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My freind always claims his headphones are superior in sound quality. I have the astro a50s (300$) and he has the Bose SoundTrues (180$) could someone please make the choice because he's too stubborn to listen to me
If these were cars then the Astro's are a big rufty-tufty 4x4 truck compared to the Bose as a nimble 2-seater sports car. Both are right for the roles they perform, but if you want to go off-roading then you're not going to be interested in a sports car and vice versa. So the opinion of which is "best" very much depends on what you're looking for in the first place. I know this probably isn't the answer you wanted but it is the truth.
Bose is WAY overrated and WAY overpriced, though Astros are not the best either. The most reputable manufacturers include Sennheiser, Shure, Grado, Denon, AKG, Bowers & Wilkins, Bang & Olufsen, Etymotic, Beyerdynamic and Audio-Technica.
Bose SoundTrues are plain, no-frills closed-back stereo headphones. There's a nod to convenience with the cord mounted volume and multi-function buttons. But that's about as fancy as it gets. Everything else is geared towards reproducing decent quality sound while keeping background noise at bay.
The fact that Bose consumer headphones don't[!] sound like Bose consumer surround and Hi-Fi systems is remarkable. It's almost as if the divisions are run entirely separately. If the people at headphones ever took over design for the other consumer products then the rest of the industry would be in real trouble. Bose consumer speaker products would no longer be the industry joke.
The SoundTrues are fairly neutral and reasonably accurate consumer headphones. They won't impress bass junkies because they don't over-emphasise low frequencies to sound big and impressive.
The Astro A50s do something entirely different. They are surround headphones for a start. That means there a lot of audio processing going on. Next is the gaming angle, so the sound has to be big and extra-dynamic. Finally there's the wireless aspect, so there's some signal conversion and perhaps a little compression happening too. They're a great gaming headphone that are fun to use with music too.
If these were cars then the Astro's are a big rufty-tufty 4x4 truck compared to the Bose as a nimble 2-seater sports car. Both are right for the roles they perform, but if you want to go off-roading then you're not going to be interested in a sports car and vice versa. So the opinion of which is "best" very much depends on what you're looking for in the first place. I know this probably isn't the answer you wanted but it is the truth.
First, let me say I'm definitely no Bose fan-boy. By and large my view is that most Bose consumer audio gear is over-priced and it under-performs. It's often bought as a lifestyle accessory by people who fall for the marketing hype rather than trusting their own ears. However, there are two exceptions. The pro-range of commercial grade speakers are good, and the headphones are good (mostly).
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