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Old Mar 20, 2016 | 2:55 pm
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Dodge DeBoulet
 
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Originally Posted by BigFlyer
Sometimes on a noisy plane I will have trouble hearing a video with my normal headphones (I have a Bose and another brand.)

Are there any headphones out there with a built-in amplifier that will amplify the audio volume? I have a pair that I thought did that, but the volume control rocker was simply controlling the volume on my device (Nexus 6), not actually amplifying.
What Bose headphones do you have? The earlier models (at least the QC-2s did) have an attenuator switch in the headphone-end plug to accommodate different line levels. If you have those, you may want to try flipping that switch.

I've never been on a flight where my QC-2s haven't been up to the task.
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