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  | BOSE(R) Triport Headphones QCZ Silver
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 great sound, horrid construction | |
| These headphone give great response at low to moderate levels. At higher levels you easily get distortion not found in other higher-end headsets. These lack any really good resistence. I can easily get sound distortion with my iRiver.
The build construction is horrid. The cups are nice and comfortable for many hours of wear but the plastic used on the rails and D-Ring is garbage. I use these at work (a desk job) and I'm already on my third pair (the first two were replaced under warranty) and these are starting to crack and break. If you plan to use your headphones every day, don't expect these to last more than a year before the plastic starts to crack or break. | |
 Very .. Very Fragile | |
| I have had and retured/replaced 3 pairs of the Boise TriPort Headphones for replacement without any repair charges. Boise is aware of the weak plastic headband. Sound quality is great! | |
| Great Sound, Awful Construction | |
| To preface my remarks -- I am a big Bose fan, and have owned their products since the late 70's (when I could first afford them, at college). I ordered the Triport headphones to use with my iPod at work, since I can't stand those one-size-fits-none earbud phones.
When they arrived, I was pleased with their design and comfort, and blown away by their sound. I was able to hear things in the background of iPod tracks that I had literally never heard before. So far, so great. Then they broke. The nice people at Bose eventually replaced them (although it took four attempts to get them to respond to my e-mails), and the replacement pair has a one-year warranty, as others have noted. So why so few stars in my rating? Simple - I know they will break again. I treat mine with kid gloves whenever they come out of their pouch, and yet I wear them with the knowledge that they will need replacing -- again -- in the fairly near future. For that reason I bought a cheapish pair of open air Sennheisers -- 433's -- while transiting Singapore airport. And guess what? They're lightweight, have great sound reproduction, are made of sturdy plastic, and were CHEAP. Are you listening, Bose? | |
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