Bose headphones are a trifle more expensive then their counterparts. The new line of Bose Headphones is much more street friendly then earlier ones. Most of the Bose Aviation headphone line can be upgraded as and when required. On long flight or in an extremely noisy environment, Bose Headphones are a prized possession.

There are certain designs of Bose Headphones that are not available to consumers and are solely used by military. In 1993, Bose Corp became the first company to sell active noise reduction system for use in armored vehicles to U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force also uses Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones as well. At noise levels of 115dBA SPL, Bose headphones improve the speech intelligibility scores to 95%, as compared to 80% for other conventional headphones available in market. This is due to the use of noise cancellation technology.

At low frequencies, Bose in ear are far more effective in attenuating noise than passive noise reduction headsets. The headsets are extremely comfortable to use and can be worn for long periods. Another feature is the binaural talk-through feature, which allows crewmen to talk to each other directly, without removing their headsets, and while continuing to protect against loud noises.

Pioneer Headphones are sometimes criticised as they are quite expensive. Also, some of the Bose headphones cannot work when they are not on power, unlike other headphones which work without batteries also.

Some of these issues have been taken care of in the recent line up of Bose Headphones.