hearing. If you're like me - this review is for you.

Like shoes, it's hard to review something as a comfortable fit for everyone. I can only review something as being a comfy fit for me. Everyone's head and ears are designed differently. If you have a mammoth head or large ears, these may not fit you as well as they fit me. I'd recommend trying a pair on - they are sold at fine electronic stores and they usually have a pair you can try on and listen to.

First, I would try wearing them with no audio at all. Just stand there for 5 minutes with these things on. Do they bug you? If so, they're not for you.

Personally, I find the soft cups that pivot for the precise shape of my head to be very comfy. The cups envelope my ears without scrunching them - just surrounding them with the music or audio I want to listen to. The bass is deep - even with the volume cranked way up, I don't feel like either the treble or bass is cracking.

They're not as trendy looking as the miniscule ear buds everyone wears these days - but for complete solitude in listening to an audio book, mowing the lawn while listening to music, or just tuning out white noise while listing to something relaxing, these are nice.

My less than perfect rating is for the kinda cheesy-looking plastic and foamy headband. The headband is a magnet for dog hair (guess how I found that out?) and the plastic components just look cheap. It doesn't matter how good the sound is - when you spend this kind of money, it's nice to know you can enjoy looking at an item, too. This is why Sony & Apple do so well with their products - they work AND they are sexy to look at. These are just - eh. They're ok, but nothing to write home about in the appearance department. I know from their full-page print ads and infomercials that sound engineers and all kinds of research and rocket science goes into their audio equipment - but they seriously need to work with an award winning designer to come up with a better look. If they canned half their ad campaign and devoted some of that money to design, they could lower the price and these things would sell like hotcakes.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bose Triport Headphones, October 4, 2008

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James P. Johnson (Atlanta, Ga. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bose® around-ear headphones, for personal and portable listening (Electronics)

I've only had these headphones a short time but they have performed
exceptionaly well. The sale price of $126.00 with no sales tax makes them
a very good buy. The sound is clear and crisp, the bass is adiquate but not great. They have been comfortable to wear for two to three hours but longer than that some fatigue starts to set in. Bose is known for it's brand and quality, so at this price I highly recomend these headphones. You certenly can spend more, but will your ears really be able to tell the difference to justify the higher cost.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best Bass For The Price, March 28, 2009

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Schmaker - See all my reviews

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This is the second pair of these in my house. The build is a bit cheap for the price & being Bose & all. The headband is not properly glued to the ear cup on some. On my son's pair the headband came off the ear cup. It didn't break it came unglued...? The pins were intact. I don't know what kind've glue they use but it sucks. It only happened on one side. 2 drops of superglue resolved the issue for about a year & a half now. He is not gentle on anything including these.

My nephew has the same headphones & his issue was the insulation separating from the delicate wire leaving exposed wire with no support at the ear cup. They still work but the insulation was broken & pulled back 1/8". He said he regularly falls asleep with them on so there's most most likely been a lot tension applied. In his case it left nothing on the ear cup side to maybe cut the wire & shrink wrap without opening up the cup for some slack.

So yeh, the build is disappointing for a $140.00 Bose (or any other)product.

On the sound side these things rock. As mentioned earlier my son has a pair. I often "borrowed" them when he was not around because I liked how they sounded compared with my $25 Sony's. When I decided to buy my own headphones I intentionally avoided these thinking I could do better even spending a bit more money proving once again that I'm smarter than him...lol.

After moving into the $200.00 range on well known can's that I wasn't happy with & returned, I admitted defeat & returned to the Bose Around Ear Headphones.

Yes, you can get a better sounding set by spending into the $300.00 range & up but if you know how to treat them they sound great for the price. I've had mine for almost 2 years & haven't had either of the issues mentioned. I've fallen asleep more than once with'em on so maybe they've fixed the build issues.

I'm a bit of a basshead & love these. The bass is very powerful. The mid's & high's are lacking if anything but the bass kicks hard. They are a little large but they're pretty light weight. All the outside the ear phones get to the point that you need a break after an hour or so. I've seen a few pictures in the wife's People Mag. of stars jogging & they're wearing these.

I listen to a wide range of music from Grateful Dead to country to Andrea Bocelli. Enjoying female vocalists like Linda Eder to Sara Evans lately for what it's worth.

It's a treat to put these on & listen to some good tunes if you like some chest thumping bass.