QuietComfort Headphones

I just got these on sale at Costco for $170 on the last day of the discount. They were listed as normally being $330 and I needed new headphones so I said fuck it. I'm pretty satisfied with my purchase after listening to some music and thought the sound quality was pretty good although I'm not a huge audio expert.

I’ve got a pair of B&W Px series that I use for air travel that I like. I gave my wife my Bose ones after I got them. Good sound quality, good noise cancelling, comfortable, come with a nice case for travel. Can find them on sale or used in your range if that is an option.

I haven’t listened to all of the ones you’ve listed, so not sure I can say with 100% accuracy, but I do like them and chose them over the Bose due to sound quality. (The Bose probably has a smidge better noise cancelling.) I think the Px8 is more about “luxury” build quality, so if that isn’t important the Px7 is a fair bit cheaper and will still be very high quality.

I have these and they are fantastic

Hello, I travel a lot for work, long haul flights of 12 to 14 hours. Tried AirPods Pro, Bose Ultra QC ear buds, but after a while I cant take the pain or they fall out (yes ive tried the different bits to fit my ear). Also use a pair of Bose QC SC headphones and to be honest I dont like them. The noise cancelling is good, but they push against my ears and after a few hours I have sweaty lugs. Hoping someone can recommend a pair of good headphones good for long haul flights that wont cause me sweaty crushed lugs. Sky is the limit in price, I use iPhone and Windows Surface when travelling. I was looking at the AirPods Max, but looking for some recommendations before I try those.,

I have owned both. I currently have the Sony headphones. They sound good but are not as comfortable as the Bose. The Bose also sound amazing. I'm about to pass these Sonys on to one of my kids and go back to Bose.

Hi , I am looking for a few thoughts on what would be the best option for ANC wireless headphones for flights? I am by no means an audiophile, I just like to listen to music and as long as it doesn't sound crappy, i'm pretty happy about it. My issue is when am I overpaying for something that would be wasted on someone who doesn't use an equalizer, for example. Budget would prefer to be $250 max but can easily go up if it's worth it. Located in the USA, MN specifically. here's a list of what I have looked at, as well as teh price for where I am located. These would be for new, not used. * ~~Bose Quiet Comfort (current?) - sale - $175~~ * Bose Quiet Comfort Ultra - sale - $260 * ~~Bose QC Costco - $200 online, likely less in store~~ * AKG N9 Hybrid - costco - $240 online * Beyerdynamic Aventho - $200 * ~~Sennheiser Momentum 4 - $175~~ * ~~Sony XM4/XM6 - $300/$400 - I've also seen people say on here a lot to avoid the xm5~~ I currently have a pair of beyerdynamic mmx200, which I think have a pretty good sound output and use while at home. Tried on a flight though and so much engine noise came through. Thank you all for the help! Edit/Update: I went and tried out a few options at a couple stores nearby. The Bose QC base, sony xm options, and sennheiser m4 all did not fit my ears well. Bose was a small ear cup that resulted in having to fit behind my ears and putting pressure on them from behind. Sony and Sennheiser both had shallow cups and my ears were pressed against the foam and folding back from that.

The ultrasound sat fine on my ears, it was the qc base model that was funky. I was an apple user but switched back to android, simply because of keyboards 😂 I think I am leaning to the qc ultra just because the others I'm not really able to try without purchasing first. And the ultrasound didn't bother me at all in terms of how they sat As for ear buds...I have found maybe one pair I've liked? They tend to either fall right out of my ear or put weird pressure on it and I can only wear them for an hour max.

The qc ultra2 aren’t good at low drone for some reason. For $450 I expected better. The regular QC are surprisingly better than ultra2 and AirPods Pro 3 at low droning, but not as good at higher pitched noise. I own all 3 but use the AirPod Pro 3 when at work around noisy engines. They are hard to beat. The ultras just have superior sound quality. Good for listening to music. The anc is lacking.