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bose vs sennheiser
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customer, ny ny on Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Used the best Bose had to offer w noise cancellation for 2 yrs & used the best Sennheiser had for two months. Bose has very good sound but the materials used are very cheap plastic & is designed to fall apart after 2yr of use. Sennheiser has superior sound when you set to the right Ipod EQ setting. On quality of materials, Sennheiser is a Cadillac.
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5
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Better noise reduction than Bose QuietComfort 2
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Jakob, Fremont, CA on Wednesday, December 03, 2008
I used to travel with the Bose QuietComfort 2, which indeed does provide good noise reduction on airplanes. However, I now prefer the Sennheiser PXC 450, which is even better.
The difference between the two headsets can be summed up by this one observation: I can listen to classical music on airplanes with the Sennheiser, which I could not do with the Bose. The quiet passages were drowned out by the remaining airplane noise. No noise reduction is perfect, but Sennheiser provides just enough extra that classical music now works for me.
I can't tell much difference when listening to rock music, though. Also, the Bose was fine for classical music when listening in a hotel room at the end of the trip, but that's not why I bought a noise-cancelling headset.
Other reviewers have complained about the buttons on Sennheiser, but I find them fine. The fit over the ear is more finnicky than Bose's fit. If you don't position the Sennheiser headset just right, some protuding elements do touch parts of my ears. This is a bit of an annoyance: with Bose, I just put the headset on and it worked, but with Sennheiser I have to fiddle. But the better sound is worth it, in my opinion.
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4
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Sound privacy - at last
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cam, Price, UT on Monday, October 20, 2008
The Sennheiser PXC 450 headphones arrived safely and well packaged - also very promptly.
I found it a little odd that the english language portion of the manual was buried in the middle of a rather thick folded booklet. It made me wonder where the bulk of the world audiophiles live - Germany or France - I am sure.
The only problem I had with the product is that the on/off switch is finnicky - it has to be pressed and held in just the right way to toggle - but it has gotten easier. I seriously considered returning them to Crutchfield -but so far continue to turn on/off with a little persistence.
The sound from these headphones is wonderful - lacking a little in the low frequencies but they perform as advertised
Thank you Crutchfield!
Cam
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5
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Keeping it simple.
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Julio, Somewhere in New Jersey on Saturday, October 11, 2008
There are already many reviews describing this product in detail. So let me give you a simpler one that will hopefully make it easier for you to decide.
They weren't kidding about the Noise Canceling feature. I now have an excuse as to ignore my wife's requests or my son's constant banging/tapping on that annoying guitar hero :) I pray they never read this review.
The sound is truly amazing, whether I plug it into my computer, amplifier, or iPod, the sound quality remains the same.
I have a few Bose products, so I am a Bose fan. I need to hear every instrument that is recorded on a CD. So I have two Bose speaker systems(Acoustimass III & XVI)that provide that sound for me. Unfortunately, when it came to their headphone line, I wasn't really impressed. The Senn 450 does what Bose does for me when I'm not listening with headphones.
Don't buy these on an impulse, do your homework so you can truly appreciate them when they finally reach your door step.
Good luck.
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Frequent Flyer Executive - Travel Improvement
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Charles, Atlanta, GA on Saturday, September 20, 2008
In short, this product is excellent. Other products purchased and compared to this one included the Bose, Sony and others. The quality of construction, comfort, sound, features, portability, all superior. While the headphones may be the largest in their class, they are actually of a lower profile than most other seamingly smaller headphones. The equates to a travel friendlier dimension combination for a backpack or briefcase. The headphone can be used in a home w/out the noise canceling, in which case they are much better sounding than the other competitors. Or, they can be used in an airplane w/ noise canceling, in which case they really standout. The range of frequencies that are cancelled are really geared towards a low thundering noise that occurs on the airplane. By the way, on my trip to Europe last week, I saw them for sale at a retailer for $648 (US dollars, after currency exchange). So glad Sennheiser built these. I was getting tired of mass marketted junk. The PXC-450's will deliver as demonstrated on the Sennheiser advertisement, on their homepage.
Enjoy!!
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