If you need/want noise canceling headphones, do not buy the h3s.  I really like mine, but when I fly, I still use a pair of Shure passive noise canceling headphones (basically ear plugs with speakers built in).  I like them because they are small, need no batteries or recharging and sound fine.  The h3s are much better, but not over the the drone of jet engines.

Also, the fancy on wire controls only work with the iphone.  Without an iphone, I think you can turn it off or hang up - not much.

Stan 

clifft wrote:

At the risk of sounding heretical, has anyone on the forum had a chance to compare the H3's with the new Bose QC20i noise reducing headphones? If not, can anyone deduce a comparison from the specs? Here in Australia they are $100 dearer than the H3's but do have a noise-cancelling feature as well as rechargeable batteries although the "box of tricks" near the plug makes them bulky. Clifft

Thanks for the replies. I think I'll go with the H3's. Cliff

elephant wrote:

clifft wrote:

 

At the risk of sounding heretical, has anyone on the forum had a chance to compare the H3's with the new Bose QC20i noise reducing headphones? If not, can anyone deduce a comparison from the specs? Here in Australia they are $100 dearer than the H3's but do have a noise-cancelling feature as well as rechargeable batteries although the "box of tricks" near the plug makes them bulky. Clifft

 

 

Hi Cliff - saw the Bose billboard for these this morning and recognised them.

 

A friend is Sydney is a Bose Believer and having breakfast with him 2 weeks ago I noticed him struggling with the soft plastic ear lug gripes. His feedback was that the sound was great but they were too fiddly and he was thinking of swapping ...

Slightly unrelated, but I have the Bose Bluetooth earpiece (available in left and right ear versions) which I use for mobile phone use whilst driving and out and about.  

It features the same plastic ear lug grips, and I can confirm that they are fiddly to get placed just right, such that the thing doesn't fall out.  Once in place however, it's really quite excellent, both ergonomically and in performance.

I can stream music to it, but it's a tool for a job, and if I wanted noise cancelling headphones I'd get them; otherwise I'd go with something like the H3 for sure.

HTH

John... 😐

ouverture wrote:

Stan, do you have the Shure 215 or 535 model ?

Not sure.  Looking at pictures on the internet, my head phones must pre-date the existing models.  They were "mid-tier" - not the top or the bottom, but more toward the bottom than the top.  I paid between $100 and $200 for them.

Stan