Earphones / Headphones: Where to try, what to buy?

He says they're different.

But also he's not an audiophile.

So I watched some other videos, got bored and forgot about it.

All these fuckers that claim they can hear differences and then Bose will go "oh, it's the same".

It's just for flying now and then so might just buy these:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00AXVURFY/ref=pd_vtph_23_bs_lp_tr_t_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=V3RDRR96XAKHJDGGJVW5

But again, you have half the people saying "wow!" and the other half saying "sound is shit".

I'm buying a pair of wireless headphones for the mrs' christmas present and really considered the bose but the fact that they don't support aptx is an issue for me considering the price.

What will she use them with?

the sound on the QC25s really suck i got rid of mine, so anything is an improvment over them

This is what I mean, everyone raves about them then someone says they suck.

Fuck it, I'm buying the cheap ones. They're only going to be used in airplanes so the audio is already shit.

I had ATH-M50x at work but work was getting rather noisy so i got the QC25s, sold them after about a month because the difference between the two quality wise was INSANE.

I got Shure in ears with good buds and never looked back. Work totally fine on the plane, the isolation is almost as good as active cancelling and they sound amazing.

What sort of Shure? I like the ANC on my Audio Technicas for removing the wind rush noise.

I have 425's but the 215 and above all have the same isolation.

Ive flown long hall with them and never had trouble listening to music. Never tried watching any tv so couldn't comment on that...

She's got a couple of android phones and both support aptx, just seems pointless using an inferior type of compression when you're already compromising with wireless.

Cables :)

Do the Sennheiser support aptx?

What type of price and what use? On-ear, over-ear?

Ha truth! If they were for me I wouldn't be considering wireless, but she's specifically requested wireless headphones as her main christmas wish so I'm wanting to get the best I can. The Sennheiser momentums do support aptx the over ear ones are ridiculously expensive, the on ear are around the same price as the bose but I need to go into a shop to test them out.

When she mentioned that she wanted wireless headphones I was quite excited to do a bit of geeky research but it's a bloody nightmare of contradicting opinions!

Are you also taking into account the look?
Will aptx matter if they look shite?

I don't want want them to look like crap but sound quality and comfort are more important factors.

over ear momentums would look massive on a lady's head

over ear are out of the running anyway because ££££

cool...thinking about buying my mrs the on ear

Spent a while listening to the Momentum 2 On-Ear wireless last night. They're very good. I haven't spent as long listening to the two Bose options (Soundlink on-ear and QC35) but I'd say they're better than both of them in terms of sound quality.

The Bose QC35 may be better at noise cancelling/isolation. Hard to tell as I tried those in a shop whereas the Sennheiser have been street/tube but did seem to cut the outside out a bit better. The Sennheiser's seem perfectly fine though and with the clarity of the sound you can still hear fine even with a bit of background hum.

If cost isn't an issue then I'd recommend them. They are expensive, although if you look at my tale of Sennheiser's customer service on the previous page then it could well be a worthwhile investment. I wouldn't have bought these myself if I hadn't received them from Sennheiser as a replacement.

At a lower price range I did like the Plantronics Backbeat sense. Sound quality was good and they had some nice features. However, and it may have just been the fit for me, I just couldn't get over the booming noise as I walked around in them. For just office/home use they'd be good.

The on ear seem to be the same price as the bose, the only reservation I had was that you can't turn the noise cancelling off can you? I wondered whether the might become fatiguing over time?

No, the noise cancelling stays on. It's much less noticeable than some earlier models, although most of these headphones with noise cancelling are tuned for it to be turned on and don't sound as good with it off.

If noise cancelling isn't a requirement, the Bose soundlink are probably worth a listen at a hundred quid cheaper.

Noise cancelling is definitely a required feature, it's just with some noise cancelling it can feel a bit strange so wondered if the fact you can't turn it off whether or not this would become uncomfortable after a while?

You can turn off noise cancellation on the Bose but only if you use them as a wired pair.

I've used the QC35s on 5 flights over 8 hours recently (12 hours was the longest) and the noise cancelling gave no discomfort whatsoever.

I can't see why it would give discomfort, it's not really noticeable.

My previous Sennheiser's with noise cancelling I've worn for nearly 20hours straight with no discomfort.