I've tried other brands (than Bose) of in-ear NC headsets and found the white noise too distracting. When actually listening to music, I found my non-NC in-ear Etymotics to be fabulous for sound isolation and quality; but when not listening to music, outside noise is a bit audible. My main...

Hi,   The Bose QC-25 cable terminates in a 4-conductor 3.5mm plug that works with the special 3.5mm jack that i* devices have. The connectors in this jack handle audio input as well as output, enabling the use of the mic on the QC-25 on these devices. There's also a control device on the mic...