Bose® In-Ear Headphones | List Price: $99.95
Discount Price: $44.98
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Brand: Bose
Features: - Enjoy quality audio from comfortable in-ear headphones. Full range of sound, including low notes
- Soft silicone tips in three sizes for a personal fit
- Angled plug fits most portable media players, including iPod and iPhone
- Lanyard and clothing clip included to help keep headphones in place when you're on the move
- Sleek, protective carrying case for storing headphones and a portable MP3 player
Waste of money [Posted on 2008-02-29]
I jog and jump rope a lot. The sound is just ok, and the earbuds constantly fall out of my ear. I've tried the other size ear buds that come with it and still nothing seems to fit right. I don't recommend these if you are going to use them with any kind of activity.
Muddy, Expensive.... please educate yourself before buying [Posted on 2008-03-30]
Firstly I want to start off by saying that I am not one of those people who hate on Bose no matter what they make, even if they are good. I love Bose products; the QC is a great line of active noise canceling headphones, but these IE headphones....??? they cant compare to the shine that their other headphones illuminate. I don't think these headphones are terrible, I just think they are WAY overpriced. I think it should have fallen below $60, but I know, they might run out of ad $$$.
Now to begin the review, what you see is NOT what you get. The design is top notch, and looks crazy cool. Although they are not the first ones to come up with that type of design, Samsung came up with one of these designs around 2001, but these look much slicker than the Samsung ones. The build of the IE is nothing less than great.
Just because they are In Ear, does not mean they block noise as most in ear monitors do. They fall right in between in ear canals like the Etymotics ER6i and the Sennheiser CX 300. They feel very insecure on your ear; it feels like its going to fall off. Since they are just hanging there in your ears, there is a lot of open space which allow you to engage in conversations without having pull out your headphones.
The silicone tips get lost very easily, that's why they provide you with the leather case, so USE IT!! The silicone tips also get dirty very easily if not put in the case while not in use. You don't have to worry too much about your ear wax getting stuck to it because it doesn't really go real deep inside you ear. Other accessories include the cable winder and different sizes of the silicone tips.
I am used to getting a complete seal to enjoy bass response; these headphones surprised me with producing excellent bass response without the full seal. The bass is good but it empowers over the mids and highs. If you really love bass driven music but also want to enjoy the mids and the highs, Sennheiser's CX 300 is the way to go. The IE's reproduction accuracy of music is very poor, it exaggerates the bass and seems blurs out the other frequency ranges.
I am used to having my volume on 30%, but these headphones require 53% to enjoy the full sound. The CX 300 works smarter and is very power efficient compared to the IE, which eats up your battery life faster.
Overall they are better than the iPod stock buds (not to hate on them but their last revision was pretty impressive), but any headphones above $20 should be better than the stock (duh). Many people seem to worship these headphones, but I just hope the nominating reader has tested better cans than these.
Let me propose my listmania of best value IEMs for under $100 bucks!
New Buds. I really really dislike them. [Posted on 2008-04-15]
I really really dislike these headphones. I can't wait to replace them. These are the "NEW" ones with the black and white cable.
I use them mostly when I am flying with minimal head movement. Yet, they ae constantly falling out of my ears. I spend more time positioning and re-positioning these obnoxious little buds, I could just spit.
I don't have huge ears like, say, Barack Obama. They are pretty normal. But these little devils spill out with every turn of my head. I hate them.
The sound is okay: not "WOW!" like you expect from Bose. Maybe it's because these buggers sit outside the ear canal cradled in the outer ear. I hate them.
GOOD SOUND BUT NOT FOR LONG TIME [Posted on 2008-05-03]
I bought the headphones 18 months ago.The sound was excellent... but they went outside the ears when I was running... and now there is a noise all the time because the cable connection ¿ twisted? I dont know what happened because I used them with my mp3 player in my daily exercise (running)... expensive and short live..
WOW! All this from in-ear headphones? [Posted on 2008-06-11]
Bose lives up to their reputation again. For this type of earphone the bass response is phenomenal and the whole frequency spectrum has the life that was intended when the song was produced. (I am a recording engineer and producer, so I know)
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