{"id":25508,"date":"2015-12-18T02:00:57","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T09:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=25508"},"modified":"2016-09-06T16:42:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T23:42:48","slug":"bose-qc20-headphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/bose-qc20-headphones\/","title":{"rendered":"Bose QC20 Headphones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new Bose QuietComfort 20 earbuds are by far the best noise cancelling traveling earphones I have ever used. I fly a lot and I am less fatigued after a long flight when the background roar of the plane is erased so I\u2019ve been a long-time fan of noise cancelling earphones. <\/p>\n<p>I have bought and used many reputable brands of noise cancelling headphones over the past two decades. Most of these models (Sony, Panasonic, AudioTechnik)  are much cheaper than Bose gear. But I kept returning to Bose, despite their outrageously sky-high price, because their noise cancelling was noticeably better. <\/p>\n<p>I have followed the Bose models as they got smaller and more compact &#8212; a significant factor since I have to carry the headsets my whole trip. With genuine hesitation, I bought their most recent version, a set of tiny ear buds, the QC20. I normally find earbuds uncomfortable after an hour. But for some reason, I can (and regularly do) wear these for 12 hours straight. I even sleep with them on. Their noise cancelling is as good or better than the fitted ear cup versions. Their audio quality is fine for my purposes, watching a movie or listening to music from my phone. <\/p>\n<p>Best of all for me, they pack into a tiny fist sized pouch, along with their battery and controls. They just disappear into my small daypack, with almost no additional weight &#8212; something I think about when I am hauling my bag around for a month. The non-removable battery is rechargeable via USB, lasts me for about 16-20 hours. Without a charge, external sound inputs will still play, just without noise cancelling. There is no way around it; these are expensive at $300. But if I lost these, I\u2019d immediately buy a new pair.  Nothing else is as portable and effective.<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best all around noise cancelling earphones<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[28],"tags":[2307,2328],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25508"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25511,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25508\/revisions\/25511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}