Bose headphones: luxurious conveyors of joy

The sun is shining and my Virgin train is firing like a bullet to London town. I’m heading to the geek-of-geek symposium – OpenTech09. Frankly, I’m more excited than I should be. This is partly because in recent years I’ve been too busy to enjoy the full conference. It’s one of those measurable quality of life gains you can count after leaving ministerial office.

Mainly though, it’s because I can listen to an iPhone full of my own music on the empty train. The Soulsetters, Juan Amelbert, Mary Jane Hooper, Margie Hendrix and other great R&B tracks are livening up the journey. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind my four year old using the phone as the most expensive games console in Europe to play Animatch. I don’t mind the scratches, the weetabix crustaceans, the constant low battery. Sometimes though, it’s just nice to get and hour to yourself.

The experience is made all the more joyous by these luxurious Bose QuietComfort 3 Acoustic headphones. Not to be recommended for use when crossing busy roads or riding bicyles but great for train and plane journeys.