Bose QC25 and SKY SUITE headphone jack
Oct 23, 2014, 11:57 pm
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Bose QC25 and SKY SUITE headphone jack
Has anyone tried using Bose QC25 (or QC3 which has the same airplane adapter design) with JAL SKY SUITE on SS7 and JAL SKY SUITE II on SS6? No matter how I plug it in, there's still a gap between the adapter and the headphone jack as shown in the pic below. And I have tried multiple seats as well.
https://twitter.com/JALPak/status/525504114919079936
The old QC15 adapter fits perfectly when plugged into the same headphone jack. Bose said the QC25 adapter design is the same as QC3 and they were not aware of this issue. So it is most likely the seat itself
https://twitter.com/JALPak/status/525504114919079936
The old QC15 adapter fits perfectly when plugged into the same headphone jack. Bose said the QC25 adapter design is the same as QC3 and they were not aware of this issue. So it is most likely the seat itself
Oct 24, 2014, 4:58 am
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I have not tried with Bose, but I have had no problems with a generic adapter or a Sony adapter on SS6.
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Oct 24, 2014, 8:19 am
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Well the old QC15 adaptor works perfectly fine. It's just the new one giving me problem. But Bose claims they are using standard plug. The difference is obvious if you have both with you. The sound is much louder with the old adapter.
Oct 24, 2014, 8:34 am
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Unless a new standard, of which Bose is the very early adopter, has appeared I would say Bose are the ones with the issue here.
Oct 24, 2014, 8:48 am
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Nov 10, 2014, 12:14 pm
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Tried this on SKY SHELL and Class J seats. My old QC15 plug doesn't fit perfectly in Class J seats as well but sound quality wasn't affected. Looks like either my QC25 adaptor is defective or the new adaptor design lowers the volume by a lot.