3.5mm jack cable upgrade for Bose quietcomfort

[nickdxb]

So I travel on planes alto so am going to treat myself to a pair of Bose quietcomfort 15s. is it worth an extra 50 or 75 quid to get a 2m audioquest 3.5mm jack cable or similar????

Interested if anyone has done this?

Thanks nick

 

[karol.pret]

Never done this before but I do not think it was worth anything

 

[bigboss]

The Bose cable is proprietary which also has the toggle switch for "Lo" or "Hi" setting. You cannot replace it with any other branded cable.

 

[eggontoast]

And while the Quitecomforts are OK noise canceling headphones there not really audio nirvana, the extra £70 would be a waste.

 

[bigboss]

My personal opinion is that Bose unjustly gets negative comments from the "audiophiles" for its headphones which I think are brilliant and can compete with other brands. I agree about its other products but their headphones are remarkable.

 

[eggontoast]

Well I can't comment on what the audiophiles say as I don't know any.

I can only go on my own opinion which is they are good noise cancellers, but poor for home listening compared to other similar priced cans. Obviously other opinions my vary.

 

[bigboss]

I first owned the QC2 since 2005, then upgraded to QC15 for £120 2 years ago when battery leaked into my QC2.

I fully agree with the review:

http://www.whathifi.com/review/bose-quietcomfort-15

I'm not surprised that it won the best buy award 3 years running.

I tried the Grado SR325is which was brilliant as well, but I did not find the Bose to be inferior at all. The noise cancellation feature won for me. Of course we all have our opinions, but the Bose is definitely not a poor listen.