I'm sorry man, it's the thing with bose.
They're brilliant at marketing, but their stuff isn't all that good.
I'm not telling you this to make you feel bad. It's just true.
Same goes with all those thousands of bose 201's, 301's, acoustimass, 3-2-1 systems that people buy. They're not good. I might even call most of them plain bad.
The brand has gotten famous because of marketing, not because of quality.
The only thing Bose made that's really really brilliant is this:
The Philips SHP2000 doesn't actually sound worse than those boses.
I'm really shocked by what the boses cost, because I thought they were around 50 dollars. I didn't really pay attention to that.
And again, I'm not trying to be unfriendly, I just know my way in audio.
Back to headphones:
Budget: Philips
Pricey: AKG or Beyerdynamic
Unaffordable: STAX or GRADO
And (unpopular opinion ;D) forget about affordable sennheisers too.
There's some pretty neat sennheisers, but the AKG's and Beyerdynamics that cost the same are way better.
Sony has some pretty good headphones around 75-100 dollars, too. But I'm not really into those.
And I know it's often a question of taste, but amongst serious audio enthusiasts, everyone knows that bose shouldn't be taken seriously. I'm sorry man.