To start off, when you buy Bose you should know what you are getting: amazing sound quality with amped up lows. I personally have love the distinct Bose sound, but it may not be for everyone, so make sure you run by an electronics store and wrap these puppies around your ears before you buy them just to make sure that the distinct Bose sound is for you. However, if that sound is for you, then wow - these phones will fill your ear drums with a wonderful bliss.

Moving on to build quality: this is what caused me to downgrade the rating on the headphones. Simply put, the plastic feels cheap and fragile, especially at the joint connecting the headphones to the over the head part. So far for me, it has held up, but if you are a heavy traveler, or induce a beating on your headphones, you are warned!

So.. to sum up my headphone rant:
While the sound quality gives me shivers down my spine, the build quality makes me timid to recommend these 'phones to anyone who will travel farther than their desk with them.