Bose SoundLink On-Ear Bluetooth Headphones - Black

In few words: one of the best mixes of portability and sound quality in a Bluetooth Headphone at the present moment.
I've spent a long time in the following comparison, so I decided to write the results, to make other people save the time I've "lost" :)

I was looking for a small, portable, good looking and good sounding On-Ear or "mini Around the Ear" Bluetooth Headphones to use for music on the Bus and while I do Fitness, and eventually at home, so I have bought a few ones to compare.

I've compared:
Sennheiser MM400-X
Jabra Revo Wireless
Bose Soundlink On-Ear
Philips Fidelio M1BT
Sony MDR-10RBT
= All the best and portable enough Bluetooth headphones available at the moment.

I've compared them for many weeks, with my Xperia Z1 Compact (APTX support) + Neutron as Music Player, and with my PC (which gets Bluetooth+APTX through an Azio BTD-V401 Dongle and a Sennheiser BTD 500 Dongle, which I also wanted to compare. See my other reviews for that. Or simply avoid the Azio!) + MusicBee as player.
I've used many different...

Terrific for Untethered Use (Everywhere but on Planes)
I picked up a set of these a few days ago, and am delighted with them. As others have noted, the sound quality is excellent, which is particularly noteworthy considering their use of Bluetooth for wireless connections, a technology that is not generally known for its high fidelity. In that sense, this is a significant engineering achievement -- these sound better to me than some of the wired 'phones that I own, which is remarkable.

I can't over-emphasize the great sense of listening freedom you get when you lose the wired connection on your headphones. No more accidental ripping them off your ears when the wiring gets caught on something or if you move your hand too quickly in the wrong direction. No more cables tethering you to your phone or MP3 player -- the source device can be charging up nearby while you move around the room instead of being stuffed in a pocket with wires dangling all over your body, waiting to catch on something.

Another significant...

Just yesterday I picked up the Beats Studio wireless thinking they were the best of the rest
Don't settle for anything else but these Bose SoundLink On-ear headphones!! For the past 6 months I have been buying and returning within days every bluetooth headphone and earbuds on the market. Just yesterday I picked up the Beats Studio wireless thinking they were the best of the rest..... WRONG!! #1 - Although the bass is better than their previous models it was still boomy on certain tracks where the bass was pronounced. #2 - The mids were almost impossible to discern and the highs were just OK. #3 - They only connected to one device at a time and did not have separate BT profiles, meaning when you connect to a different device the volume settings carried over. #4 - Then the last thing I did not like was the ear cups are a bit small and the lobes of my ears would be compressed and cause discomfort after an hour or so.

Now the Bose SoundLink headphones are the "Absolute Best" of anything on the market, including their new QC25 IMO. They are very light in weight, connect...

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