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Actually both Sony and Sennheiser were preferred over the Bose because of the hand gestures control over the handphone cup. You totally control volume and track selection (forward and backward) without touching anything else.
Sennheiser fare worse in Noise Cancellation ability.
Sony is superior in noise cancellation because it got it's own calibration mode. Soundstage is very precise with good low frequency response. Never intended to buy Sony, just happened to chance upon a Mk 2 version at Frankfurt departure....and it turned out to be the best noise cancellation headphones I owned so far....and believe me, I purchased many.
(Audio)
Thanks for suggesting the Sony. My primary objective is noise cancellation as I'm not an audiophile by any means and I mostly use my nc headphones on flights only. However, the hand gesture controls on the Sony sounds pretty useful so I'll definitely check out the 1000XM2.
I'm still wondering if using a bluetooth transmitter on the IFE is a little bit of an overkill. Maybe I'll just use the wired connection for the movies.