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Agreed. My Bose Noise Canceling 700 headphones have possibly been my favorite purchase ever in terms of day to day use and also quality of life increase. Absolu

by jsonne 5y ago

Agreed. My Bose Noise Canceling 700 headphones have possibly been my favorite purchase ever in terms of day to day use and also quality of life increase. Absolutely essential while having a toddler and working on the road.

enobrev 5y ago
I also have these headphones. Along with an 18-month-old who loves to hear how high his voice can be, and a cat that can be heard cleaning itself from half a block away, and a bad case of misophonia. These headphones give me peace. Sometimes I'll even turn them on with just noise-cancellation and no music, just to concentrate. Once I got the mic working properly on ubuntu, they improved my meetings considerably as well.
- tmm 5y ago
  Do you use them wired or wireless? I bought every Bluetooth dongle Microcenter offered and none of them worked with these headphones in Windows or Linux. I’d love a recommendation for a compatible USB Bluetooth dongle.
  - Groxx 5y ago
    Have you tried a bluetooth headset dongle? NOT a general bluetooth dongle, but something specifically designed for headsets, e.g. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B089PYFLBN https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B089PYFLBN I had dramatically better luck with that, which AFAICT just presents to the OS as a USB-C headset, and has an entirely-internal bluetooth stack. Or just try using your phone - I connect both phone and computer to zoom meetings for instance. For some reason, desktop OSes / bluetooth chip stacks are absolutely awful compared to the ones in iOS / Android devices. Nearly everything connects to my Pixel 4a just fine, while nearly everything stutters when connected to my MacBook, and often doesn't connect at all to my Dell.
  - enobrev 5y ago
    I've been using a dongle I found on Amazon in 2017 with the description "Plugable USB Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy Micro Adapter" [1] Unfortunately, I don't remember if I've installed or adjusted anything on the OS. One moderately annoying caveat is that I have to open the Settings / Sound panel every time I turn on the headphones, and while the Output Device is always automatically set to the headset, I have to explicitly set the Input Device to the headset as well. When I do I get an alert sound and a quickly cut-off moment (like the "Ca-" of "Call") in the bose-lady voice, as if something went wrong, but then it works correctly. I imagine this can all be automated somehow, but I haven't had the time to figure out how and it's not _that_ big of a deal to go through the motions. 1: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009ZIILLI/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009ZIILLI/
dole 5y ago
I bought Bose 700s a few months ago on the whim they might help my spouse deal with my terrible snoring without having tried any active noise cancellation headphones before. I've had maybe twice since where she said she could kinda hear me a little bit versus her being livid at me for keeping her up all night. Really life changing.
- frakkingcylons 5y ago
  If anyone else is looking for something to help block noise or relax while sleeping, I recommend also taking a look at the 2nd gen Bose sleep buds. They’re great if you’re a side sleeper and wouldn’t be able to wear headphones to bed. They fit quite well in my ears. Now big caveat: they don’t stream audio and they aren’t noise canceling. They only play looping sounds that you download from the Bose sleep app. That said, I’ve found them to be helpful in staying asleep. Pricey also, but if it helps you sleep, it’s worth trying in my opinion.
- dnate 5y ago
  is your spouse sleeping with over ear headphones on?

by jsonne 5y ago

enobrev 5y ago

I also have these headphones. Along with an 18-month-old who loves to hear how high his voice can be, and a cat that can be heard cleaning itself from half a block away, and a bad case of misophonia. These headphones give me peace. Sometimes I'll even turn them on with just noise-cancellation and no music, just to concentrate. Once I got the mic working properly on ubuntu, they improved my meetings considerably as well.

tmm 5y ago
Do you use them wired or wireless? I bought every Bluetooth dongle Microcenter offered and none of them worked with these headphones in Windows or Linux. I’d love a recommendation for a compatible USB Bluetooth dongle.
- Groxx 5y ago
  Have you tried a bluetooth headset dongle? NOT a general bluetooth dongle, but something specifically designed for headsets, e.g. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B089PYFLBN https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B089PYFLBN I had dramatically better luck with that, which AFAICT just presents to the OS as a USB-C headset, and has an entirely-internal bluetooth stack. Or just try using your phone - I connect both phone and computer to zoom meetings for instance. For some reason, desktop OSes / bluetooth chip stacks are absolutely awful compared to the ones in iOS / Android devices. Nearly everything connects to my Pixel 4a just fine, while nearly everything stutters when connected to my MacBook, and often doesn't connect at all to my Dell.
- enobrev 5y ago
  I've been using a dongle I found on Amazon in 2017 with the description "Plugable USB Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy Micro Adapter" [1] Unfortunately, I don't remember if I've installed or adjusted anything on the OS. One moderately annoying caveat is that I have to open the Settings / Sound panel every time I turn on the headphones, and while the Output Device is always automatically set to the headset, I have to explicitly set the Input Device to the headset as well. When I do I get an alert sound and a quickly cut-off moment (like the "Ca-" of "Call") in the bose-lady voice, as if something went wrong, but then it works correctly. I imagine this can all be automated somehow, but I haven't had the time to figure out how and it's not _that_ big of a deal to go through the motions. 1: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009ZIILLI/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009ZIILLI/

dole 5y ago

I bought Bose 700s a few months ago on the whim they might help my spouse deal with my terrible snoring without having tried any active noise cancellation headphones before. I've had maybe twice since where she said she could kinda hear me a little bit versus her being livid at me for keeping her up all night. Really life changing.

frakkingcylons 5y ago
If anyone else is looking for something to help block noise or relax while sleeping, I recommend also taking a look at the 2nd gen Bose sleep buds. They’re great if you’re a side sleeper and wouldn’t be able to wear headphones to bed. They fit quite well in my ears. Now big caveat: they don’t stream audio and they aren’t noise canceling. They only play looping sounds that you download from the Bose sleep app. That said, I’ve found them to be helpful in staying asleep. Pricey also, but if it helps you sleep, it’s worth trying in my opinion.
dnate 5y ago
is your spouse sleeping with over ear headphones on?