Terry, I'd agree with you where music is concerned for the most part. I don't know that the average person really understands all this and I'm not an engineer, so I tend to follow my ears in all things. As a bassist, I am very aware of the sound and quite frankly for long wear and good sound, I have yet to find a pair of headphones that are as good as the Bose Tri Port model. I literally wear headphones for about 12 to 15 hours a day if not a little longer and these do not annoy me or make my head feel tired or my ears for that matter. Of course I haven't tried every pair in the world, but my last pair which I really loved broke and I really didn't think I'd like these Bose headsets. However, I've used them long enough now that I can't imagine anything else at this point. I do wish there was a good cord that wouldn't get tangled over time etc. Actually a wired wireless pair would be great. You know one that didn't need charging, but didn't need a wire either. grin. On Sep 1, 2009, at 11:17 AM, Terry Klarich wrote:
> I think Bose make decent consumer grade speakers. One has to > understand what their goal is. They want to provide the best sound > they can in the smallest enclosure possible. Think of it as range of > sound verses the size of each speaker. Given this, they have > done a good job. > > For most folks, as long as the mid range sounds good, the highs and > lows can be ignored. An example is: Bose uses vented woofers > making the enclosure a lot smaller. A lot of sound can be produced > in a small box with relatively little power. The draw back is > the enclosure is resonate over a very narrow range of frequencies. > Bose tunes this so they get a nice booming sound; but, this > doesn't accurately reproduce someone playing a bass guitar. Sounds > good when that car blows up during that movie though. > > Bose have developed ways of deflecting the sound from their speakers > such that the sound will both flow directly from the speaker > to our ears and indirectly by bouncing off objects in the room. This > is how we hear naturally anyway. So, our brains can better > relate to the artificially produced sound. So, I wouldn't pay for > Bose technology in an open space. However, for spreading out the > sound from a small enclosure, it is adequate. > > Personally, I very much enjoy listening to music. Late at night, I > like to listen to some good blues, jazz or > sometimes classical. A clear full rich sound is very important to > me. I like to hear not the instrument; but, the instrument > being played as will. > > In short, Bose sound quite good for every day listening, watching > TV ... However, they can not accurately truly reproduce music > with the depth and warmth they claim. > > As most things, it is a compromise. I do think they are overpriced > because of the Bose brand though. > > Terry > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
