I'm looking for a set of these with REPLACEABLE batteries. The last Sony set of bluetooth headphones didn't have replaceable batteries and had to be thrown away after just over a year. All suggestions / recommendations gladly received.

On 19/03/2017 10:58, fred wrote:
I'm looking for a set of these with REPLACEABLE batteries. The last Sony set of bluetooth headphones didn't have replaceable batteries and had to be thrown away after just over a year. All suggestions / recommendations gladly received.


I'm a bit sceptical of this. Even my old wired ones tended to break
after a year of heavy use. The wires to the ear buds fatigue and break
internally.

So I'm not answering your question about batteries but....

I bought three cheap pairs of bluetooth ones. These were my favourites:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/n10/Bluetooth-Headphones-AUVI-Wireless-Neckband-Sweatproof-Cancelling/B00OMN75CW

AT £13 quid they it is probably cheaper to buy them every year rather
than batteries.

Obviously if you are an audiophile looking for top quality sound they
may not be suitable, but they are ok for me listening to music and
telephone calls.

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fred wrote:
I'm looking for a set of these with REPLACEABLE batteries. The last Sony
set of bluetooth headphones didn't have replaceable batteries and had to
be thrown away after just over a year. All suggestions / recommendations
gladly received.

Sounds like it either used rubbish batteries or a rubbish charger?

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On 19 Mar 2017 11:08:36 GMT, Huge wrote:

On 2017-03-19, fred wrote:
I'm looking for a set of these with REPLACEABLE batteries. The last Sony set of bluetooth headphones didn't have replaceable batteries and had to be thrown away after just over a year. All suggestions / recommendations gladly received.

Much as I hate to recommend BOSE stuff, their n/c 'phones seem to be pretty
good, although very far from cheap.

I looked at the ultra expensive BOSE headphones when they were
released. I went to a well-known department store (clue, never
knowingly undersold) to listen and I thought the bass sounded
excessively boosted. All personal opinion of course.

On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 03:58:13 -0700 (PDT), fred
wrote:

I'm looking for a set of these with REPLACEABLE batteries. The last Sony set of bluetooth headphones didn't have replaceable batteries and had to be thrown away after just over a year. All suggestions / recommendations gladly received.

I bought a pair of Bose Quietcomfort 2 about ten years ago, as I used
to do a lot of long haul flying and the fleet at the time were old
747-400s which were quite noisy in the cabin.

These are powered by a single AAA battery, which lasts quite a long
time and is easy to replace.

The noise cancelling is about the best I've found. The sound quality
is good, but not the best, and not what you'd expect for the price: I
prefer my Audio Technica ATH-M50 when listening at home, and they were
about half the price.

My big dissapointment with the bose QC is the quality of the plastic.
After a few flights the covering on the foam started to flake off, but
that's just cosmetic really. But after a few more flights, the
plastic started to crack, and needed to be glued up. They were end of
life after maybe a dozen return trips.

Thankfully the 747-400 fleet was retired a few years ago and replaced
with A380, which is much quieter in the cabin. I don't use noise
cancelling headphones now, as I can't justify spending something like
300 pounds for a new pair.

I've ordered a pair. At that price it's hard to go wrong. I'm not really an audiophile. I just want to listen to something whilst using machinery. Thanks for the tip

Yes noise cancelling is quite an expensive technology, though I have to say
a friends Sony ones are quite impressive if a little on the overkill side.
Mind you even those famous German phones ith the unspellable name
beginning with s sound very nice but the ear cushions seem to lose their top
surface as little black bits of dandruff in about a year. Made in China,
designed in germany.
Brian

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On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 03:58:13 -0700 (PDT), fred
wrote:

I'm looking for a set of these with REPLACEABLE batteries. The last Sony
set of bluetooth headphones didn't have replaceable batteries and had to
be thrown away after just over a year. All suggestions / recommendations
gladly received.

I bought a pair of Bose Quietcomfort 2 about ten years ago, as I used
to do a lot of long haul flying and the fleet at the time were old
747-400s which were quite noisy in the cabin.

These are powered by a single AAA battery, which lasts quite a long
time and is easy to replace.

The noise cancelling is about the best I've found. The sound quality
is good, but not the best, and not what you'd expect for the price: I
prefer my Audio Technica ATH-M50 when listening at home, and they were
about half the price.

My big dissapointment with the bose QC is the quality of the plastic.
After a few flights the covering on the foam started to flake off, but
that's just cosmetic really. But after a few more flights, the
plastic started to crack, and needed to be glued up. They were end of
life after maybe a dozen return trips.

Thankfully the 747-400 fleet was retired a few years ago and replaced
with A380, which is much quieter in the cabin. I don't use noise
cancelling headphones now, as I can't justify spending something like
300 pounds for a new pair.

On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 9:05:57 AM UTC, Brian Gaff wrote:
Yes noise cancelling is quite an expensive technology, though I have to say
a friends Sony ones are quite impressive if a little on the overkill side.
Mind you even those famous German phones ith the unspellable name
beginning with s sound very nice but the ear cushions seem to lose their top
surface as little black bits of dandruff in about a year. Made in China,
designed in germany.
Brian

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On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 03:58:13 -0700 (PDT), fred
wrote:

I'm looking for a set of these with REPLACEABLE batteries. The last Sony
set of bluetooth headphones didn't have replaceable batteries and had to
be thrown away after just over a year. All suggestions / recommendations
gladly received.

I bought a pair of Bose Quietcomfort 2 about ten years ago, as I used
to do a lot of long haul flying and the fleet at the time were old
747-400s which were quite noisy in the cabin.

These are powered by a single AAA battery, which lasts quite a long
time and is easy to replace.

The noise cancelling is about the best I've found. The sound quality
is good, but not the best, and not what you'd expect for the price: I
prefer my Audio Technica ATH-M50 when listening at home, and they were
about half the price.

My big dissapointment with the bose QC is the quality of the plastic.
After a few flights the covering on the foam started to flake off, but
that's just cosmetic really. But after a few more flights, the
plastic started to crack, and needed to be glued up. They were end of
life after maybe a dozen return trips.

Thankfully the 747-400 fleet was retired a few years ago and replaced
with A380, which is much quieter in the cabin. I don't use noise
cancelling headphones now, as I can't justify spending something like
300 pounds for a new pair.

I have Sony ones ( Sony MDR-ZX770BN )and find the noise cancellling a little hit and miss. Some machines, saw in particular, are cancelled ok but others like a compressor, whilst muted , are still audible.

I believe Bose are the kings of noise suppressing but I'm not paying that much for a set of headphones

My big dissapointment with the bose QC is the quality of the plastic.
After a few flights the covering on the foam started to flake off, but
that's just cosmetic really. But after a few more flights, the
plastic started to crack, and needed to be glued up. They were end of
life after maybe a dozen return trips.

I got a pair of QC25's from a duty free D@x@@s about 3 years ago and use them on flights but sadly not actually driving the plane. Still look like new so maybe they've upped their plastics quality. I don't think the bass is excessive as some are claiming, very similar to Grado's open back ones.

Brian Gaff wrote:

Mind you even those famous German phones with the unspellable name
beginning with s

sennheiser

sound very nice but the ear cushions seem to lose their top
surface as little black bits of dandruff in about a year.

It was little bits of yellow foam on mine (HD420?) I wonder where I've
put them?

Andy Burns wrote:

sennheiser

Brian Gaff wrote:

the ear cushions seem to lose their top
surface as little black bits of dandruff in about a year.

It was little bits of yellow foam on mine (HD420?) I wonder where I've
put them?

Found their box in the loft, they are HD414, but no sign of the
headphones themselves ...

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Caecilius wrote:
On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 03:58:13 -0700 (PDT), fred
wrote:

I'm looking for a set of these with REPLACEABLE batteries. The last Sony set of bluetooth headphones didn't have replaceable batteries and had to be thrown away after just over a year. All suggestions / recommendations gladly received.

I bought a pair of Bose Quietcomfort 2 about ten years ago, as I used
to do a lot of long haul flying and the fleet at the time were old
747-400s which were quite noisy in the cabin.

These are powered by a single AAA battery, which lasts quite a long
time and is easy to replace.

The noise cancelling is about the best I've found. The sound quality
is good, but not the best, and not what you'd expect for the price: I
prefer my Audio Technica ATH-M50 when listening at home, and they were
about half the price.

My big dissapointment with the bose QC is the quality of the plastic.
After a few flights the covering on the foam started to flake off, but
that's just cosmetic really. But after a few more flights, the
plastic started to crack, and needed to be glued up. They were end of
life after maybe a dozen return trips.

Thankfully the 747-400 fleet was retired a few years ago and replaced
with A380, which is much quieter in the cabin. I don't use noise
cancelling headphones now, as I can't justify spending something like
300 pounds for a new pair.

I bought a pair of Sennheiser ones a few years ago, again an AA battery. I
managed to persuade the shop to cut the price quite considerably - "because
they were outside my budget".

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On Sunday, March 19, 2017 at 10:15:50 PM UTC, fred wrote:
I've ordered a pair. At that price it's hard to go wrong. I'm not really an audiophile. I just want to listen to something whilst using machinery. Thanks for the tip

Trouble was they are NOT noise cancelling as advertised on Amazon. THey're on their way back

On 24/03/2017 10:08, fred wrote:
On Sunday, March 19, 2017 at 10:15:50 PM UTC, fred wrote:
I've ordered a pair. At that price it's hard to go wrong. I'm not really an audiophile. I just want to listen to something whilst using machinery. Thanks for the tip

Trouble was they are NOT noise cancelling as advertised on Amazon. THey're on their way back

Sorry about that.

I should have said I didn't know much about noise cancelling. I think
they do do something but from your reaction I guess other products are
much better.