I've had mine for a year now and have really loved them so far.
My wife and I just flew out to Austin and back and she was finding
her Telex set unconfortable (like ouch! after 5 hours of flying.
That's a lot more than she's used to and she now understands
why I spent the $$$ for the Bose.

I do some flight instruction as well as fly forestry patrol and
believe me, no matter how much you love your headset, it will
start hurting after 4 hours or so while the Bose is still comfortable.