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Re:My Bose QC-35 II headphones burst into flames and left me... by bartread on Saturday December 18, 2021 @03:52AM (#29602965)
> By an ostensibly "luxury" brand, no less.

Bose aren't luxury: they're premium mediocre. They're expensive - overpriced in fact - but have a supremely competent marketing team who are probably responsible for mopping up a good portion of that premium.

That doesn't make this incident any better or more excusable but it does go some way to explaining why it happened: the product is poor quality and cheaply engineered.

You get what you pay for, and with Bose you are paying to be hoodwinked by flashy marketing and "brand equity".

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Re:My Bose QC-35 II headphones burst into flames and left me... by reitzensteinm on Saturday December 18, 2021 @04:23AM (#29603106)
I wouldn't consider Bose for anything else, but the noise cancelling on this particular headset is very good.

I'll probably swap to Sony next, but when I bought them there wasn't really a viable competitor.

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Re:My Bose QC-35 II headphones burst into flames and left me... by ghusbands on Saturday December 18, 2021 @07:19AM (#29603935)
From what little I know, Bose has patents on a number of noise-cancelling techniques, hence making it tricky for other manufacturers to match them in noise-cancelling. However, in the past five years, several other manufacturers have done pretty well (though I believe some cross-licence patents with Bose), and Sony and Apple do lead in some comparative reviews.

It is a shame that Bose's lead in noise-cancelling isn't matched in the quality of their sound.

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Re:My Bose QC-35 II headphones burst into flames and left me... by Filligree on Saturday December 18, 2021 @08:17AM (#29604267)
The Sony WX-1000s, I guess?

I'm quite impressed with them. Both the noise-cancelling and sound quality are better than the QC35s I used to use.

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Re:My Bose QC-35 II headphones burst into flames and left me... by jacquesm on Saturday December 18, 2021 @10:43AM (#29605252)
Yes. I've tried them side-by-side (and a whole bunch of others) and the Sony came out as way better than the rest, which given my one-man boycott of Sony products after the rootkit debacle is a bit of a letdown. So I hope the boycott gods won't notice my lack of fortitude.
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Re:My Bose QC-35 II headphones burst into flames and left me... by romwell on Saturday December 18, 2021 @04:44AM (#29603218)
That's why I put "luxury" in scare quotes.

Thanks, "premium" (also in scare quotes) is the word I was looking for.

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