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Originally posted by bill killer
I have the Bose. They rule. They are good enough that if I were given the choice of traveling coach with Bose, or upper class without, I would have to seriously weigh the options.
Benefits:
- no more engine drone
- you can actually hear the movie (music, whatever), without having to crank the volume all the way up for dialogue and then frantically cranking it down when the action scenes start
- you can listen to your iPod
- seatmates do not bother you because they assume you are listening to something, even if you aren't
Before I got them, I had no idea how wearing the noise of travel was.
Oh - they reduce, but don't totally block, intermittent unpredictable noise, like conversation; I usually take them off to give the flight attendants my drink order and so on. So, if you have some braying idiot behind you, s/he might not be totally cancelled out, but it will still be a lot better.
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I will say that the way to go if you want good sound without engine noise (or crying babies) is to go the noise blocking earphone route rather than noise cancelling headphones. I am familiar with both technologies and the noise cancelling ones just don't sound as good (including the Bose). Plus the noise cancelling technology can only block about 10db (the Bose a bit more I recall), while the noise blocking models cut out between 15db and 25db depending how serious you get. They are also the only way I know of to hear actual musical detail on a plane, like vocal reverbs and musical "space." They look more like earplugs too, so they are less intrusive.
Something to consider at least.
Check out models by Etymotics Research and Shure for models that are not crazy expensive.
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