Hunter Gathers
The Crown
With the world moving towards wireless headphones, it's pretty impressive how far the quality has come. I remember the old bluetooth wireless headphones and how they'd consistently cut out on music, have awful range, and awful battery life.
With that said, I've been trying to find the perfect pair for a while, now. I think I found it in earbuds. I have a set of both Jaybird X2s and also a set of Bose Soundsport Wireless. The Bose, I think, are the best wireless earbuds I have ever used. The fit and finish is superb. They had some issues with the early batch being as waterproof as it was supposed to be, but Bose issued everyone who wanted an exchange plus a free pair of Soundsport wired headphones to keep as a replacement for the down time. The Jaybirds are pretty solid, too, but the difference is that the Bose don't have anything that actually sticks into your ears.
Onto over the ear and on ears. I have now had a pair of Beats Studio 2 Wireless and Beats Solo 3 Wireless. The Studio 2s had really nice sound and felt really good. But they were really huge and just felt like they were missing something. The Solo 3s have the new Apple W1 chip (which is really cool), so they had amazing, amazing battery life. 40 hours. The problem is that on ear headphones just never fit me well. I'd get some ear pain after 20 minutes or so of wearing them. So I just returned them today to Best Buy.
In their place I was deciding between the Bose QC 35s and the new Sony 1000X headphones. I ended up going with the 1000X for a few reasons. First, the build quality just feels better. The Bose feel very plastic-y and just do not feel solid. The Sony headphones are a bit heavier, use some faux leather, and some metal where the Bose are pure plastic. The Sony headphones also have some really cool touch features on the right ear cup. Instead of of physical buttons to change tracks and volume, you use swipes and motion. The other really cool feature is being able to cup the right ear cup and have it mute your music and filter in voice so you can chat with someone without taking the headphones off. Both headphones seem to fit really well and both were very comfortable.
Not sure I won't end up returning the 1000Xs for the QC 35s (30 day return policy with Best Buy), but I am going to give them a shot right now.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/sony-10...ling-headphones-black/5581069.p?skuId=5581069
These are them ^^
What is everyone else's thoughts on the newer wireless headphones out there? Any experience with the QC 35s?
With that said, I've been trying to find the perfect pair for a while, now. I think I found it in earbuds. I have a set of both Jaybird X2s and also a set of Bose Soundsport Wireless. The Bose, I think, are the best wireless earbuds I have ever used. The fit and finish is superb. They had some issues with the early batch being as waterproof as it was supposed to be, but Bose issued everyone who wanted an exchange plus a free pair of Soundsport wired headphones to keep as a replacement for the down time. The Jaybirds are pretty solid, too, but the difference is that the Bose don't have anything that actually sticks into your ears.
Onto over the ear and on ears. I have now had a pair of Beats Studio 2 Wireless and Beats Solo 3 Wireless. The Studio 2s had really nice sound and felt really good. But they were really huge and just felt like they were missing something. The Solo 3s have the new Apple W1 chip (which is really cool), so they had amazing, amazing battery life. 40 hours. The problem is that on ear headphones just never fit me well. I'd get some ear pain after 20 minutes or so of wearing them. So I just returned them today to Best Buy.
In their place I was deciding between the Bose QC 35s and the new Sony 1000X headphones. I ended up going with the 1000X for a few reasons. First, the build quality just feels better. The Bose feel very plastic-y and just do not feel solid. The Sony headphones are a bit heavier, use some faux leather, and some metal where the Bose are pure plastic. The Sony headphones also have some really cool touch features on the right ear cup. Instead of of physical buttons to change tracks and volume, you use swipes and motion. The other really cool feature is being able to cup the right ear cup and have it mute your music and filter in voice so you can chat with someone without taking the headphones off. Both headphones seem to fit really well and both were very comfortable.
Not sure I won't end up returning the 1000Xs for the QC 35s (30 day return policy with Best Buy), but I am going to give them a shot right now.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/sony-10...ling-headphones-black/5581069.p?skuId=5581069
These are them ^^
What is everyone else's thoughts on the newer wireless headphones out there? Any experience with the QC 35s?