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Summary: Bose- Poorly designed and outclased by the competition
Review: Bose has earned its market share by advertising towards naive non-audio savy consumers. Universally reviled by the audio industry and audiophile, Bose products are designed and engineered for the "lowest common denominator". What this means is that the companies' parameters for design are focused on the Circuit City/Best Buy purchaser who knows little about audio standards and has seldom listened to higher end, but equally priced competitors. Don't waste your time on this garbage called Bose and ignore the sad "self proclaimed" audiophools who who think they're great. Audio engineers, speaker builders, designers and techs who work on audio equipement all know Bose is poorly made; so should consumers.
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Summary: Would give negative stars if possible.
Review: Calling oneself an "audiophile" and claiming that Bose Speakers are deserving of that title is a bit like calling yourself a auto fanatic and championing Yugo's. Honestly, anyone in the audio industry of any high or mid end status is normally reviewed or advertises in a few well know publications like Stereophile, Absolute Audio etc (you can in fact find these magazines in Amazon.com!). What you won't find in Stereophile, AA etc are articles on Bose, ads from Bose etc. They just aren't taken seriously in the audio industry except as a huge vendor of mediocre quality gear. To say otherwise is naive and not factual. Instead of Bose, try the Senhessier offered here on Amazon. The build quality fine, but more importantly sound quality if better. Oh, and real audio engineers and "audiophiles" will respect you.
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Summary: Snap
Review: I agree completely with the bottom review from Berkeley. I'm sure we're talking about the same break-site. I've reglued my headphones twice in the same area where the plastic-covered metal band connects to the earpiece, and due to the tension in the band they keep snapping whenever I put them on. These are not for mobile-users; they are simply too fragile. With that said, I can agree that the sound is amazingly rich.
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Summary: Bose does it again with the Triports
Review: I bought a pair of Sennheiser EH2270 headphones and was really disappointed with them. The bass was muddy and there was a real lack of midrange and high end. So I returned them and picked up the Triports. What a huge difference! The Triports deliver crystal clear sound and remarkably reproduce the full audio spectrum from low end to high end. And they are so light weight and comfortable. And at..., you can't beat the price for such high quality. Once the Triports have been on the market awhile, I think they'll get the rave reveiws they deserve.
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Summary: Great on sound, flimsy on construction
Review: I bought a pair of these for use in Iraq, and I must say the sound quality is excellent. I wouldn't necessarily say they are $100 better than a pair of $40 JVC headphones I own, so in that sense they are a bit overpriced. The Bose name probably accounts for over half the price tag.
On the downside these headphones are constructed of cheap material. The plastic halo piece is fragile, and the metal sliding piece on mine broke through during the first week of limited use. You have to be careful with these at the portion where the plastic ends and the metal headpiece inserts. Bottomline: Love the sound, drowns out the noise in the gym, including the gym's sound system. Rich, full sound.
Cheap construction. Bose should have used an aluminum alloy or something more durable for headphones costing $149.
Given another choice I'd stick with the $40 headphones and spend the other $110 on some nice CD's to listen to with them.
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Summary: Extremely flimsy and not worth the money
Review: I bought a pair of these headphones and after only 2 weeks the headband broke on both sides. The size extenders are apparently held together by only a STAPLE!!! Yes the sound quality is great, but the construction quality of these headphones is simply unforgiveable. If you don't believe me go to a chain electronics store (Best Buy, Circuit City, etc.) and look to see if they have one of these on display. I guarantee you that the display model will be broken. The people that give these headphones a high rating, 4 or 5 out of 5, simply have not owned these headphones long enough or used them enough to see a problem. If you own these headphones for a few weeks they will break just like mine, and believe me, you will want a refund. Just as a last point of advise; If you do buy these headphones, buy them from a physical chain store, not an online store. It will save you the effort of having to send them back through the mail for a refund.
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Summary: If you use them alot, don't buy them
Review: I bought my triports when they first came out. I listen to them every day at work and within the first week, I broke both sides. I called bose and they said they hadn't had any problems but told me to return. I did and the second pair did the same thing. A little scotch tape and they worked fine for over a year. Now I just snapped off the left ear piece. Maybe I have a big head but I definitely don't abuse these headphones to a point where they should break so easily. Great sound, bad engineering. Next headphones will definitely not be the triports.
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Summary: Overpriced and Fragile
Review: I bought these headphones after hearing them at a Bose store in a shopping mall. I hadn't had anything much to compare them to except earphones that come with portable players and they sound much better than that. However, you can get the same or better sound from headphones that cost far less. I recently bought a pair of Sennheiser PX 100 headphones to take to the gym... They are also more comfortable. The Bose Triports have a flimsy plastic headband which has broken three times in nine months. Bose cheerfully replaced them each time but I now must use the headphones gingerly and after hearing the Sennheiser PX 100 I prefer to use the Sennheiser. The Bose sound nice but you can get better value for your money elsewhere. Bose did, however, introduce me to better sounding headphones. I just wish I had done some comparison shopping before I plopped down my money for the Bose headphones.
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Summary: Sound is Fantastic / Build Quality is Bad
Review: I bought these headphones long before most knew about them. The quality of the sound from the headphones is just amazing. The clarity and depth of the sound from these headphones makes me want to keep the headphones on all day. The biggest and perhaps the only problem with these headphones is plastic that holds the headband together. There is a huge design flaw that causes these things to eventually break due to excessive fatigue on a certain region. I've gone down to the Bose store and have had a goodwill replacement on-site. I thought it could be the way I was handling the headphones, so I stopped taking them out with me. A month later, they broke again at the exact same spot. I called Bose about it. Over the phone, the Bose representative tells me that the design flaw has been fixed. She sends a replacement, which I just got today. It looks EXACTLY the same as my previous two sets. I would suggest waiting until this is redesigned.
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Summary: WOW
Review: I first tried these on at my local Best Buy. I first looked at the price and thought 150 dollars, headphones are not worth that much. I tried them on and thought wow. They are light weight and comfortable. The headphones never press against my ears. My old headphones would press against my ears at they would start to hut after 10 min. This was all before i turned the music on. When i pressed play i heard classical music and i was about to take the headphones off when i noticed i didnt hear any of the anoying Best Buy sounds. The music quallity is as good as it gets. The music acually felt like it was inside my brain. In conclusion, these headphones are comfortable, light weight, and have ecellent music quallity.
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