My wife and I have Bose X headsets. We've been thrilled
with them for years. Her only complaint was solved by me
putting a patch of sheepskin under the band. (That's one
of the upgrades from Bose now.)
When we were at Oshkosh, we learned of a free upgrade so
she sent her set in. She also picked up a pair of lighter
weight Sennheisers. They weren't as good at reducing noise
but they worked while her Bose set was in transit.
When her set returned, we discovered that it had a terrible
"whooshing" problem. I didn't believe her at first, but on
one of my flights to California I left my headset to be
upgraded and took hers. Fortunately I had engine problems
and ended up turning back. The noise in the headset was
*really* annoying.
She called in the problem to Bose. They immediately
recognized it and she was told to return the set. When she
got them back, it was awhile before she used them (because
of our travels), but on our trip back from California
recently she had plenty of time to test them against her
Sennheisers and my Bose X. They're not good.
She called Bose again today. The response wasn't so great.
We can send them back, but there are no guarantees that
they're ever going to work as well as my (not upgraded)
pair. She got an earful from the person who tests the
headsets about how they were perfect when they left the
factory and it must be a problem on our end - maybe she's
just imagining that they're not as good? (I wonder if he's
the same one who checked them the first time?)
It's not over yet, but since I've recommended the upgrade I
wanted everyone to know of the risk involved. I'll post
updates.
--kyler
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