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1 / 5@eager_pulsar_84 · Owner-reported
Owned under a month · Still using it: no, stopped · Posted
The anc is not extremely good, it just reduces it a little bit, but many cheaper headphones can do similar job.
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Bose QuietComfort gaming headsets
Would not buy it again; has stopped using it.
Owned under a month.
below average for gaming headsets — based on 86 of 152 we've cataloged.
Aac is the most common — on 25% of the 71 gaming headsets we've cataloged (of 152).
5.1 appears on 7% of the 61 gaming headsets we've cataloged (of 152).
What a reader who owns the Bose QuietComfort reports after living with it. Owner-reported, checked before publishing; ordered photo-verified first, then newest.
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Would not buy againThe anc is not extremely good, it just reduces it a little bit, but many cheaper headphones can do similar job.
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Expected more from the mic
