[moonsurf]

Has anyone auditioned new Bose OE (On Ear)?
I know Bose is not a favorite manufacture in our community, however I read few really good reviews on those cans. Still, being a newbie myself, I wonder what a true audiophile of among Head-fi has to say about those cans (only who has actually tried them). For those who are not familiar with Bose OE, they have very small cans just enough to cover the ears and as usual very expensive at $179. I am mainly interested in those because they happen to be the perfect ideal size I was looking for and seems to provide some, but not a lot, of isolation, which is also what I was looking for.

No trash talk on Bose please! But for whom have tried OE, I would thank you in advance for your feedback. I read very good reviews on Bose IE among Head-Fi and happen to wonder if Bose really is getting better.

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Senn 555, 280pro ---> my next cans will be MS-1

 

[jdimitri]

Yup there was a review, search for it

 

[Davesrose]

Actually, when I was at Target, I thought I'd try out the Bose Triports. They had both the originals and OEs on display (on setup that Bose gave them). The Triports didn't sound too bad actually, but the OEs seemed awefully bad! No bass or treble extension....cold and distant. $30 earphones sounded better.

 

[oicdn]

+1...I compared them back to back and YUCK on both counts.

 

[Blackmore]

They cost EUR 179 up here and they look like 17.90

Cheap trash

 

[Debaser86]

I also auditioned the Triports and OEs side by side in a Target. OEs sounded much worse than the Triports, that's for sure. No isolation at all and totally lifeless sound. I'm not sure why anybody would ever buy these.

 

[moonsurf]

Thanks for the input guys! Saved me from wasted trips to buy them then to refund them. Thanks!

 

[Ace o' Spades]

Yeah, definetly. I tried them out at the Bose store, not only do they look like garbage, they sound even worse.

 

[Davesrose]

yep....any cheap Sony or Koss will have better detail then those triport OEs. Huge investment to avoid them and just get some KSC75s

 

[exX08]

OE sucked Tri-Ports were ok. Now I'm no audiophile but I wouldn't get them.