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Unfortunately, you gotta think about these things. My personal story is that I dislike that Bose no longer makes their QuietComfort 15 model. It’s corded, active noise cancelling, and it’s powered by an AAA battery. As far as headphones goes, this is BIFL because you can fix it when something goes wrong. It’s too bad there isn’t a good substitute for the QC15 because I love the product.
Unfortunately, you gotta think about these things. My personal story is that I dislike that Bose no longer makes their QuietComfort 15 model. It’s corded, active noise cancelling, and it’s powered by an AAA battery. As far as headphones goes, this is BIFL because you can fix it when something goes wrong. It’s too bad there isn’t a good substitute for the QC15 because I love the product.