Reviews for Bose® QuietComfort® 15 Acoustic Noise Cancelling® Headphones (with Remote and Mic)

The Bose QuietComfort's are a really great choice for a typical music lover. I bought a pair around a month or two ago and they are awesome. They have a rich and bold sound and the noise canceling system works flawlessly!! Great buy!!

... because of these. They tend to be loud and I work from home and the noise canceling keeps at bay even the loudest rap bass.

Nobody gets shot. :D

And the music sounds a w e s o m e , too. I'm nearly deaf in one ear and really appreciate high quality sound.

Conference calls are seamless.

Win!

I've had mine for over a year now. I use them religiously.

I've traveled around the world, studied at the library, relaxed at home, and slept with these on. By far the best headphones money can buy. The price is 100% justified. They are worth every penny if not more. However, these are worth it considering you know you'll be getting exceptional customer service from Bose along with the headphones.

I highly recommend these.

This is my first Bose product.

I listened to other headphones that were in the QC15s price range, I'm no audiophile, but these sounded better by leaps and bounds over all the offerings from Monster, and others found at the Apple store.

The bass is just right. The bass will rock your ear drums, but it still does it in a clean and tight fashion. The highs are crisp and clear, I hear music totally different now.

My favorite part is the noise cancellation. Whatever it is that they've figured out to cancel the noise around you, the QC15s do it amazingly. On long road trips(when I'm not the driver) one of our cars has an out of round tire that produces the most awful resonating drone, and as soon as you flip the switch, silence. It's absolutely incredible...These are by far my favorite gadget that I own. I love the style, they're not too big, and the rings around your ears are super soft, and comfortable.

I highly recommend buying these headphones, but the best thing you can do is simply go to a retailer and put them on, and try them out yourself. I think though, you'll like these.

I just put these headphones on after buying them at the apple store and i must say that these headphones produce one of the best sound experiences that I have ever listened too. The music is clear and you hear nearly nothing of the outside world. they may not look as nice as beats or other promo headphones but they definitely sound 10x better. one of the best things is probably the noise canceling. as i already mentioned it is incredible. also many people say that these headphones do not deliver an adequate amount of bass. However the bass is great and you can always change the equalizers. Althought I did not test the mic or remote yet I am convinced they will be great So for all you people out there headphones like beats or soul by ludacris or any other celebrity endorsed headphones may look nice and be popular but for the price tag on them (which is often just the same as these) you will be more satisfied getting these headphones. There is one downside however and that is that you can not use these headphones without one AAA battery as they will not work in passive mode this is not a problem though because all you need too two is carry one or two extras with you in the carrying case (also a great extra) and you'll be fine as the battery will last c. 35 hours. Oh and one more thing, (yeah thats a steve jobs quote) they also come with an airplane adapter which is very practical. so to round this review of these headphones are great and are really worth the 300 dollars they also offer better performance that the beats so buy them if you're thinking about getting new headphones.



PB

I bought these Bose QC 15's for myself, to get some decent sound quality and awesome noise canceling. The sound quality was much better than I expected!
If you turn on the headphones, it eliminates 50% of the background noise. Once you turn your music with about 50% volume, it eliminates 95% of the background noise. Once the music is turned up 80% volume and up, 99.9% of the noise is blocked. Just simply amazing!

Just bought these headphones last week and had a 6 hour flight home the same day. After having heard only good things about from my uncle, I had to get a pair! Not believing that they would cancel the noise from the plane's engine, I was totally amazed when I started the noise canceling and by the time I put on the music, all of the noise from the engines was gone!

Even my fiance, who was against the purchase from the beginning, was amazed and did not want to let me have them back after having tried them on!

THE MUSIC IS SO SHARP CRISP CLEAR, YOU CAN EVEN HEAR THEM CLAP AND SNAPPING THIER FINGERS WITH THE MUSIC! This is an awesome set of earphones.

First off, I'm a headphone person. I've owned 3 pairs of noise reduction headphones in the last 10 years. The first pair I owned was a Sennheiser pcx250, which had minimal noise reduction. After several years of use, I decided to upgrade in 2008 and tried out the Bose QC2 and Sennheiser PCX 450. The Bose had better noise reduction, but worse sound quality than the PCX 450. I wanted to like the PCX 450; however, I kept noticing a weird low frequency ringing that would occur while moving my head wile wearing the PCX 450. Ultimately I kept the Bose QC2 after about a week long trial of the QC2 and PCX 450.

On to the review of the QC15 (probably reflected in many other reviews)... I've been using the QC2's regularly as I stated before, so I can comment directly on the relative improvement of the QC15's. The QC15 noise reduction is great. Much, much better than my old pair of QC2 (some of which may be just due to the worn ear cushions). There is much more noise reduction at low frequencies. My HVAC noise, which used to be audible with the QC2's, is not audible and footfalls from the apartment above are also not audible while wearing the QC15's. Given my initial trial of the QC2 and PCX 450's, I can also say that the QC15 noise reduction is likely much better than the 450's as well. Sound quality of the QC15's is also noticeably better than the QC2's. Highs are brighter and crisper but lows may not be boosted as much (which I am fine with). Others may find the lack boosted lows annoying, I do not. I have not traveled with the QC15's yet, so I cannot comment on their performance on board aircraft. However, I am guessing they should be rather good.

I have a pair of Sennheiser HD 650's at work that I use occasionally to listen to music (they own them so I don't bring them home, spectacular sound quality). I highly recommend the HD 650's if you don't need noise reduction. The QC15's don't really compare to the sound quality of the HD650's in a quiet environment, but if you have to listen to music in a moderately noisy environment the QC15's are a good bet. Overall, sound quality of the QC15's is somewhere in between the QC2 and Sennheiser HD 650's. I'd bet they are on par with (or very close to) the Sennheiser PCX 450's, but with better noise reduction.

...I'm serious, so let me say this again: I have these on for a longer period of time when awake and at home than I do not, although I've figured out a way to lie down in bed and still have them on when I really need peace.

I feel that I need to go a lot further in my absolute praise of these Bose QC-15's: These headphones have significantly changed my life for the better in a couple of ways. For example, I suffer from anxiety, which is why I like to wear them all the time. I tend to spend a lot of time in front of my computer to work (and play), and during those (long) periods of time, I wear them always. They help me every day with the tremendous calming effect that they have on me and they're so incredibly comfortable that I sometimes forget that I have them on at all.

Another good example is airplane noise: I had never been able to sleep on planes before getting these. I actually look forward to flying again, because I know that when I take them out of their (very sturdy and sufficiently protective) case that is included, I'm about to cancel out the crying babies, people bickering, talking on cellphones, etc. You know who you are! ;-) The sound of the aircraft never really bothered me but it, too, is muffled to where it is reduced to little more than a distant and almost pleasant white noise.

Incidentally, these headphones are pretty good at playing back music, too. Ha! No, really! No matter what you like to listen to, the QC-15's will reproduce music phenomenally and accurately. Go get 'em. :-)