TL;DR - The wired soundsport pros filled a niche that somehow no longer exits. Earbuds that rest in your ear, but also have a wingtip. Plug style headphones are uncomfortable to many, and even cause headaches. I want my soundsports back :(

My girlfriend and I have been using the wired Bose Soundsports for years. I sleep with earbuds in, and as a result constantly break them. So when bose stopped selling them, and the reselling began it broke my heart. Currently on amazon you they resell for 100-500 dollars, for a product that originally cost $30. They can be found on ebay for 40 dollars, but inevitably only work in 1 ear. My girlfriend is dreading the day hers break, because to buy a functional pair of them that also work with android will cost her 500 dollars, and she'll likely pay it. That's how good these headphones are to us.

There seem to be 2 general types of earbud being produced the airpod generation 1 that simple rest in your ear and slip out easily. And the more popular and common earplug design. So popular that apple abandoned their previous design philosophy when sound isolation became a priority.

The earplug version creates a seal with your ear, isolating sound, and also trapping pressure inside your ear canal. For many people myself included this is incredibly uncomfortable. I have never found a pair of plug style earbuds that didnt give me a migraine after an hour of use.

The resting style is my prefered choice, but it too is flawed. Both with wired, and wireless versions they fall out of ears very easily. When I sleep with them I wake up and have to search the bed to find them.

There is an easy solution to this that almost noone seems to be using. Wingtips. However for some reason the industry has seems to unly use wingtips on earbuds that already have plug style design. Creating a double layer of security that is barely necessary. Rest style earbuds that need wingtips the most are almost non-existent, at least by my search. What few there are, are crude rubber addons that slip about and feel incredibly cheap.

In my search for a pair of headphones to replace the Bose Soundsports I only found 1 pair that was attempting to replicate the style, and it was a poor imitation that slipped off easily.

In the age of wireless earbuds and charging cases it is astonishing to me that not a single company seems to be filling this niche. It solves all the problems of the resting style earbuds, without the headaches associated with plug earbuds (for some). Given the resale value of the original wired bose soundsports I think its obvious there is a niche to be filled, and dear god do I wish some company would fill it. I am not a headphone snob in anyway. I break wired earbuds constantly so buy very cheap, and also have never spent more than 40 bucks on a pair of wireless earbuds. I just want something that will stay in my ear, and not give me migraines dammit.

Thank you for coming to my long winded rant about this. It's been bothering me for years and I can't believe no one else has picked up the ball.

Hi! I've had my QC45 headphones for about two years. I've mostly used them to listen to music on spotify and have enjoyed the higher audio quality compared to my airpods. I recently revived an old iPod Nano of mine and have been amazed that when I listen to music through wired connection, the music quality is substantially better. When I listen to the same audio file on my iphone through bluetooth the difference is night and day. It just sounds so much better with the wire. I'm amazed that I've had these headphones for so long and didn't even know what they were capable of.

My question is, is the enhanced audio quality actually because of the wire? And if it is, how come? And is there a way to make my headphones perform similarly when connected through bluetooth? I adjust the EQ to my liking on my phone but nothing I've done has really compared to what I'm hearing now. Thanks!!