QuietComfort 2 (QC2)

Sold my QC1s for about $255 and technically got my new QC2s at only $145. Does that get any better?

I’m kind of the same.   Walking around doing some jobs in or around the house I’ll put in the APP2s  super quiet when I want to listen to a book and amplified when I want that things as I’m a little hard of hearing.  If I’m in the phone talking or riding my bike off road I find the regular wired ear buds to work better as if the do fall out I for drop them and for talking I feel like I have to talk louder and in side my wife says they sound to quiet when i’m taking.  Watching movies in my laptop I have a pair of Bose Quit Comfort 2s.  

I use Bose QuietComfort II, kinda old but does the job.

I have two pairs of Bose Quiet Comfort II, still the best thing I ever had. Very soft and comfortable on my head so I can wear it for a full work day. Excellent noise cancelling. Had to replace the ear pads on one of them recently, it was easy and I got them from Amazon.

Isn't bad is very accurate. Best cancellation, not the best sound.

I have the bose quiet comfort 2 and use them at the gym for this very reason. I love them

Sony WH-1000Xm# or Bose QC (any model) will last you at least a decade. Anything battery powered wont be BIFL, but my Bose QC35s are going strong for 9 years now. I also have a pair of QC 2s with a wireless mod (installed in 2013) that has lasted for over 20 years, but I barely use them because the QC35s have better ANC, fit, and sound quality. But the QC 2s are definitely more BIFL than the QC35s. Sonys though have better tech, especially their LDAC support.