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I purchased BOSE head phones

Posted By: tinkerbell on 2007-11-07
In Reply to: Static on earphones - Okie MT

and it was the best investment I ever made. I got tired of replacing headsets. You can get BOSE earplug ones or the over the head. I have both and prefer the over the head. It is amazing what I can hear now. Just wonder what I might have missed in the past before BOSE.


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