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jlgreco on July 12, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bose founder, Amar Bose, has died at 83

> Also, the use of noise canceling technology does degrade sound quality to some extent.

So does the use of a jet engine a few meters away. ;)

I don't use headphones with noise canceling but I semi-regularly wish I did.

ics on July 13, 2013 [–]

The obvious solution here is to just spend so much on the best available audio gear that you can no longer afford to fly.

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