The QuietComfort 15 are Bose's top-of-the-line noise cancelling headphones.

Fantastic noise reduction; great sound; very comfortable.

Bulky; Pricey; Requires a AAA battery at all times

Lightweight enough for hours of listening on an aircraft with no distracting aircraft noise.

Comfortable; Good Noise Reduction; Great Sound; Lightweight

Cord could be sturdier

Nothing beats Bose QC 15 as far as notice cancellation is concerned. Pricey, yes, but those who want the ultimate, should get it.

We have the smaller system with single speakers (5) and a single CD player. Although the larger system was @ $1000 more, we would consider the additional investment if making the purchase today.

Sound quality is great

No audio adjustments (base/treble) on systems

If you want to shut yourself away from other folks' background hubbub, you'll struggle to do better than this. And, yes, that includes the Dr Dre Monster Beats , our previous favourites.

It cost small fortune but definitely worth it. I bought it after reading the other review - as I also find flying noisy and I like listen to music or audio books while travelling. I fly in 2 days for holiday and my headphones come with me.

Reassuringly expensive. Every time I open the neat carry case, I get the sense of satisfaction you only ever get from something quality, expensive and desirable. I wanted a set of these for years, then finally gave in and bought a set from the Bose store in Burlington, Boston, while on holiday.

Sound; build and isolating prowess

Nothing

knocks the pants off of any other noise canceling device out there....you truly have to try them to believe it....the only 2 downsides are (1) the battery only lasts 30 hours and once the batteries are gone u cannot use the headphones and (2) i sat on them by accident and they broke (luckily i...

best noise canceling i have ever experienced

cheap build

"Read around on the internet and you will find a fairly reliable consensus emerging on Bose noise-cancelling headphones. Audiophiles tend to hate them, because they are expensive but have low fidelity (compared to headphones in their price bracket); people...

: The Bose QuietComfort 15 Acoustic Noise Canceling Headphones (about $299 on Amazon ) have tiny microphones mounted on the outside of each ear cup. Sophisticated mini-computers constantly monitor ambient noises and produce an equal and opposite noise into the ear cups to cancel them out.