In Review: V-Moda Earphones Give Bose Some Heavy Competition

I’m in DC this week in meetings with my government team. I was able to catch a direct flight on United from SJC to IAD which is always nice. Last time, I had a stop over in Dallas and was caught in a thunderstorm fiasco.

Because of the long continuous flight, I brought my mp3 player. I was contemplating bringing the Bose QuietComfort 2 Noise Cancelling headphones which Clint has as it really makes the flight more pleasant, but the bulky form factor was a big deterrent. I opted instead to just use the new V-Moda headphones I got for the gym which are really compact. I didn’t have a side-by-side comparison between the two headphones, but the V-Moda was surprisingly effective in blocking out surrounding airplane noise.

At almost 1/10 of the price and 1/100 of the size of the Bose headphones, the V-Moda earphones gets my thumbs up as an essential travel companion.

V-Moda Base Freq Earphones (black)

Loni Stark
Loni Stark is an artist at Atelier Stark, psychology researcher, and technologist whose work explores the intersection of identity, creativity, and technology. A self-professed foodie and adventure travel enthusiast, she collaborates on visual storytelling projects with Clinton Stark for Stark Insider. Her insights are shaped by her role at Adobe, influencing her explorations into the human-tech relationship. It's been said her laugh can still be heard from San Jose up to the Golden Gate Bridge—unless sushi, her culinary Kryptonite, has momentarily silenced her.