Recent content by perdido34

Topping Tune aside, Is this unit going to be an audible improvement over its predecessor, the D50s? Of course not.

...which you cannot do using the Bose app, at least not multiple treble cuts.

I like classical music, and the bass is excessive for what I listen to, so I turn it down several notches. I have some high frequency hearing loss, so I increase the treble. Can you see why I suggested you choose the settings based on what sounds good to you? If you're a bass-head, you...

The Bose app only allows three points of adjustment--there is no way to approximate any sort of target curve using the app. I just adjusted it so it sounds decent with the music I listen to.

Yes. Because if it is turned off, then Bluetooth is also turned off (as well as ANC), and the only way these headphones could then get an input would be through a cable. But I have never used mine with the cable, so I don't know what you get if the unit is turned off and connected by cable to a...

"Passive" and "turned off" mean "no noise cancellation" (ANC off).

The 45s have much better sound quality AND noise canceling than the 15s. However, the 15s run on a replaceable AAA battery; the battery in the 45s isn't replaceable.

I bought these to use for work meetings; I am in a home office with a noisy window air conditioner, and the QC45 (using Zoom) completely blocks that sound from me and the other folks on the call--and it does a better job with my voice quality in that noisy setting that AirBuds Pro2 or my older...

It's about 10 a.m. here, and my neighbor is cutting and edging his lawn with battery-powered equipment--but it's still quite noisy. So now I am enjoying Bach organ music with the QC45s--no bass boost necessary for those pedal notes!

I have been seeing patients for psychotherapy from home via Zoom since the day after our state had a pandemic shutdown in March 2020. When a house was being built that spring, it was incredibly noisy until I bought ANC headphones (Sony WH-1000mx2). The headphones, plus the noise suppression...

I've never had the misfortune of being on a plane with my ANC headphones and a screaming baby. How much did the ANC headphones suppress the sound?

The low-level hiss is there when I'm not playing any audio over the headphones. I have never noticed it when playing music or during zoom meetings, but YMMV depending on your hearing and your ability to focus.

I "ignored" him a while ago. Waste of time to respond, since he comes back with ad hominem comments. I thought this was forum was about science and audio, not personality??

I haven't checked battery life on my set of QC45s, but there are a number of YouTube posts showing about 21 hours for continuous operations (a few hours less than Bose claimed. Of note, this set of measurements at rtings.com also found a volume imbalance between left and right drivers...

You operate under the assumption that people can read your mind while ignoring what you actually wrote. Meanwhile, you say I'm not careful? Oh, well, I'm moving on.