My primary objective is noise cancellation as I'm not an audiophile by any means and I mostly use my nc headphones on flights only. Never intended to buy Sony, just happened to chance upon a Mk 2 version at Frankfurt departure.and it turned out to be the best noise cancellation headphones I owned so far.and believe me, I purchased many. Soundstage is very precise with good low frequency response. Sony is superior in noise cancellation because it got it's own calibration mode.
Sennheiser fare worse in Noise Cancellation ability.
You totally control volume and track selection (forward and backward) without touching anything else. But Bose's design feels more business, IMO.Īctually both Sony and Sennheiser were preferred over the Bose because of the hand gestures control over the handphone cup. I also hear the Sony WH1000XM2 has better sound quality but slightly worse NC (or on par), and of course sennheiser has better sound quality. Thanks!Note that QC35 has a newer version that comes with incremental improvement (Google Assistant), and this version does not come with airplane adapter like the first version. If I wish to use my own headphones, will I need to bring one of those 'Airline Flight Adapters for Headphones', where it converts a dual-prong airline jack to a standard headphone stereo mini plug? Or will I be ok just plugging my headphones plug directly into the single (smaller) plug? What will give me the best audio quality? I'm assuming the larger one is for powering the headset's noise cancelling features. It shows a two pin plug, with one slightly larger than the other. I've seen photos of the headphone input jack on the A350-900. Have the noise canceling headphones improved, or are the the same ones as before?ġa. I will be flying from SFO to HKG in business class on the new Airbus A350-900 this Dec.ġ. Btw, CX WiFi on the A350 is excellent compared to other TPAC experiences.and CX is the only non-mainland Chinese airline I know whose wifi functions over China.
They do not have them on board.Įnjoy your flight. Either way you're far more likely to get an unfurbed 77W what requires the two prong adapter. CX is refurbing the AVOD equipment on all 77Ws but the process just started, and I'm not even sure if the jacks will change or not as part of this. Most 77Ws still require a two pronged adapter. However, you need to be sure if you're flying back on a different plane (SFO will get each of 77G, 77H and 35G daily starting in a few days). (I like the ear buds if I'm on a sleeping flight, I sleep on my side and put one in my ear thats exposed with some music when I go to sleep).I used to bring my Sennheisers on board the plane but everything is lost once the plane noise gets going and that's where Bose really shines, on the noise cancelling aspect.Ģ) The A350 doesn't need an adapter your assumption is correct. I currently rotate my plane rides between two Bose over ear sets and ear buds. If high quality sound is first and plane rides are a small part of your use case, generally Bose isn't what you choose once you decide you want to pay up for good stuff. If riding on planes is #1 concern, go with Bose. Bose definitely has best noise cancelling, although the audio quality kinda sucks if you're really into 'phones. Just review Amazon that will be much better. They changed J headphones a few years back and they're definitely better than the ones from 5+ years ago, but still your own will be better.ġa) not really sure how detailed we're supposed to get on headphone reviews before we're OT, I could go for a while.I'll just say I own both of the models you describe and they're both fine.