Bose QuietComfort 3 Headphones

The next step in Bose noise cancellation headphones, the QuietComfort 3 Acoustic Noise Canceling Headphones, is here. With unmatched noise cancellation as well as amazing sound quality, the QC3 is currently the best by Bose and they're proud of it. Bose has not been releasing many of their new products here, the QC3 being among the few. We at Techtree had the privilege to review it, so let's see what the Best of Bose is like.

The beauty of the QC3 is that when you wear it, you can feel its superiority to the normal headphones. This happens even without switching it on. Bose's latest technology enables QC3 on-ear headphones to give you the same level of acclaimed performance as the QC2 around-ear headphones. Ideal for frequent travelers, especially those who are frequent flyers, the QC3 solves the problem of constant ambient noise while traveling.
Bose's amazing new technology has embedded two different types of noise cancellation in a pair of headphones - Active and Passive. Passive Noise Cancellation, which is simpler than Active, is done simply by the headphones covering your ears, thereby drowning out the surrounding noise.

Active, on the other hand, is a bit complicated. The headphones have been constructed in such a way that they have a tiny microphone on each side that detects outside noise before it enters your ears. Then the noise cancellation circuitry does its magic by inverting the captured signal and merges it with what you are listening to, thereby canceling most of the noise created in the area.

Features

Unlike its predecessor, the QC3 has been made to fit the ear perfectly and not cover it. This makes the headphones more acceptable to be worn outdoors without the look of a DJ-on-the-move while walking down the road. To enhance the noise cancellation, a special type of foam has been used as the ear cushions which is known as "memory foam." The memory foam shapes according to your ear, thereby giving more effective passive noise cancellation.