[igor_a]

I had QC25, $300, needs fucking piece of paper to be put into ear cup to work. Bose is a rip off. Just look into this vid - 40000 views of how and where to put piece of paper into your $300 headphones - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OYva0hOW0Q

[what_ever]

The description says that he slept while wearing the headphones so I suppose damage should not be that surprising. Since when 40k YouTube videos became the gold standard for anything?

I was one of the group which said Bose are overpriced but my work has open office layout and it gets really loud. Manager agreed to expense the noise canceling headphone and I must say QC25 are great noise canceling/dampening and VERY comfortable and light. Earlier I could not keep headphones on for longer hours but I have no issues with QC. Also they work great on the planes.

[igor_a]

I didn't did anything bad with them just used them in office. I was happy customer until they broke (after 7 month of usage)

[Someone1234]

I own the QC25's and I can say they work just fine without me having to install a piece of paper in the cup.

The video you linked to is a repair video, but your comment implies that a new set taken off the shelf don't work unless you install paper, two different things entirely.

I haven't yet had an issue with the QC25s except that they do seem to cause noise fatigue a lot quicker than non-noise cancelling headphones. I cannot explain that; just my experience. But the noise cancelling is very good.

[vvpan]

Never had the headphones, but somebody gave me a pair of desktop speakers and I've been very disappointed. They sounds "as if" they are awesome, that is pack a lot of bass into a little box, but the sound comes out over-bassed and muffled. I play a lot of roots-reggae and I can hear the bass real well, but everything else is very hard to make out. So what Bose seems to be good at is marketing and tricking the customer into saying "wooow".

[dzhiurgis]

Are there any _noise cancelling_ headphones that also sound well? I have no idea, but it seems that it is fundamentally incompatible.

I have Superlux hd668b - I think they were like $40 USD, and they sound definitely better than QC25. But... they are not noise cancelling, they look derp and press on my ears. Actually majority of quality headphones appear to have awful designs with curled cables and thick bands that makes people look at you.

[henriks]

The noise canceling is amazing, but Bose's quality control could use some improvement: I've had my QC25's replaced twice over the last year, both times due to the same issue: folding them up for storage strains the cable going between the speakers, and at some point it breaks. Two out of three people I know with the same headphones have had exactly the same issue.

[lsniddy]

ive had bose repair or replace my headphones 5+ times over the years free of charge for damage i caused

[lobster_johnson]

I have the QC25, no paper needed. And they are amazing.