Bose is great, it gives you everything, but not exactly everything. Also, Moster is really good on quantity of bass and clear vocal
Therefore I will not say that either brand is a bad one. In fact, I will say the opposite: both Bose and Monster are good brand, they make headphones (cans) more poplular and attact more people into enjoying what they should be able to enjoy
I often saw half Apple in-ear and half SkullCandy in San Jose State, the place I go to
and there will be about 10 pairs of Dr.Dre passing me through. Once in a whine a HD25, ATH A 50, or Sony passed through when I have my IE8 in my pocket
During one of my class, we have to listen to voice and write down what it says. I can tell you clearly my Travagan's Red with Travagans 2 inches cannot do the job well
they make good quality sound, but not only are they a bit weak at bass, they are not that good at the quantity of the voice
The rig the class end up using is one of the 17 inch laptop's speaker, great quantity
Moreover, Bose often provide isolation when Monster gives you huge amounts of bass. These brands satisfied people's demand FOR QUANTITY OF SOUND
I say people are making progress, since they already care about the quantity, they are close to the point where they care about quality.
I love how much quantity Moster gives me, so I did grab a Monster Turbine online and use them when I want to be sinked all the way down to the boom-bang, or when I listen to rap
as of Bose, I rather invest into something else, but I will say Bose looks good, right behind Monster, Audio Technica, Shure, AKG, and Sennheiser
and for some reason, no one ever asked me to swap my pairs out for something else. I think it is probably one of the three following:
1. I am tall and rarely talks
2. I cannot hear them. Yet when I take off my headphones, people are often surprised at how small my volume is. My classmates had a Dre, yet I can hear them clear even with my headphone on and not playing music. When I started to listen to my own music, I cannot hear anything other people say despite I lock my iPod at about 25% volume and only scroll up half way
3. I look poor, cause my headphone and portable player can buy me ten decent cloths at outlet, yet I refuse to do so and wear the same jacket for three years. (
My family was advicing me to cut corners on headphones and spend more time on clothing, they know music is for myself, but the look is more important )
4. They went on Head-Fi and read about how Moster is acutally not good
5. As long as a owner of a headphone is having fun and enjoying them from his/her heart, I see no point to suggest anyone to swap their current gear out
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did I mention I Moster Turbine with $70 and Bose for $100 ???
