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| Brand: Bose
Category: CE
List Price: $99.95
Buy New: $52.99
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Rating:  347 reviews
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 12 x 14 x 9
MPN: 44437
Model: In-Ear Headphones
UPC: 840356852584
EAN: 0017817430104
ASIN: B000UVM0ES
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 1 pair of in-ear headphones with 49 audio cable, 1 pair each of small, medium and large silicone tips, 1 lanyard, 1 clothing clip and Carrying case | | • | High quality, earbud-style headphones with soft silicone tips that rest gently in your ears | | • | Proprietary Bose technology produces a full range of sound, including lower notes, in a compact in-ear design | | • | Color-coded tips in three sizes for a more personal, comfortable fit | | • | Angled plug fits directly into most MP3 players, including iPod and iPhone models, as well as laptops and portable CD and DVD players |
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Product Description
Big on sound, big on comfort. Your new pair of Bose® In-Ear headphones feature the ultimate in sound production from an earbud and in comfort in from an in-ear headphone piece. Bose®'s TriPort® technology produces a full range of sound, including lower notes, in a compact, in-ear design. Bringing you the apex of comfort, these Bose® In-Ear headphones come with three sizes of soft silicone earpiece tips. You'll be able to customize your headphones to your ear.
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 Great sound, but flawed - rubber tips keep falling off July 27, 2010
J. Haggard (Nashville, TN)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I don't often write bad reviews as most products I try always seem to shine in one area. But these Bose triport headphones really are just driving me crazy to the point I'm done with them...
Let me start by saying they sounds tremendous. Bose did a great job getting the sound that they produce just right.
So where did Bose fail? They use rubber tips that you put on the end of the headphone, you can NOT use these without these rubber tips as 1. the headphone won't stay in your ear without it and 2. it's very uncomfortable to try to use them without the rubber tips.
The problem is this, the rubber tip stays on when you wear the headphones, but I constantly have the rubber tips falling off when I just have them laying on a table and I go to pick them up. Lately I've tried using these at my desk and I leave the headphones plugged into my computer, I have a clip that I drape the wire over so the headphones just sort of hang on the wall out of the way when I don't want to use them. One out of 5 times when I go to pick the headphones up and put them in my ear I have to search around the floor for the rubber tip.
These are a terrible design, they work well in terms of sound and if you can keep up with the rubber tips I recommend them, but because headphones to me are meant to be used on the go, I would be scared to death to take these on an airplane or something and lose the tips in the airport and be stuck with no headphones. I much rather use a $10 pair of ear buds because I can at least rely on those always working without having to search around for the rubber tips.
And I have used these for over a year and constantly have the same issue. I tried different tips and the problem still exists. So perhaps the initial review people have is positive, but I wanted to write from a year+ later perspective. I will not buy these again.
I did however find on CNET's site that Bose actually redesigned these headphones because of this issue I am writing about. The new model has black and white stripped cable near the top and comes with redesigned rubber tips, a lanyard and a clip to help keep they headphones from falling out or earbuds falling off. I just submitted my request to receive the kit from Bose, but since it was offered in 2008 and it's now 2010 I'm not sure they still will ship one of those to me. If they do I'll revisit this review with the enhanced kit. If not this review stays where it is with a Don't buy recommendation from me.
And my comments are echoed by CNET when they reviewed these, here are the comments from the CNET review:
The good: The Bose TriPort In-Ear headphones have strong bass and good overall detail, and they're not intrusive in your ear canal.
The bad: The Bose TriPort In-Ear headphones don't block out any noise, and the fit doesn't feel quite as secure as advertised. The silicone tips come off very easily, and pick up tons of dirt.
 HD digital stereo quality July 22, 2010
D. Mccauley (COLLEYVILLE, TX, US)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Bose is unbeatable!! No equals for Bose headphones. Every whistle and breeze flows and is not missed.
TERRIBLE FITMENT - Worst fitting in-ear headset EVER. July 13, 2010
CLAYTON TYCKSEN
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
What does it matter how great they sound if you can't get them to stay in your ears? These are absolutely the worst fitting ear buds I have ever tried in my life. They were expensive, but I don't mind paying for a good solid set of ear buds with an inline mic. My V-Moda Vibe Duo ear buds from Costco were $99 and fit wonderfully. The V-modas sound amazing as well - but when I misplaced them, I bought this Bose headset. What an epic mistake! I wish I could take them back.
They come with a wonderful pleather zipper case that is ginormous, and a small ziplock baggy containing an extra clip and 3 sizes of tips (S, M and L) so you can find the "perfect" size for your ear (like pretty much every in-ear buds out there, even the $10 ones). The problem is, nobody has ears shaped like these ridiculous tips. The supplied tips are a weird shape, not the typical root-beer barrel shape you find on most in-ear buds. And they're not ear specific. They're interchangeable. Anyone who has looked at an ear before knows that both ears are differently shaped. A barrel shaped ear bud makes sense if you're going to make them interchangeable, because it fits into your ear canal. But these Bose buds... man oh man what were they smoking when they came up with this design? Someone at Bose should be fired to spare further Bose fan lemmings from wasting their hard-earned, under-valued dollars on these veritable pieces of trash.
I even contacted a local hearing aid shop in my area that will make custom-fit hearing aids for people to see if they can create a pair of custom-fitting tips for my ears that will attach to these Bose ear buds. They can! . . . for several hundred dollars.
I'm telling you, anyone who rated these as 4-5 stars either (1) has never put them in their ears, (2) is lying, (3) is in denial that they spent $120 on a Bose product and it really *isn't* the best and they can't admit it because they are a Bose fanboy, or (4) has some kind of alien or prosthetic ears that just happen to be a perfect fit for these bizarre Bose buds.
I'm a Bose fan too - but I'm not afraid to admit that these are a colossal waste of money and poorly designed fit. 3 of my friends have them, and they ALL HAVE THE SAME fitment problems. At best they "hang" onto your ear like a climber dangling from a dangerous precipice, only to fall out to your utter disappointment and frustration.
I thought to myself, "I'm being difficult. Let me try another size." I shoved a smaller size into my ear - and pushed super hard to lodge it in there. It stayed! And it hurt. And after a minute, it popped out. Garbage.
Luckily, during the time since I've owned these expensive Bose earbud paperweights, I've managed to locate my V-modas. Do yourself a favor - buy the V-modas. They'll fit ANY ear, no matter how alien or prosthetic, and you'll love the sound and function, not to mention the extra dollars you'll have left over.
The Bose headset also comes with this bizarre, cool-idea-but-poorly-implemented fabric cord that clips to both right and left wires so you can "dangle" the ear buds around your neck without them falling down. But this weird innovation adds to the tangle of the rat's nest every time you try to take the buds out of their case, and you'll waste a couple precious minutes of your life untangling them every single time you want to use them - while you try to convince yourself that they were worth the money...
Sorry Bose, but maybe there's a reason that every other in-ear bud manufacturer is making their in-ear gel buds shaped like a soft barrel and not a smashed assymetrical uvula. Kudos for trying to be innovative - but you failed in a big way when you didn't actually try them on before you approved their manufacture.
I'd rate these 0 stars if I could.
My V-Mode Vibe Duo headset available here: V-MODA Vibe Duo Earbuds/Headset (iPhone Compatible) - Black
 In Bose, the B stands for Bass! July 1, 2010
Nicholas A. Radloff (ATL, GA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
These earbuds are serious about bass. They reproduce a large number of other sounds, from crisp highs to buttery mids, but the lows are where these earbuds stand out. When properly seated in one's ear, it sounds like a subwoofer is in your head. A number of you may be thinking, "hey I don't want that much bass!" By subwoofer in your head, I mean they sound wonderful and real. The bass has the punchy, quick response that those who listen to rock or jazz may want, but those of you that love hip-hop and rap will love what these earbuds are capable of.
I have the older ones, which means the silicon ear tips fall off if you look at them wrong and the headphone jack connector is black, bulky, and the cable has broken so that now they don't even work. 4 years is a long time for a pair of earbuds to survive, especially in a laptop bag next to a mouse and other devices. If you are going to get a pair of these, make sure they are the newer ones that have the elbow jack, not the older black rectangle jack.
I would highly recommend this product to any friend looking for a pair of earbuds that want great bass and a great fit for casual listening and mobile gaming. I would not, however, recommend them for jogging or any seriously mobile activity. They fell out of my ears after about four steps. But for sitting still, you'll be hard pressed to find a better set of in ear monitors.
 Bose Ear Buds June 30, 2010
b ng
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Bose makes great products, don't get me wrong, and these work just fine. i just can't stand wearing them in public because of the way these go into your ear (upside down with the cord sticking out) - i end up walking around looking like a space alien or something.
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