I have Bose headsets
Posted By: Happy MT Robin on 2009-03-10
In Reply to: To those with good headsets - Liv
LIke some of the other posters said, bad sound files are bad sound files. I have noticed a huge difference though in what constitutes a bad sound file for me since I got my Bose headphones. Yes, they were pricey. I spent about $150 for them. I rarely have to crank the volume and I hardly ever get the staticky white noise sound that I did with regular "transcription" head phones.
http://www.bose.com/controller?url=/shop_online/headphones/audio_headphones/around_ear_headphones/index.jsp
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