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[Hawkwind]

Bose v Sony side by side comparisson


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHYT_JDpqz0

 

[Billargh]

I've bought myself a watch! After a couple of years mucking around with various smart watches (cool, but charging every couple of days gets tedious), with my old TAG as backup (lovely watch, but is getting old and needs a service, as it's running about 5 minutes a week slow), I've decided to push the boat out, and treat myself.

Buy Casio W-59B-1AVEF Black Canvas Strap Digital Watch at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for Men's watches, Watches, Jewellery and watches.

Retro awesomeness! It has a light, and you can set it to beep every hour if you wish. Other than that it tells the time.

Wore this every year for about the last two years, haha.

 

[Bodhi]

Bose v Sony side by side comparisson


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHYT_JDpqz0

No highs, no lows - must be Bose .

 

[Wij]

I've bought myself a watch! After a couple of years mucking around with various smart watches (cool, but charging every couple of days gets tedious), with my old TAG as backup (lovely watch, but is getting old and needs a service, as it's running about 5 minutes a week slow), I've decided to push the boat out, and treat myself.

Buy Casio W-59B-1AVEF Black Canvas Strap Digital Watch at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for Men's watches, Watches, Jewellery and watches.

Retro awesomeness! It has a light, and you can set it to beep every hour if you wish. Other than that it tells the time.

I think the Resin strap version of W59 has more retro awesomeness personally although if you really want retro the F91 is where it's at.

 

[Scouse]

Bose v Sony side by side comparisson


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHYT_JDpqz0

That was the video I posted in my very first post on the subject. He says that "if anything, I'd still choose the Bose on the comfort level alone" - but he does say that whilst the Bose headphones are still brilliant, the Sonys do have better audio quality.

Frankly, you have to wear the things for hours on end. Comfort (and build quality) trump mildly better audio quality (I tried the Sonys at work - a bloke has bought some - it's marginal at best but the comfort difference is marked) - so at the end of the day I've 100% made the right choice.

 

[Bodhi]

That was the video I posted in my very first post on the subject. He says that "if anything, I'd still choose the Bose on the comfort level alone" - but he does say that whilst the Bose headphones are still brilliant, the Sonys do have better audio quality.

Frankly, you have to wear the things for hours on end. Comfort (and build quality) trump mildly better audio quality (I tried the Sonys at work - a bloke has bought some - it's marginal at best but the comfort difference is marked) - so at the end of the day I've 100% made the right choice.

Bose vs Sennheiser vs Sony: which are the best wireless noise-cancelling headphones?

Not so sure you did, but as long as you're happy

 

[Scouse]

Thanks for the review of the old pair of headphones, I've got the 2's. But not that that matters - your own review agrees with me that the differences are marginal at best, so as the the comfort element for my 20+ hours use a week is of paramount importance, I'm 100% sure I've chosen correctly.

Also, I don't feel the need to lie on the internet to @Hawkwind about headphones I bought, though you seem to need to post in Sony's favour on the superiority of headphones you don't even own over ones you openly hate and refused to try when they were right there in the airport next to you...

Edit: BTW Hawkwind/@Moriath - the integration with google assistant on the one-touch ear button is great.

 

[Moriath]

Thanks for the review of the old pair of headphones, I've got the 2's. But not that that matters - your own review agrees with me that the differences are marginal at best, so as the the comfort element for my 20+ hours use a week is of paramount importance, I'm 100% sure I've chosen correctly.

Also, I don't feel the need to lie on the internet to @Hawkwind about headphones I bought, though you seem to need to post in Sony's favour on the superiority of headphones you don't even own over ones you openly hate and refused to try when they were right there in the airport next to you...

Edit: BTW Hawkwind/@Moriath - the integration with google assistant on the one-touch ear button is great.

Yup i still find them incredibly comfy and do the job splendidly.

 

[Bodhi]

Thanks for the review of the old pair of headphones, I've got the 2's. But not that that matters - your own review agrees with me that the differences are marginal at best, so as the the comfort element for my 20+ hours use a week is of paramount importance, I'm 100% sure I've chosen correctly.

Also, I don't feel the need to lie on the internet to @Hawkwind about headphones I bought, though you seem to need to post in Sony's favour on the superiority of headphones you don't even own over ones you openly hate and refused to try when they were right there in the airport next to you...

Edit: BTW Hawkwind/@Moriath - the integration with google assistant on the one-touch ear button is great.

Well, it's a good job I'm happy to put my money where my mouth is, as I've just bought a pair of the Sony ones I'm flying to Fiji tomorrow (and Friday) - 22 hours on a plane seems a good enough excuse to indulge.

I did try the QC-35 II's in the shop just for the sake of completeness. Build quality and noise cancelling were good, audio quality was thoroughly whelming. So I'm still nowhere closer to figuring out why Bose have the reputation they do.

 

[Hawkwind]

So I'm still nowhere closer to figuring out why Bose have the reputation they do.

I could say the same for Sony in general, poor build quality and sub par components a lot of the time. Got away with it for years based on name alone. I knew a lot of people at Sony in the late 90's who would agree with that. Laptops especially! Before calling BS, please remember I worked for Panasonic at the time, Sony were our biggest customer worldwide for components, they started taking cheaper end components to cut production costs and increase margins. Stuff that would not be used in Panasonic or Tecnics brands, only the cheaper National products.

Still the new Sony Headphones seem good and credit where its due.

 

[Bodhi]

Not sure what component selection in the 90s has to do with anything, but to answer your last point, they are incredible headphones. Listened to Dark Side of the Moon last night whilst the missus slept, detail and soundstage were immense, up there with my Marantz / Mission separates, even better in places.

I love the reverse noise cancelling as well, touch the right headphone and it makes external noise louder so you can hold conversations with people. I know that won't appeal to @Scouse but I thought it was pretty incredible - I can hear conversation better with them on now....

 

[Scouse]

So you're saying you need a hearing aid?

 

[Moriath]

The Samsung CF791 is still the best ultrawide monitor you can buy

Just waiting for delivery of one of them tomorrow. Squeak !

 

[Wij]

https://audio46.com/sennheiser-pxc-480-noise-cancelling-headphone-review/

Bought these to use with the electronic drumkit in my son's room

Anyone else know much about noise-cancelling?

 

[Wij]

https://audio46.com/sennheiser-pxc-480-noise-cancelling-headphone-review/

Bought these to use with the electronic drumkit in my son's room

Anyone else know much about noise-cancelling?

Nevermind; read up on how it works / what to expect on the laptop whilst the Mrs watched some crap.

Needed a wired pair. The drums definitely sound better with these than with the old (v. old) Creative Fatal1ty headphones I put on them at first

Might consider a bluetooth pair for music/travel in a few weeks but don't feel like going for the Sony or the Bose for fear of taking sides :/

 

[Wij]

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• Wij
• May 28, 2018

Drumkit

Drumkit before the Sennheisers:

 

[Wij]

Hmm. No ANC but for PC this may be my choice:

The SteelSeries Arctis Pro lineup is a new high-water mark in comfort and quality

 

[Bodhi]

Tbf I have a cheapo SteelSeries headset for doing conference calls and it's sound, no issues hearing anyone and pretty comfy. Doubt I'll replace it with the Sony headphones as the noise cancelling is that good I'll shit myself when the cat randomly jumps on my desk - not a good sound in front of customers

 

[Deebs]

Tbf I have a cheapo SteelSeries headset for doing conference calls and it's sound, no issues hearing anyone and pretty comfy. Doubt I'll replace it with the Sony headphones as the noise cancelling is that good I'll shit myself when the cat randomly jumps on my desk - not a good sound in front of customers

Got a SteelSeries Elite set of headphones from a couple of years ago, they absolutely rock!

 

[Jupitus]

I have some lower end steelseries cans for the pc and I am perfectly happy with them tbh

 

[Moriath]

Corsair Void Pro RGB USB Review

I got these and. They are so comfy

 

[MYstIC G]

Nevermind; read up on how it works / what to expect on the laptop whilst the Mrs watched some crap.

Needed a wired pair. The drums definitely sound better with these than with the old (v. old) Creative Fatal1ty headphones I put on them at first

Might consider a bluetooth pair for music/travel in a few weeks but don't feel like going for the Sony or the Bose for fear of taking sides :/

I still have my Fatal1ty cans for my PC. Still some the most comfortable headphones I've owned. I can't settle on a Bluetooth pair I like, especially when I think about how the standard constantly changes.

 

[Bodhi]

LDAC seems to be the way forwards atm, especially now it's baked into the latest version of Android.

 

[MYstIC G]

LDAC seems to be the way forwards atm, especially now it's baked into the latest version of Android.

Interesting, I'd not heard of that before. Is it locked to Sony stuff only?

 

[Bodhi]

From what I can tell it is on the headphone/speaker side at the mo, but Sony have given it to Google to include as standard with Oreo, so I'd expect it to pop up on other company's gear soon.

 

[Hawkwind]

Good explanation of LDAC here:
What you need to know about Sony's LDAC

 

[Wij]

View: https://www.amazon.co.uk/SteelSeries-Arctis-Pro-Wireless-Bluetooth/dp/B07B819VMQ?th=1


Gonna buy the Arctis Pro Wireless next month and use them for PC gaming, music on phone and conf calls. See how I get on with them before seeing if I need a dedicated music pair.

 

[Bodhi]

IQOS

Just had a trial of this through. I posted it a few months ago, effecitvely an e-cig that uses tobacco rather than liquid. Initial impressions are excellent, smoother than smoking cigarettes, but more satisfying than an e-cig. Tastes like a cross between a cig and popcorn.

Only problem is how bloody addictive they are, i've had 4 in the last hour. Might need to have a Marlboro Red to kick the habit

 

[Moriath]

MACRO 105mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM - Sigma Imaging (UK) Ltd

Just got me one of these. Cant wait to play around with macro.

 

[Deebs]

Ordered one of these to play around with (image classification, camera recognition)

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