Bose® QuietComfort® 3 Acoustic Noise Cancelling® Headphones

I have tinnitus. So when I fly and try to watch a movie, there is just too much noise, and the tinnitus surely doesn’t help.

On Emirates Business Class they have a pair of excellent headphones on each seat with a built-in noise cancellation system. It works great. Since I love to watch movies in-flight, the noise cancellation makes it all so much better.

However, when I looked around the cabin, many-a-times I see passengers unfolding their “Bose” headsets. I had an inkling that these were noise-cancellation retro-fitted, amazingly good headsets, but never had an opportunity to try one out – en route.

My first encounter with the Bose® QuietComfort® 3 Acoustic Noise Cancelling® Headphones was on a late night flight from Male’ to Dubai.

I was curiously looking at my fellow passenger (who was a Russian) opening up his pair of Bose. Knowing I was eyeing him from the corner of my eye, he offered for me to try them. Needless to say, they did not plug-in directly into Emirates in-flight entertainment system, but he had a portable DVD player and was watching The Bourne Identity. So – this very generous gentlemen offered me to try them out.

WOW!

That is what it was like. Like WOW!

The sound that vibrates out of those speakers is amazing. The noise-cancellation… brilliant! I was truly taken back. No wonder everyone who has tried them out, wants to travel with them. They are just amazing. They are soft on the ears (personally, I prefer the gel-based earplugs), but these were very nice, ‘soft’ sound, and sharp when needed. Bass was okay. Treble was very nice, and the best was perhaps the vocal acoustics. Very clear indeed.

I know they can range anywhere from $380 – $500 depending on where you live, but these headphones  are a must have for the road-warrior or even the frugal traveler.