[hermitdev]

If I'd hazard a guess, I'd say the OP is referring to Bose. They tend to get shit on by audiophiles for... Reasons? I don't really know why, I'm not an audiophile. I've personally had 3 different Bose noise canceling headphones, 2 over ear and one on ear, and I've been happy with all of them. I still use the in ear ones routinely (QC35, IIRC), usually without the noise canceling on, even. The in ear noise canceling is quite good. Good enough I wouldn't recommend walking down the street with it on - you will be audibly oblivious to your surroundings.

[andylynch]

I think Bose has always been an outsider in the audiophile community due to their more innovative and less ‘purist’ approach. Re: their noise cancelling headphones- I understand that for many years their aviation headsets have been the market leaders in large part due to this feature and this transfers down to their consumer headsets.