Originally Posted by bcrdukes (Post 9207599)

Edit: Nevermind - I didn't see the "Renewed" on Amazon.

I am confused and I know this is not the Costco thread, but when I searched "Bose QC SC" Amazon.ca lists it for $283.99 while Costco lists (what I think is) the same item for $429.99 (online order.) Am I seeing this or are they different? Do I just get the Costco version and return it every 89 days? :confused:

How is a voice quality when you speak on Teams/Zoom? The Jabra is quite good but as you mentioned, it picks up WAY too much background noise, even with software settings enabled.

Originally Posted by radeonboy (Post 9207602)

The current price on Amazon is from a 3rd party seller, so it's not following official pricing. At one point last quarter, Costco had them on sale for $220:

https://forums.redflagdeals.com/cost...l-tie-2786580/

If you need something now and don't mind refurbished, Bose has a similar set for $280:
https://www.bose.ca/en/p/refurbished...ONE&quantity=1

Originally Posted by unit (Post 9207397)

anyone else feel like going on vacation doesn't alway feel worth it?
maybe i just need to go to the beach or something for a week instead of exploring cities.

do you guys still go from city to city when you go to a country or do you stay put in one place for like a few weeks?

i went to taiwan and went to 4 cities plus several day and overnight excursions and just felt drained... transportation was always easy never had to fly anywhere just took trains, so at least that was great, didn't waste tons of time.

some days we'd take like an hour bus and train to go somewhere then just be tired the whole time and disinterested in the place, then an hour back to the hotel.. most of a day spent just tiring ourselves out and not really enjoying much.

of course there were like a half dozen times that were really memorable and i wouldnt trade for anything, but now that i think of what those times were they were always the quiet moments like waking up for a sunrise, taking pictures of a sunset, going for walks with friends we knew, etc...

all the hustle and bustle stuff, just no energy for it anymore.

im looking forward to when im semi retired or something and can rent a place for like a month or two and just stay put the entire time, buy groceries, cook, go to the gym, and basically live like a local with no pressure to maximize every day with sightseeing, going an hour across town just to go to a restaurant, come home to rest and then go out again.

dealing with all the work emails, missed calls, texts, confusion, etc... when i come back is a whole nother thing..

Originally Posted by mikemhg (Post 9207831)

I get a new car now, ya it's cool, I'll like it for a bit, a few months in, I'm already bored, wondering what's wrong with me.

Originally Posted by mikemhg (Post 9207831)

^

I get a new car now, ya it's cool, I'll like it for a bit, a few months in, I'm already bored, wondering what's wrong with me.

Originally Posted by Eff-1 (Post 9207822)

Maybe you're reaching the same point in life I hit a few years ago.

Vacations for me used to be about maximum value for dollars spent. See as much as possible in the time available to you. Go go go. I was young and I had energy.

I look at vacations very differently now. It's about taking it easy, no stress, and doing as little as possible. Just take the opportunity to enjoy life.

We'll go to mexico and stay 100% of the time at the resort and never leave. I used to be like "yeah but let's go see the city, or let's do some experiences" and now i'm perfectly happy sitting by the pool being served pina coladas all day.

I also never thought I'd be a "cruise" person but I love them. Once again, you can do whatever you want, call your own shots, and people wait on you hand and foot. Port stops show you a quick highlight without the stress of having to plan your own shit. They are great.

And if I were to visit a big city now, like say NYC, i'm happy to just stroll a few neighbourhoods, sit at a cafe and people watch. Last thing I'd want to do is fight crowds at big tourist attractions. That was me 10 years ago but not now. The only research I'd do ahead of time is picking out some great restaurants and book some resos.

Originally Posted by mikemhg (Post 9207831)

^The other thing is that you have changed.

As you get older the same things that brought excitement when younger don't in the same way anymore. I've been on so many damn vacations and trips, I remember the build up in your 20s, you'd be counting down the days months in advance, nowadays I rarely even get excited the week prior.

The same goes with cars, we all remember our first brand new car that wasn't a shitbox, you loved that fucking thing, washed it weekly, took pictures, you name it. You probably still reminisce about that car longingly.

I get a new car now, ya it's cool, I'll like it for a bit, a few months in, I'm already bored, wondering what's wrong with me.

Originally Posted by mikemhg (Post 9207831)

As you get older the same things that brought excitement when younger don't in the same way anymore. I've been on so many damn vacations and trips, I remember the build up in your 20s, you'd be counting down the days months in advance, nowadays I rarely even get excited the week prior.

The same goes with cars, we all remember our first brand new car that wasn't a shitbox, you loved that fucking thing, washed it weekly, took pictures, you name it. You probably still reminisce about that car longingly.
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Originally Posted by unit (Post 9207872)

i think im still a ways from doing cruises. even if i want to slow my trips down, i like to experience local flavour when im in a city as much as possible. some highlights were going to a few jazz bars and vinyl cafes, playing ping pong w/ aunties and uncles in basement clubs, riding the youbikes down the riverways, and trying to catch golden hour for photos every day. yeah we don't like crowded parts of the city very much... we went to a museum that was so full of tour groups it ruined the whole experience.. you'd be looking at an artifact and then 20 koreans would come and swarm you. sucked.

Originally Posted by bcrdukes (Post 9207599)

Edit: Nevermind - I didn't see the "Renewed" on Amazon.

I am confused and I know this is not the Costco thread, but when I searched "Bose QC SC" Amazon.ca lists it for $283.99 while Costco lists (what I think is) the same item for $429.99 (online order.) Am I seeing this or are they different? Do I just get the Costco version and return it every 89 days? :confused:

How is a voice quality when you speak on Teams/Zoom? The Jabra is quite good but as you mentioned, it picks up WAY too much background noise, even with software settings enabled.

Originally Posted by AstulzerRZD (Post 9207887)

For Teams and Zoom, did you enable the extra voice isolation where you had to read it some sentences?
The noise isolation is way better than the standard if you do this.

Originally Posted by AstulzerRZD (Post 9207887)

If you want a new pair of headphones that isn't Jabra,
Bose QC and QC Ultra are actually worse than the older NC700 that came before it for mic isolation, I paid ~$150 for new old stock NC700.
Sony XM6 is ever so slightly better than NC700 in isolation but it has way better audio quality when using the mic over bluetooth:

https://www.rtings.com/headphones/re...00xm6#test_377
https://www.rtings.com/headphones/re...eless#test_377

Originally Posted by Eff-1 (Post 9207885)

Nanaimo is a dump bro