Bose QuietComfort 20 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones for Samsung and Android Devices - White

I bought these having left my Sony active noise isolating headphones in the lounge of an airport much to my wallets dismay. However, looking upon the bright side I figured this was a good excuse to look for new - and therefore hopefully better - solutions. Previously I've had two pairs of the Sony digital headphones which were excellent to be honest. The main disadvantage being that being over ear they are larger and therefore bigger to carry around in limited cabin baggage as well as being in the way if I nodded off during the flight. However, given previous in ear solutions which had always been a bit of a let down I stuck with them. But, as ever technology moves on and needing a replacement for my stupidly lost pair I decided to check out the reviews for in ear active noise cancelling earphones and by a country mile these Bose ones came out on top in most top ten lists. And, whilst I'm a bit sceptical of so called professional reviewers - and a slight bias against Bose which I associate with roll neck jumper wearing cobblers - the volume of positive reviews swayed me. So, here I am in possession of a swanky pair of Bose active noise cancelling headphones that in comparison to anything I've used before blows them all into the weeds. Really. Firstly, they are really comfortable to wear even on a long flight. They fit perfectly despite the ear buds being odd shaped. Clearly a well researched and considered design for the human ear. When you first push them in think that they are not secure because the pressure is so low compared to a more conventional pair of ear buds but, in fact they are very solidly in place despite the initial feeling. Sound quality is superb. Really superb for in ear items. Deep base and a great soundstage to use the poncey kind of gobbledygook used in What HiFi. Simply put I haven't heard a pair of in ear speakers sound so good full stop. Then when you switch on the noise cancelling the reason you've just shelled out 250 quid becomes clear. I tried these without any sound input when I first used them on an Airbus 321, sat behind the wings and therefore in cattle class on a budget aircraft in the noise line of the engines. Clearly it was pretty noisy where I was sat and yet as soon as I switched these on it felt as if I'd gone deaf. Honestly, almost all of the ambient sound vanished instantly. It was so startling I tried the effect three times for laughs. Once you then put on the sound from whichever thing you are using as the source the final tiny bit of external sound vanishes into the background. Its frankly, startling. So without a doubt these are fully worth the 250 quid if you travel by air regularly, because they make the whole experience slightly less miserable. Now, like all things in life there are a couple of niggles. Especially given that these are not actually resident at the cheap end of the market. Firstly, if you buy these chances are you are looking at the noise cancelling for the hell that is flying and as such if you buy these you would expect them to be geared to working with aircraft systems, In other words the weird twin plug fittings that are still in place on most aircraft. But, Bose don't supply the adaptor which means that you might buy these unknowingly and then find that once ensconced on board you can't use them. This is a bit penny pinching when you consider the upfront cost when far cheaper items come with everything you need. So factor in another fiver for the adaptor. Most of all, make sure you get one. The other slight irritation is that the carrying pouch is a bit low rent, but most of all quite small. And I can see this being a bit of a long term problem because the USB charged power supply has the cables fitted into each end of the unit and when in the pouch they are bent over quite hard which I'm sure is putting strain on the wires. I can imagine that if you regularly take them in and out of the carrying pouch and do so without being careful the long term effect could be broken wires. Overall though, for what these are made for they are superb. Best noise cancelling earphones I've ever come across.

My experience. If, like me, you are buying them mainly for sound canceling, then they are the best I have tried for the in ear style of headphones. I believe the very best experience is with the over the head headphones, but I don't like them for every day use, so I haven't got them. These earbuds will not eliminate all sounds, car tires, seagulls and people talking loudly, can still be heard, but there faint and will definitely soften them, this is with just sound canceling on and no music playing. Put music on and then they can not be heard. Loud sounds like a car horn or similar levels you would still hear, which is good for safety. Speaking of safety, theres a button on the side of the volume control that lets you turn sound canceling on or off and then enhance the surrounding area sounds. This nice, mainly use it for when I am going to cross the road so I can hear better. But for the majority, there great and all continual background noises will be gone. But, there is some downsides to them. So much so that I would wonder about recommending them. That is the price, for the cost I don't know if there worth it, still unsure. On one hand, I bought them for sound canceling, and for that there great, very happy. But on the over hand, the price is high and my main problem with the headphones is the cable rub you get when walking. It drives me insane. Seriously, it is sometimes quieter for me to take the headphones out and listen to the would around me. If you are not listen to music and have the sound canceling on please be aware the loudest thing you are going to be hearing is the cable as it rubs on your clothes, hate it. If you have music on, no problems. Also, they are useless in the wind. But to be fair most earbuds are bad in the wind. My other downside would be the sound quality, it's fine. That's the problem. For high end, high cost earbuds, I expected better. I have some £40 earbuds that sound better. But like I said, there fine, just don't expect to have them sound like your in the room with the band when they play. If you are mainly after sound quality, I wouldn't recommend them. If you are mainly after sound canceling, I would. But just take into consideration the previously mentioned points. Pros • best sound canceling I have tried for earbud style of headphones. • Good build quality. Cons • High price • Sound quality is fine, but nothing special • No good in the wind • OMG! The cable rubbing sounding, I hate it.

J'ai acheté ces Bose pour mon père qui va souvent à l'hôpital et est embêté sans cesse par les bruits des autres patients car il y a un an j'en avais fait l'acquisition pour moi et j'avais été épaté. Le son est excellent. Dans l'avion je l'utilise tout le temps et ne suis pas dérangé. La sensation d'être coupé des bruits extérieurs est impressionnante. Même sans musique il diminue les bruits environnants. Je recommande fortement.

Muy cómodos, buen sonido, tal vez esperaba algo más espectacular, pero aún así es muy buen sonido con la reducción de ruido. El único inconveniente en color blanco es que tienden a macharse muy fácil, fuera de esto el producto es recomendable.

La cancellazione del rumore e' ottima, anche se non totale. Alle basse frequenze la cancellazione e' ottima. Alle medie frequenze comincia a perdere un po' di efficacia. Si sentono debolmente le voci delle persone con alte frequenze (le voci si sentono molto metalliche). L'algoritmo di cancellazione funziona meglio con suoni periodici (rumori di motori, ventole di PC) piuttosto che con rumori ad impulso (come una porta che sbatte). La cancellazione quindi e' ancora da migliorare secondo me, ma e' anche vero che comunque rimane la migliore fra quelle disponibili in commercio, soprattutto per delle in-ear che non hanno un ulteriore filtro del padigione. La qualita' audio e' buona. Timbrica Bose ovviamente, quindi con una leggera enfasi sui bassi. Per me non e' un difetto perche' rispetta le mie preferenze. Il circuito di riduzione comunque impedisce a questi auricolari di raggiungere una qualita' audio pari ad altri della stessa fascia di prezzo. Consigliatissimi se state spesso in ambienti rumorosi, come uffici con molti PC, aerei, luoghi affollati e cosi via. In questo caso l'esperienza audio e' comunque migliore perche' nonostante la qualita' audio sia piu' bassa di altri auricolari sullo stesso prezzo, si sentono meglio perche' isolano i rumori esterni. Per ambienti silenziosi o per audiofili che ascoltano musica in ambienti adatti consiglio di guardare altro.

Bose QuietComfort 20 ear buds noise cancellation is as good as QuietComfort 25 over the ears headset. I highly recommend it for noisy environments when you try to get rest or need to focus. It is a must for long flights, noisy subway rides, phone calls in a noisy public spaces. Cuts out noisy A/C and noisy neighbors. You don't get a complete silence but the remaining sound is no longer disturbing. When there is very little noise around, you can hear a slight white noise from the headset. It's not annoying. Don't use it for phone calls in quiet settings because you will lose sense of people around you and talk too loud. In my opinion, batteries keep charge sufficiently long and recharge fast. Can be recharged while using them. Love the button that can disable noise cancellation and feed outside sounds so you can have quick chat with someone without taking off the earbuds. It should be used when riding a bike or driving. Can be worn for a long time because ears don't overheat like they do with over the ear headsets. It is even possible to sleep with them because there is no bulky hardware on your head. Can rest the head on a side when sitting in an airline seat. Can sleep with head resting on a side of a pillow as long as the bottom edge of the pillow aligns with the ear or above it. I don't like the fact the LED lights can be seen only from one side of the control module. Light should wrap around. The earbuds should shut off when not in the ear to conserve battery. Yes, it is pricey. Don't have any opinion on quality of sound when listening to music, except that any music without noise sounds much better than from a good headset but without noise cancellation.

Ich habe schon seit Jahren einen Bose QC2 der mich auf sehr vielen Geschäftsreisen begleitet hat. Wer viel im Flieger sitzt weiss, wie laut die Umgebung ist und wie sehr die Ohren leiden müssen. Bose's QC20 ist eine deutliche Weiterentwicklung und bietet einen Komfort den ich bisher nicht kannte. Man muss allerdings dazusagen, dass nicht jeder gerne In-Ear trägt. Ich war zuerst skeptisch, da ich von anderen In-Ear immerwieder enttäuscht wurde was das übliche "sich selbst hören" betrifft. Bei einem Telefonat mit den QC20 hört man sich aber selbst kaum noch reden und kann somit wesentlich besser telefonieren. Über den Klang und dessen Autentizität kann man sich streiten, mir passt es genau richtig. Ich trage den Kopfhörer jeden Tag etwa 2-3 Stunden, telefoniere, häre Musik oder unterdrücke damit einfach nur Flugzeuggeräusche oder Umgebungsgeäusche. In ruhigen Umgebungen kann man das Rauschen (white noise) hören, es stört aber nicht. Auch in sehr lauten Umgebungen beweist der QC20 dass er sein Geld Wert ist. Pluspunkte für mich: + Sehr gute Passform im Ohr + Tragekomfort von Ohrstecker, Kabel etc. ist wirklich gut + Sehr gutes Ausblenden von Umgebungsgeräuschen wie Auto, Flugzeug, Zug - Aber auch Tischnachbarn, Bürogeräusche etc. + Durchschschleifen von Musik wenn QC20 ausgeschaltet ist. + Akkulaufzeit sehr gut Minuspunkte für mich - Kleine Box am Ende des Kabels ist schwer zu verstauen, das Kabel zum Kopfhörer könnte noch 20 cm länger sein um das Handy und die kleine Box flexibler unterzubringen - Akkutausch? Möglicherweise eine kostenintensive Reparatur durch Bose? Wer ein kompromissloses In-Ear Noise Reduction Headset sucht ist hier sehr gut bedient!