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I bought them because of two features: 1. I own a pair of Bose 700 and on YouTube they “crackle”. It’s worse when watching something at 1.5x and it’s really dis

I bought them because of two features: 1. I own a pair of Bose 700 and on YouTube they “crackle”. It’s worse when watching something at 1.5x and it’s really distracting when you’re watching a talk or tutorial. 2. Bose switch automatically to the first device connected. So let’s say I’m in the middle of a zoom call waiting for participants to join. If my phone is the first device and I browse a site with a voice add or click something by accident, the Bose switched to that sound source. Neither are terrible inconveniences but it’s a minor life improvement to not deal with those things. Is that worth $550? Not sure. But I’m glad I spent the money.

zimpenfish 6y ago
> switch automatically to the first device connected I think this is a generic Bluetooth audio chipset problem - I know it happens both with my Taotronics dongle and my PLT headphones. Bloody annoying when I'm listening to something on the phone, I've forgotten the Macbook is also connected, and bash beeps, killing the music.
- bardworx 6y ago
  Couldn’t agree more. With Apple’s headphones it happens less often and their switching (between devices) logic works wonders, at times. I’m partially deaf in one ear so the whole audiophile angle isn’t for me but the life convenience of apple ecosystem is worth it, in my opinion.
saiya-jin 6y ago
Bose ain't held in some high regard in hifi community neither. They have good active noise cancellation, and marketing. But that's about it. Quality of reproduction is subpar in the price level. These days there are many other aspects to using headphones, ie as you mention how things work over bluetooth. Or comfort (which alone would kill these for me, even if they would be properly great in everything else). Or various signalling with purchases. Anyway as long as everybody is happy with what they have all is good.

zimpenfish 6y ago

> switch automatically to the first device connected I think this is a generic Bluetooth audio chipset problem - I know it happens both with my Taotronics dongle and my PLT headphones. Bloody annoying when I'm listening to something on the phone, I've forgotten the Macbook is also connected, and bash beeps, killing the music.

bardworx 6y ago
Couldn’t agree more. With Apple’s headphones it happens less often and their switching (between devices) logic works wonders, at times. I’m partially deaf in one ear so the whole audiophile angle isn’t for me but the life convenience of apple ecosystem is worth it, in my opinion.

saiya-jin 6y ago

Bose ain't held in some high regard in hifi community neither. They have good active noise cancellation, and marketing. But that's about it. Quality of reproduction is subpar in the price level. These days there are many other aspects to using headphones, ie as you mention how things work over bluetooth. Or comfort (which alone would kill these for me, even if they would be properly great in everything else). Or various signalling with purchases. Anyway as long as everybody is happy with what they have all is good.