Those were Beats, not Bose, and it was true. IMO Bose does a great job of being both consumer friendly and high quality. There are others with higher fidelity for the same price (Shure, Sennheiser) but you often lose the comfort and portability Bose offers.

Can you give the source for that? The one posted shows the claim was debunked by the fact that they were not really Beats.

https://www.core77.com/posts/38311/Teardown-Reveals-Beats-He...