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Why do we compare two products every now and then? Mostly due to the fact that boredom hits us pretty often, and sometimes for reasons of pure debate. Today it turned out that Siddharth (who suffers from what we call "4 o'clock syndrome", when effervescence takes over his otherwise quiet self) wanted to pit his blah against my Bose QC3. Also, if you are an audiophile with some extra dough to spend, here's a reason why you should pick a winner.



Design and Comfort
First of all, more for our pleasure than yours, we will compare the two aesthetically. Sennheiser has always been one to ensure good-looking products, and we are not in the least bit surprised to see the PXC 350 win hands down. You may think otherwise, but right now it’s what we say that matters. But we don’t mind elaborating a bit.



Sennheiser has adhered to ‘black is elegant’ theme throughout, with a hard plastic outer covering for the drivers and headphone, though soft black cushions line the inner surface of the band and act as comfortable ear pads for the large oval cans.



Bose on the other hand has kept the blacks limited to the headband, while the cans have metallic silver and a brushed aluminum finish. For your information, in design the PXC 350 is circumaural and the QC3 is supra-aural. Surprisingly, the problem with the QC3 is that it weighs down heavily on the ears after a while, something we didn’t experience with the PXC 350.

The Sennheiser sits nicely around the ears, and doesn’t make its presence felt unless the active noise cancellation is on (more on this later). Aesthetically, the Sennheiser looks more appealing, but frankly the QC is not far behind.
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Performance
Going in alphabetical order, we’ll do Bose first, and Sennheiser next. The Bose proved to be a nice-sounding pair, especially with the NC circuit on. They are not too effective because their design leaks sound in acoustically, but does the job satisfactorily.



Sennheiser, on the other hand, sounds insanely good when the NC is off, just like regular headphones. In fact the acoustical noise canceling is very nice. When on, they just sound weird; the ears need some time to get used to the sucked-out pressure feeling. But they are effective if you look at it theoretically. And yes, there is a little noise in the circuit that’s induced and audible, when music is off.



The Sennheiser uses two regular AAA batteries, while the Bose has its own batteries included, rechargeable ones at that. So what’s the better choice? We feel the Sennheiser's good old AAA batteries are easier to deal with, though fancy rechargeable batteries may appeal to some people.

Price and Logic
At Rs 19,900 Sennheiser just beats Bose, which costs just a little bit more at Rs 20,600. Some pointers favor Bose, but Sennheiser also has a case. Both are expensive (20K for a pair of headphones is a ridiculous premium), but for pure audio listening Sennheiser takes the cake. Still, we must add that Bose's noise cancellation is better!

Regards
.:SpArK:.

*** Never argue with an idiot ***


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