Comments on: Grado vs Bose Quiet Comfort 2 http://www.opticality.com/blog/2007/11/28/grado-vs-bose-quiet-comfort-2/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:37:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: hadar http://www.opticality.com/blog/2007/11/28/grado-vs-bose-quiet-comfort-2/comment-page-1/#comment-6809 hadar Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:23:41 +0000 http://www.opticality.com/blog/2007/11/28/grado-vs-bose-quiet-comfort-2/#comment-6809 That makes a lot of sense! Even without NC, some people wildly prefer over-the-ear, others on-the-ear, etc., not always just because of comfort on the ear, sometimes because of pressure, etc. That makes a lot of sense! Even without NC, some people wildly prefer over-the-ear, others on-the-ear, etc., not always just because of comfort on the ear, sometimes because of pressure, etc.

]]> By: hadar http://www.opticality.com/blog/2007/11/28/grado-vs-bose-quiet-comfort-2/comment-page-1/#comment-7285 hadar Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:23:41 +0000 http://www.opticality.com/blog/2007/11/28/grado-vs-bose-quiet-comfort-2/#comment-7285 That makes a lot of sense! Even without NC, some people wildly prefer over-the-ear, others on-the-ear, etc., not always just because of comfort on the ear, sometimes because of pressure, etc. That makes a lot of sense! Even without NC, some people wildly prefer over-the-ear, others on-the-ear, etc., not always just because of comfort on the ear, sometimes because of pressure, etc.

]]> By: Jamie Thingelstad http://www.opticality.com/blog/2007/11/28/grado-vs-bose-quiet-comfort-2/comment-page-1/#comment-6808 Jamie Thingelstad Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:18:04 +0000 http://www.opticality.com/blog/2007/11/28/grado-vs-bose-quiet-comfort-2/#comment-6808 The other thing I've read about on the NC stuff is there is some listener dependency. Just like certain projectors and some people see the "rainbow" effect and others don't. Some people have ears that are more sensitive to the pressure, etc. The other thing I’ve read about on the NC stuff is there is some listener dependency. Just like certain projectors and some people see the “rainbow” effect and others don’t. Some people have ears that are more sensitive to the pressure, etc.

]]> By: Jamie Thingelstad http://www.opticality.com/blog/2007/11/28/grado-vs-bose-quiet-comfort-2/comment-page-1/#comment-7284 Jamie Thingelstad Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:18:04 +0000 http://www.opticality.com/blog/2007/11/28/grado-vs-bose-quiet-comfort-2/#comment-7284 The other thing I've read about on the NC stuff is there is some listener dependency. Just like certain projectors and some people see the "rainbow" effect and others don't. Some people have ears that are more sensitive to the pressure, etc. The other thing I’ve read about on the NC stuff is there is some listener dependency. Just like certain projectors and some people see the “rainbow” effect and others don’t. Some people have ears that are more sensitive to the pressure, etc.

]]> By: hadar http://www.opticality.com/blog/2007/11/28/grado-vs-bose-quiet-comfort-2/comment-page-1/#comment-6807 hadar Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:13:18 +0000 http://www.opticality.com/blog/2007/11/28/grado-vs-bose-quiet-comfort-2/#comment-6807 Basically, I've used the NC in planes (many, many times), and on rare occasions at home, mostly if Lois was watching TV, or on the phone. I never really had any problems with them (including three different pairs of Sony's), so I suspect that you had a bad pair! That said, I am shocked at how poor the Bose are (not at NC, which they do well!, but at delivering a nice sound), so I would likely go for some of the lower-end models that I've read reviews of (under $100), if I were buying new NC headphones. Basically, I’ve used the NC in planes (many, many times), and on rare occasions at home, mostly if Lois was watching TV, or on the phone. I never really had any problems with them (including three different pairs of Sony’s), so I suspect that you had a bad pair!

That said, I am shocked at how poor the Bose are (not at NC, which they do well!, but at delivering a nice sound), so I would likely go for some of the lower-end models that I’ve read reviews of (under $100), if I were buying new NC headphones.

]]> By: hadar http://www.opticality.com/blog/2007/11/28/grado-vs-bose-quiet-comfort-2/comment-page-1/#comment-7283 hadar Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:13:18 +0000 http://www.opticality.com/blog/2007/11/28/grado-vs-bose-quiet-comfort-2/#comment-7283 Basically, I've used the NC in planes (many, many times), and on rare occasions at home, mostly if Lois was watching TV, or on the phone. I never really had any problems with them (including three different pairs of Sony's), so I suspect that you had a bad pair!<br><br>That said, I am shocked at how poor the Bose are (not at NC, which they do well!, but at delivering a nice sound), so I would likely go for some of the lower-end models that I've read reviews of (under $100), if I were buying new NC headphones. Basically, I’ve used the NC in planes (many, many times), and on rare occasions at home, mostly if Lois was watching TV, or on the phone. I never really had any problems with them (including three different pairs of Sony’s), so I suspect that you had a bad pair!

That said, I am shocked at how poor the Bose are (not at NC, which they do well!, but at delivering a nice sound), so I would likely go for some of the lower-end models that I’ve read reviews of (under $100), if I were buying new NC headphones.

]]> By: Jamie Thingelstad http://www.opticality.com/blog/2007/11/28/grado-vs-bose-quiet-comfort-2/comment-page-1/#comment-6806 Jamie Thingelstad Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:06:45 +0000 http://www.opticality.com/blog/2007/11/28/grado-vs-bose-quiet-comfort-2/#comment-6806 I'm curious to see if you have any issues with the noise canceling in other environments. I ended up selling the Sony NC headphones I had on eBay after a couple of attempts to use them in airplanes. The acoustics were all messed up from the NC stuff, and if I rotated my head so it wasn't straight ahead I got this crazy reverb/noise artifact. Ugh. <a href="http://www.thingelstad.com/2006/03/noise-canceling-headphones-first-impression/" rel="nofollow">I wrote about it</a> a while back. I’m curious to see if you have any issues with the noise canceling in other environments. I ended up selling the Sony NC headphones I had on eBay after a couple of attempts to use them in airplanes. The acoustics were all messed up from the NC stuff, and if I rotated my head so it wasn’t straight ahead I got this crazy reverb/noise artifact. Ugh. I wrote about it a while back.

]]> By: Jamie Thingelstad http://www.opticality.com/blog/2007/11/28/grado-vs-bose-quiet-comfort-2/comment-page-1/#comment-7282 Jamie Thingelstad Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:06:45 +0000 http://www.opticality.com/blog/2007/11/28/grado-vs-bose-quiet-comfort-2/#comment-7282 <a href="http://www.thingelstad.com/2006/03/noise-canceling-headphones-first-impression/" rel="nofollow">I wrote about it</a> a while back. I wrote about it a while back.

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