Either way, I will admit that it does feel great to remove headphones after listening for awhile. Given the choice, I gravitate towards to the Nakamichis for the balance of: sound, comfort, and convenience. Now don't get me wrong, these don't give me the spine tingling feeling of my Klipsh in-ear phones, but I also don't have to deal with the pain (figuratively) of a wire or the pain (literally) of stuffing foam into my ear canals. There is superb separation among all the elements in the orchestra and the sound stage is super wide making it feel like the music is around you instead of centered in your skull. The sound is perfect for what I listen to. It may seem counterintuitive, but despite not being noise isolating, there is very little sound leakage. It does not isolate you from the dishes being done, but you can't hear the sound of Minecraft coming from my son's iPad when he is sitting next to me. That said, the ear cups are large enough to accommodate my ears easily. The padding seems to be a bit harder than the Bose and Sonys. I did not have to do that with the Bose or the Sony headphones. I have to remove/adjust them to give my skull a rest after one hour of listening. (Nakamichi needs to hire a designer to work on this as presentation is huge with the buying public - think Bose and Beats) They were not as comfortable as the Sony or Bose options, but they were also only one third the cost. Nothing that would give you confidence that these were quality products. They came in the cheapest packaging (plastic see through "box") hanging on a plastic tab. Really odd.The Nakamichis were shockingly well put together. It seems like the Bose phones can only concentrate on one thing at a time. Within the same movement, it can be too bass and drum heavy. You can hear the sharpness of the violins, but at the expense of the bass and drums. It's not like the muffled, blurred sound of the Sony's. I think that perhaps there is not enough separation between the highs and lows. The Bose sound interpretation was pleasant, but not thrilling. The Bose really did have a well-balanced sound. They were better constructed than the NoiseHush, but as I implied above, this is not saying much. Given how much I paid for these, I was surprised by how much cheaper feeling these were (no only compared to the Sonys, but also to the Nakamichis). They were not as good at sealing out ambient sound as the Sonys which is entirely related to the thickness of the padding. Just of enough band tension to keep them sealed against my skull and large openings for my ears. Not kidding here.The Bose AE2w headphones were the most comfortable of the group.
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It was a bit like I had tissue stuffed between the drivers and my ears.
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That said, the MDR10s also lacked a full mids and lows, too. Again, if you look at my musical preferences, highs are WAY more important to me than lows. It was not a matter of the others having overly enhanced highs. To me, they lacked the crispness, separation, and energy of the other three. I know! Everyone claims these sound so great.
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The kicker is, however, that in "somewhat blind" side to side to side to side sound tests, the Sony always came out on the bottom. No distracting blue flashes on these headphones. Solid, heavy, and the feeling of quality! They were also super comfortable and sealed the sound out the best of all the headphones. They were the best design and used the best materials. The engineers really screwed this up.The Sony MDR10s were the most expensive of the four and I expected to get what I paid for. Covering the led with black tape did nothing as the light leaked through the thin plastic of the ear cup. As a result, every 5 seconds I saw a two pulse intensely blue flash.
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The blue light indicating that they were connected was so ridiculously bright and its location on the front of the ear cup made it reflect in my glasses. The ear cups were too round to cover my (medium-sized) ears. I am not sure they would stand being tossed into a briefcase or backpack. They had a light, overly-plastic feel throughout. The adjustments moved too easily and I was constantly fiddling with them mid-listen to sit back on my ears. The headphones were the cheapest feeling of the four. This is particularly the case when listening to classical. However, the sound stage seemed much narrower than the others. Best Price Nakamichi Over the Head Bluetooth Headphones - Retail user reviewsI tried (over three days - which may not be enough time) the following:- NoiseHush BT700-12267 Freedom Bluetooth Headphones with Mic- Sony MDR10RBT Bluetooth Wireless Headphones- Bose AE2w Bluetooth Headphones- Nakamichi Bluetooth Headphine BT304I wanted bluetooth and over the ear for noise isolation.The NoiseHush were the best for sound (I listen to jazz and classical) in terms of clarity of highs, mids, and lows.