I was satisfied with Bose headsets for years, but was so disappointed with the last headset that I returned it immediately.
I was dead set against buying into the Beats hype/brand. Gaga's Heartbeats were **** and my sister's first pair of Beats headphones were also ****.
However, I reluctantly tried the new Beats Solo headphones and was so pleasantly surprised with the sound quality that I use them all the time now.
They were free, mind you, but I can't say anything negative about them.