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I have done some extensive research on Bose product, including this headphone, it is a ok headphone, not much better than what you can pick up at local Target for under $30. Let's start by the original "tri-port" headphone, what is triport? you might ask, after opening the can up, it was a paper driver with three holes in it, does it make the sound better? we don't know, does it make it worse, we don't know, maybe the same??? this lead me to doing some research on the specifications on this headphone: this is exactly quoted on Bose's website: Overall headphone dimensions: 7 3/4"H x 6 1/2"W Ear cushion outside dimensions: 3 4/5"H x 3"W Weight with cables: 6.9 oz. Let's not talk about the best cans money can buy (Grado etc.[...] but aren't you curious what you are buying for 300 of them big boys? things such as the range and clarity of sound? So for comparison, how about something simular? (in price, not performance) A German designed and engineered Sennheiser offer far greater performance at a lower price. if you talk to any (i really mean ANY) audiophiles, he will tell you that he would not even consider Bose as a high end headphone. this is what Senn HD600 says about their product which is $30 cheaper than Bose. -------------------------------------------------------------- Technical Data Nominal impedance 300 Ohm Contact pressure ca. 2,5 N Weight w/o cable 260 g Jack plug 3,5/6,3 mm stereo Transducer principle open, dynamic Ear coupling circumaural Cable length 3 m Frequency response (headphones) 12.....39000 Hz Sound pressure level (SPL) 97 dB(SPL) THD, total harmonic distortion 0,1 % Frequency response (graph can not be displayed) ----------------------------------------------------------------- If anyone has a technical specification of Bose headphones, or any Bose products, please pose it or leave a review so we can all see them. I have tried numerous of Bose products, but none of them you can find any technical specifications. Or you can do a little self test; try any product on audio companies' product websites: either Klipsch or Sennheiser, and check out their product's specification. Some may say: how come we never even heard of the other brands if they are so good? The answer is simple, when you own a company that produces top products, you rather spend your limited assets on R&D and make your products better and word of mouth will spread out faster than speeding arrow. I was introduced to Sennheiser and I can personally recommend those to you and you won't be disappointed. Bose spend millions of dollar in advertising, that's why it is so well known and you even can see them in USA weekly included in your Sunday paper. Just think about it, every place we see the Bose ad is every dollar that will be incurred and added to the cost of the product. Essentially, we are paying for seeing the ads?!?! Do a little research, you can find some Bose replacement part (none Bose branded) but with the same specs for about 20-30 dollar. This headphone, with no exception will cost about 30-40 dollar to make. Now they are throwing in some CD player that's probably mass made in a third world country and you will never use since CD is getting out of style (ipod? wink ;) ), it cost about 30-50 dollar in general for a CD player, even good SONY or Panasonic ones. Did Bose say anything about their CD player or anywhere you can buy them and compare? We have all fall victim of mass marketing and you will not get a good product at the end. Check out this website for a comprehensive review for Bose products, I know it's not for the headphone, it might just give a new fresh idea for what to purchase in the future or in this case, what not to purchase. [...] Quotation from that website: Few magazines are now willing to give honest reviews of Bose products due to a Consumer Reports review a few years back that gave a bose product embarrassingly bad ratings (score of 62 out of 100). Consumer Reports allegedly used a double-blind comparison test, which is in fact the ideal way to compare speakers. That particular review ended up in a lawsuit over "unscientific testing methods". Thankfully, Bose lost that lawsuit, but since then, Consumer Reports and various other magazines give neutral-to-rave reviews that tip-toe around the actual sound quality and focus more on ergonomics and style. More prestigious publications like Fi and What HiFi? ignore Bose products completely. I am writing this review neither in hope that you will change your attitude toward Bose nor your decision to purchase this product, it's just interesting for me to discover a lot of less known about Bose and I would like to share them with you. You have the choice to get what's right for you. Peace