Bose QuietComfort 25 Headphones

So finally after months of trying on in stores, airports, checking reviews and contemplating I shelled out for a pair of Bose Quitecomfort 25’s. It was the deal at Schiphol Airport that finally swayed me.

I’ve started to write this review in the flight with the headphones on. My first impressions are pretty good.

Bose QC25 Noise Cancelling Headphones

I have a very sensitive area at the top of my head where headphones normally rest and if the phones are not really comfortable I get an annoying headache that means I can’t continue wearing the headphones – no matter how expensive or cheap. For this reason for a very long time I have been sticking to earbuds.

Recently though I have been thinking of going back to full over ear headphones. What took me so long (literally months) to make up my mind? Well most good on ear or over ear phones cost in excess of 100 Euros and recently I have been feeling a little “Scroogish” and the fact that most of these headphones look very plasticy in the harsh light of the shops didn’t help – I just didn’t feel it was justified to spend 200-300 on a pair of headphones that looked like a 30 Euro pair!

Getting back to the QC25’s, I must admit that the Noise cancellation is exceptional. I used to have a pair of beats a couple of years back and these surpass them hands down (btw – I will never ever buy another pair of Beats ever again! The build quality is the most horrible I have ever seen for headphones at this price point). The engine noise of the plane was completely drowned out and the sound quality was good (I’m no audiophile though).

What I did notice was the odd sensation (maybe my sensitive inner ear due to a cold) similar to when your ears get blocked up on a flight when the noise cancellation was activated. I even felt a little nauseas, but then again maybe just me as I get sea sick quite easily and travel sick if I am not driving. I also could hardly hear the crew announcements (could also be a negative). So all in all the noise cancellation and sound quality is superb.

The quality of the unit, though made entirely of plastic seems to be good and looks like it can take some pretty harsh treatment. I’ll update the review after a few weeks of use. As a side note I was considering for a while between the QC25 and the wireless Bluetooth Soundlink Headphones also around the same price. In the end I decided on the wired QC25 – but not sure yet if the cable will get on my nerves – cables of any kind generally tend to bring this out in me.

So for the moment – quietly happy and hopeful that these will not be another quick (269 Euro) hand me downs to my sister J