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Nah they hold out on innovation until it's too late. They've had the NC crown for so long they fell complacent and Sony took their crown easily. Sony's XM3 is s

Nah they hold out on innovation until it's too late. They've had the NC crown for so long they fell complacent and Sony took their crown easily. Sony's XM3 is so, so far ahead. Just compare the feature sets and you'll see that Sony fits more for less (albeit the mic is had and USB c input is missing).

tillcarlos 7y ago
A year after the Sonys came out they made the NCH 700, which beat the sonys in microphone performance. I could even chew or wash my hands or sit in a noisy cafe without the other people in the call hearing it. The audio quality might be better with the Sonys, but at least they answered to the Sonys in a timely way. I had no bad experience with those yet and used them for almost a year already. No idea about customer support. I know this thread is about the QC model, but I wanted to throw this in here. IMHO bose is not behind at all.
- dartdartdart 7y ago
  The 700 model is in my opinion a QC35 II wrapped up in a pretty package with more microphones put in and a artificially high price tag to be exclusive. I recommend you pull up the the product pages for both and compare side by side. Sony put their efforts into producing custom chips that could upscale low res audio, they created the LDAC codec, put in chips that can detect your environment and adjust ANC accordingly, they have airplane pressure neutralization. Mind you this is all a year before the 700s came out and can be found for half the price of the 700s. They've also come out with numerous other ANC headphones since then at lower price points. Bose may look prettier to some, but Sony is probably 4 years ahead of the game in terms of features, cost at scale, and product offerings in the space.
  - hnhg 7y ago
    Except you can't connect to 2 devices simultaneously with the XM3s meaning that many of us got the Bose instead ;)
  - jmiserez 7y ago
    >they have airplane pressure neutralization I could not hear any difference at all on my last flight, comparing 1.0atm ground calibration vs 0.9atm in-flight calibration. The effect must be rather small.
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tillcarlos 7y ago

A year after the Sonys came out they made the NCH 700, which beat the sonys in microphone performance. I could even chew or wash my hands or sit in a noisy cafe without the other people in the call hearing it. The audio quality might be better with the Sonys, but at least they answered to the Sonys in a timely way. I had no bad experience with those yet and used them for almost a year already. No idea about customer support. I know this thread is about the QC model, but I wanted to throw this in here. IMHO bose is not behind at all.

dartdartdart 7y ago
The 700 model is in my opinion a QC35 II wrapped up in a pretty package with more microphones put in and a artificially high price tag to be exclusive. I recommend you pull up the the product pages for both and compare side by side. Sony put their efforts into producing custom chips that could upscale low res audio, they created the LDAC codec, put in chips that can detect your environment and adjust ANC accordingly, they have airplane pressure neutralization. Mind you this is all a year before the 700s came out and can be found for half the price of the 700s. They've also come out with numerous other ANC headphones since then at lower price points. Bose may look prettier to some, but Sony is probably 4 years ahead of the game in terms of features, cost at scale, and product offerings in the space.
- hnhg 7y ago
  Except you can't connect to 2 devices simultaneously with the XM3s meaning that many of us got the Bose instead ;)
- jmiserez 7y ago
  >they have airplane pressure neutralization I could not hear any difference at all on my last flight, comparing 1.0atm ground calibration vs 0.9atm in-flight calibration. The effect must be rather small.

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