Bose QC15: Do you recommend this for a college student who needs to study?
762785
I bought a pair for my daughter when she started college. She tells me she couldn't ever steady in her room without them. She also said she would buy another pair herself if something happened to them. I can't speak to the quality of the audio.
771560
Beats isn't really good. They sound muddy and is not worth $300. When you buy the beats, you're pretty much paying for the brand, not the sound quality. But the beats do have good bass. And they do look great.On the other hand, the bose 15 has better sound quality, clarity, and amazing noise cancellation. The bose are smaller and weight less then the beats. You can wear bose for hours. That's how comfy they are. The beats start to hurt your ears after about an hour. In my opinion I kinda like how the bose 15 look. It all comes done to this: looks or sound quality.
821088
definitely! its perfect for a college student. its portable and pretty efficient. it runs windows 8 OS so you need to consider that in respect of applications you want to run (windows 8 compatible versions may be required)
2210566
I don't have a Bose system to compare too. But I am very happy with the sound. For what it is.. I am very happy with the bass. I have several large living room and kitchen and lower half of the house. And the speaker fills whatever room rather well. I like boston acoustics sound. And you can adjust the equalizer on the device your playing the music from. To get a better sound.I have a home stereo with a designated Velodyne subwoofer which is great, for real bass. But for $150 and blue tooth portable this is pretty darn good.
771563
Sometimes my husband has the opportunity to fly in business class where AA loans out QC15 for free. He raves about how comfortably they fit over his ears and the best noise reduction he has every experienced. He has tried several brands, including previous Bose versions. When considering all aspects, Bose is the best. We are purchasing our own sets because of his experience.
771565
I bought mine from Amazon and they did come with the case as well as the iPod cord with volume control, button to answer phone, and mic. I have compared the beats and the Bose side by side as I have the qc 15 and a friend of mine has the beats. Without a doubt the ONLY advantage to the beats is more bass. The noise canceling and sound quality on the Bose is far better than that of the beats, even my friend who owns the beats agrees. Bottom line is, the only reason you should get the Beats over the Bose QC 15 is if you want the extra bass. Otherwise if you enjoy the noise canceling and great sound quality, get the Bose! I bought mine from Amazon and they did come with the case as well as the iPod cord with volume control, button to answer phone, and mic. I have compared the beats and the Bose side by side as I have the qc 15 and a friend of mine has the beats. Without a doubt the ONLY advantage to the beats is more bass. The noise canceling and sound quality on the Bose is far better than that of the beats, even my friend who owns the beats agrees. Bottom line is, the only reason you should get the Beats over the Bose QC 15 is if you want the extra bass. Otherwise if you enjoy the noise canceling and great... » Read More I bought mine from Amazon and they did come with the case as well as the iPod cord with volume control, button to answer phone, and mic. I have compared the beats and the Bose side by side as I have the qc 15 and a friend of mine has the beats. Without a doubt the ONLY advantage to the beats is more bass. The noise canceling and sound quality on the Bose is far better than that of the beats, even my friend who owns the beats agrees. Bottom line is, the only reason you should get the Beats over the Bose QC 15 is if you want the extra bass. Otherwise if you enjoy the noise canceling and great sound quality, get the Bose! « Show Less
1115219
I tried both in store and there wasn't much difference between them with noise cancelling next to an enormous fan. The QC15 have better quality sound reproduction due to the larger drivers, but honestly I have no problem with my QC20s. They sound great, the noise cancelling is amazing and I've slept for 10 hours straight on a flight from LAX to SYD sitting over the wing next to the engines.
40818
In my humble opinion the noise isolation feature of my V_Moda crossfade's are far superior than the Bose QC series headphones. One of my co-workers has the Bose QC-25's I tried them and he tried mine he agreed with me as well!
1824896
the sound of pxc450 and designer is very good, only loss in canceling noise, the bose, is best quality for canceling noisefor this fact I prefer bose. I consider equal da bose QC 15 and PCX 450.
646187
It does pretty good. I must say that my altec Lansing has better quality sound. Better clarity and bass. Much louder than the bose.
1704455
It is very good for the money, my son is studyng music in college and the stand works just fine and so the headphones.
1067672
I would say if you are listening in a bedroom or study area and not trying to crank the volume, you should be fine. I use mine with multiple speakes in my study and get a full and dynamic sound out of floor speakers at pretty decent volume levels
452346
Yeah, I bought a pair of these and brought them to the office. My boss has a pair of QC2's and we compared them side by side. The ANC's do leak noise considerably more than the Bose. You can test them on your head with a partner, or you can turn the cups down on a table and listen for the leakage. I decided to send mine back and get the Bose instead. I also had issues with some very mild static on the ANC's on a flight last week - very slight, but it was there none-the-less.
1962824
I ran my MacBook Pro out of it. It worked but I returned it because it was poorly made. It was the beginning of a series of upgrades and that was the worst piece of equipment I ever owned. I would put it in my shop so it can get all dusty and die. But right now I bit the bullet and bought two Yamaha HS7 powered speakers and run into a small mixing board and gave my Bose system away. My studio is much more elaborate right now but those speakers and $100 mixing board are the basics for awesome sound.
1284354
I have both and I used the new 20i last week in the plane. In my opinion QC 15 is better in noise cancelling but I like the 20i to carry around.I used 20i in the bus and in the car with IPHONE listing music and I like it. Quality QC 15 is better in the plane but to carry around I like 20i
1682449
I have bought both the Jawbone Jambox and the Bose Soundlink for my daughter's birthday tomorrow. She will be 33, so I want a gift befitting of her age and social scene. I like the Jawbone because it is very small and easy to put in her purse but I like the Bose because of the reputation of Bose products. The Jawbone was about $80 less then the Bose. I have been reading reviews and there seems to be similar problems with the blue tooth aspect of both products. But I get the feeling the sound quality is close even with the Bose being much bigger. I see in your comment that the Jawbone can also act like an external speaker and mic which is good for as you say for conference calls etc. I don't see that anyone has responded about the Bose. I think based on the reviews it might be pretty even between both products and in that case I want the smaller unit with the big sounds. I wish I could play them both side by side, but if I open the packaging it will negate taking one of them back. Also Bose never gives you any specification to compare with other products on sound quality because they always say it is in the design not just the specs but it is hard to compare without specs.
1527623
Buying The Bose system you asked about is a major mistake. There's much better performing systems that cost much less. It isn't a computer so it won't allow many options you may like. They want you to believe that the sound is better than anything else. You can duplicate the sound by increasing base on other systems. Bose won't allow you to tamper with the sound.