Dick’s Gadget Warehouse turns up the first consumer version of Bose’s famous Quiet Comfort Noise Reduction Headphones.
February 17, 2011 Post a Comment Friday, February 18th, 2011, Netcast 1290
Don't know if they sold, but this original QC1 was on sale in February on Ebay for $100.Bose Quiet Comfort Noise Canceling Headphones entered the consumer market just about 11 years ago in the year 2000. Before they were available to the public they made many trips on American Airlines where they were given to first class passengers – for the duration of the flight - they didn’t get to keep them! Then in 2003, Bose introduced the Quiet Comfort 2. This model had Bose noise reduction technology and better audio performance. But it totally streamed the device itself. It now folded flat while the original didn’t. The biggest change was to take the external electronics box of the QC1 and incorporated everything inside the headset. Another change was to make the wire you use to connect an external audio cable, removable. So if you wanted to listen to your MP3 player, or the airplane movie soundtrack, you clicked the audio cable into the jack right on the bottom of the left earcup. If you just wanted to enjoy quiet with no external audio, then the Bose QC2 (and all newer models) can be totally wireless. In 2006 The Quiet Comfort 3 came out. It’s an on-ear design for people who don’t like headphones that cover the entire ear. They’re still available, but the QC 2 has been replaced with the Bose QC15, which truly eliminates airplane noise. (The performance difference is so great Bose jumped the number from QC3 right to QC 15!) Price of the QC 15 is the same price as the original ones from 11 years ago: $299.99. By the way, recently someone on Ebay was selling their original Bose QC1 for $100.
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