Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II, Wireless, Bluetooth, Proprietary Active Noise Cancelling Technology in-Ear Headphones with Personalized Noise Cancellation & Sound, Triple Black

These headphones are without a doubt the best headphones I have purchased so far in my entire life. I say thus far, because I know that technology is able to continue to become greater and greater as we advance through time, but as of 2023 these headphones are so packed with technology that they meet every need that I could want out of headphones, and additionally have some extra really cool perks. I want to talk first about the number one need that I wanted these headphones to meet. They claimed that they had 100% noise canceling and I can confirm that that is absolutely correct. Closing out the loud outside world is something that is real true need of mine. I live in a major city, and everything is so loud that I can barely concentrate. I can't go to the grocery store, out to eat, for a walk down the road, or sometimes even sit in my own home without having some sort of overpowering noise that I don't want to hear. So here's how these headphones work noise canceling-wise. I'll give you two scenarios. Scenario one, I have had a hard day and had to talk to people all day. I'm hungry, tired, don't want to talk to anyone or hear anyone's voices. I go to my favorite fish restaurant because I'm too tired to cook but I know that I'm going to need some peace and quiet when I get there. I place my food order, then sit down at my table in a very noisy environment with lots of peoples conversations going in the background. Relaxation is just about to begin. I take out my Bose headphones, I insert one into my ear, and then immediately I hear this sound that sounds like a lightsaber. That's the Microphones in the headphones testing the ear seal to make sure sound doesn't get into the headphones. I insert the second headphone into my other ear, and hear another lightsaber like sound. For about two more second I can still hear peoples voices and then all of the sudden I hear a "beep" and everyone's voices fade away! The noise cancelling has kicked in, and it's time for me to enjoy my dinner with some relaxing peaceful music. I'm now sitting in the middle of a restaurant and I can only hear my music and no one's voices at all. Sometimes I'll turn my music off in the middle of the restaurant, and I'll watch funny Instagram videos in the headphones. Usually after a 20 minute meal and some funny videos, I'm so relaxed and happy even after a hard day's work, that I'm ready to go home and go to sleep. Scenario two. I live next to a very busy major street. I can hear lots of road noise, exhaust, loud stereos, and many other kinds of noises. I like to take walks and relax. It's not very relaxing walking when I have to hear a lot of these noises. I insert my bose headphones , and all of the road noises fade away. All I can hear once again is my music. I have to make sure that I stay on the sidewalk when walking, because these headphones cancel out noise so well that if I try to walk on the road, I'll likely get hit by a car because I will not hear the cars driving near me. So that being said, the main thing I love about these is the noise canceling. I mentioned that there were couple cool extra things about these that I wanted to tell you about. I do like the amount of bass that these headphones are able to produce. It's way more than I expected. Additionally the clarity on these headphones is so good that I can can barely describe it in words. There is a treble mode, and a bass mode within the app so I can choose between these two modes and intensify the kind of clarity and or bass that I'd like. The charging case is a medium to small size. It fits well then my pants pocket and doesn't get in the way when I'm in the gym. That's one other thing that I wanted to make sure I told you about, is that these are the perfect headphones for the gym. I've seen several other people in the gym with them on, and now I know why. They don't move around in my ears at all! I work out very intensely, and if headphones were going to move around then they would move around on me. They stay exactly where I put them even though I'm sweating on them non-stop for over an hour each day. I love everything about these headphones. My only regret is that I let the price of these scare me away for so long, and I didn't order them soon enough.

I love these earbuds. They are light weight, comfortable to wear (find what earpieces fit you), sound absolutely amazing, have a long battery life (6 hours non stop), and the noise cancelling is the best out there. The personalized ear pieces really keep them in your ears and fit well. I am pleasantly surprised how well these sound. The bass and highs are outstanding. It paired really quickly and easily with an iphone 13. Great product I will use every day. The only minor complaints: 1. The connectivity gets broken with my iPhone more so than airpods pro 2 do. I have had some annoying issues with connectivity that I simply do not have with Klipsch or AirPod earbuds. I have noticed if the Bose earbuds are not fully charged, they will have issues pairing at times. Also, I have had to forget the device on my phone, reboot, and reconnect as a new device periodically. This is really the only annoyance with this product, and it rarely happens, but when it does, it is annoying. 2. It is hard to find out how much battery life is in the case? The earbuds battery levels are shown in the app, but not the case. I personally like to know the power level of the case. So this is annoying to me. I hope they will fix this with an update. 3. They have put out a case that will allow wireless charging which is awesome! I wish they would add an update on their app that allows us to know the battery life of the case and multi-point connectivity. These can only pair with one device at a time. It would be nice to at least allow two devices that can be switched back and forth from. These two issues have caused AirPods Pro to be superior to them. Although Bose have the airpods beat in sound and noise cancelling. Hopefully this helps.

UPDATED REVIEW: Returned to Amazon. Multiple problems cropped up after several days. 1) Only the right bud would work. 2) The accompanying app refused to acknowledge the existence of my iPad - the iPad that I've used with the buds since I got them. iPad Settings could see the buds, but couldn't connect to them. 3) Finally, this morning the buds could "see" but would not connect to my Dell Win11 laptop, with which they've worked since I bought them. I did the usual stuff: forget and repair, reset the buds, blah, blah, blah. As you'll understand if you read my original 3 1/2-star review, there is little about Bose support for this device that would tempt me to believe that contacting the company would be any use at all. When the buds work, the sound is good. But my entire user experience has suggested from the start that there is something very wrong with Bose's management of this product, from its design to its documentation and support. This is not a $200+ product - at least, not in my experience. In fairness, your experience may, of course, be different. BTW, the link to the online English user manual for this product is still in French. When I looked at it more closely, I realized that it is not even for the QC buds - it's for some amplifier or other! If I were responsible for product support at Bose, I'd be making it my business to see that Amazon reviews of my product were read and acted on by someone at the company. This relatively minor problem with the online user manual suggests that Bose doesn't read our reviews .... :( ORIGINAL REVIEW: These were my replacement for my Jabra Elite Pro 7 wireless buds, the left of which gave out less than a year after I bought them (just like it did for many unfortunate purchasers). Let me talk about the pros of the Bose earbuds first: 1) Excellent fit in the ears; 2) Excellent, full, warm sound (though I qualify this a little below); 3) Ability to connect to up to 8 devices. The buds remember those devices, so the moment you select the Bose earbuds in your device Bluetooth app they'll connect. Easier than either of my Jabra sets; 4) Magnetic, so won't fall out of case; 5) Can be "recognized" by your device as soon as you open the case - you don't need to take them out; 6) Friends says that the call quality on their end is excellent; 7) Works fine with Windows devices - something that Jabra still doesn't seem to be able to do; 8) The buds appear to remember your various settings even if you use them with a device that doesn't have the app. Very good! 9) You can use one earbud (e.g. for phone calls); 10) Noise canceling is excellent. A word here about the sound quality, which I wouldn't class as either a pro or a con. The buds seem to me to be very bass-heavy, but in saying that I'm aware that the tight fit of this sort of earbud design is so much a part of bass response that it might be my fit, though it is entirely comfortable, is too tight. I run the bass end of the equalizer at about -4 (db? - there's no volume unit specified). OK, now having said that, the bass response seems to me to extend way down the spectrum in the orchestral music that I listen to. You can almost feel the resonance of the bows on the double-basses, or the movement of the air when the bass drum is struck. Far and away more satisfying than any other in-ear phones, wireless or wired. Now for the cons. Some of these are simply eccentric design decisions. Some of them suggest sloppiness in overall product management or integration into the overall product experience. 1) The fit in the case is peculiar. Getting them out requires an odd pinching of forefinger and thumb, and I can't take out the left bud with my right fingers - I have to use the left hand. Similarly, stowing the buds isn't intuitive at all, either in the left-right axis or top-bottom axis. I'll probably get used to it, but it's definitely a little strange. I have the glossy black ones, so there are no tell-tale shadows in the case to guide the eye; 2) There doesn't seem to be any obvious way of determining how they work when you first open the package. There's a small QR code, but that gives information about installation, not use. If you go to the Bose website (at the time of my writing this review) and download the user guide in English, it turns out to be in French! And at least one of the web links from the app is dead. 3) Controlling the buds involves touching the outside of the buds in various ways: brief touch, long touch, or a slide of the finger. This has the advantage of being "solid-state", as opposed to a clickable switch that can wear out. But the buds sit far enough out from the ears that knowing exactly where that "touchable" area is to be found can be difficult. And that is a problem, because a tentative slide (change the volume) can be interpreted as a touch (stop/start) - you need to be confident. 4) The app is poorly designed. Here's an example: You can connect the buds using your regular Bluetooth connection, although the app supposedly will do it for you. If you have connected without using the app, however, then the app doesn't know you've connected ... and you won't be able to do anything else with the app until that connection takes place. And I've not found out yet how to delete the "Work" profile I created at the app's suggestion .... 5) There is a young woman in my earbuds, and when she talks to me about battery strength she sounds bored to death. I'm not surprised, since she insists on telling the the name of the device I've connected to, and the default name of Windows devices is a long and incomprehensible string of gibberish .... OK, here's the summary. I like the sound and the fit, and I'm glad I bought them. However, the overall attention to the user experience doesn't suggest Bose to me, or any sort of premium product for that matter. At $149 they'd be a no-brainer. At their present price, which suggests a luxury experience, I think they're too expensive.

Stable connection with gadgets (my things are Fujitsu laptop and iphone mini). The previous blutooth wireless earset was zebra 85t, which is also quite good product. But when I approach some electronic things, for example bus card terminal or some passengers' unknown possession, connection was disturbed within about 1m radius. Sony's most recent eatset also has great quality, but was bit uncomfortable due to the heavy weight. Hope battery last long.

Dear Bose QC-2, I waited almost a year to get it in the market. I read hell of the reviews for over 3 months, and ascertained over ANC being 100% better standing no earbuds in comparison, chose to go for Bose QC-2 buds. Reduced from 5 to 4 stars is just a flaw, I say it is, as I experienced, right bud dominant. Alike every reviewer, I would not be listing pros vs cons, perhaps, right dominancy periods the buds. You take out the right bud, it will auto connect the mobile & works fine, however, if you take out the left one, what it does is a signature thunder-like sound but would not get connectted to my phone. Secondly, the ANC functions optimal, even, i would say extraordinary when both buds are on. The moment you take down any, the ANC goes drastic low, recognizably low. It does proclaim this that it does so so as to get you aware of the world around or to let you 'hear through ', but sense is very common on this to have ANC active even with either bud put on so shall the person at the other side shall listen only to me & not the commotion all around. And, what it does is the same thing I would hate it doing for worst, is amplifying the surround sound. Here, I am writing over solo bud use, I mean, not having them both on ear. The software too does zero in this. Earlier, the 'bose connect' did all well, while now, the 'bose music' does it all. What I prefer or rather recommend is that you shall at least fix this ANC issue with updated firmware release. Maybe, I am, brain-dead Bose follower, you name any Bose products & I have them all. Wanted to give less rating but Bose has a kind of impression on my brain and mind, even after having had released tons of foul products, I think, very seldom would I be lowering my ratings from 4 below. Update on 7Mar2023: Bose fixed the 'right dominant' issue with the firmware update. The ANC too is quite impressive though not much, perhaps still is (hellbent for Bose, trying to be unbiased). Raising it from 4 to, well deserved, 5 stars. Keep up excellent work, would have been better if could have before having had hit open market I suggest.

Della qualità del suono BOSE sappiamo già tutto e non c’è’ molto altro da aggiungere, solo che queste EarPods sono all’altezza del marchio. Metto stelle perché: 1) sono ergonomiche, non cascano mai dell’orecchio e le sento molto stabili, sensazione di stabilità che a questo livello io ho provato solo con le Samsung Buds Live, quelle a forma di fagiolo per capirci. Ovvio che non esiste un padiglione auricolare uguale all’altro quindi questo punto è da prendere con le pinze 2) la gestione dei comandi con il touch è la migliore che abbia mai provato con qualunque marca di Earpods prima (Samsung, Apple, Huawei etc). La superficie di contatto è ampia e liscia quindi i comandi sono davvero molto facili da eseguire. Questo è un punto di forza. 3) il costo è elevato, senza dubbio. Io le ho acquistate con lo sconto durante le offerte del Prime Day a 170 euro e così può andare bene ma normalmente costano attorno ai 230 euro ed è tanto. Certo, si posizionano in una fascia molto alta. 4) Pairing facile e veloce su iPhone tramite la apposita app ma si può anche fare senza, però meglio usare la app.

I have a pair of earbuds and the Bose QuietComfort 45 Noise Cancelling Headphones. I got the headphone before the earbuds. The earbuds were a present and I didn't think I would ever use them. However, they are even better than the excellent headphones. The sound quality is excellent but the noise cancelling is fantastic. Background noise is reduced to a hum, but be careful I have missed several announcements on trains meaning the first I knew the train was changing destination was when it started moving again and was going in the wrong direction! In comparison to the Bose QC 45 headphones, it is difficult to explain but they are another level better. Which makes you wonder how good the next Bose headphones are going to be. Negatives. The Bose Music app is basic it does offer some personalisation but not much. i downloaded an app named SoundID that enhances the audio significantly, but it isn't needed, just adds more. I had a lot of connection issues painting the earbuds to the app. And Bose wasn't too helpful. But in reality, you don't need the app to use them As for the buds them selves, the negative would be they are fiddly and slippy. they do feel when taking them in and out of the case that they will slip out of your fingers. For those with dexterity concerns be careful. So apart from the basicness of the app, not an issue with the earbuds and the slippiness of them. They are the best earbuds I have experienced. As I am not a professional tester I don't have much experience with other high-end earbuds, but these are excellent. If you want a great pair of earbuds and don't mind paying the high price these are a good buy.

Tuve unos Bose SoundSport Free que dejé olvidados en un tren aunque bajé el útlimo y lo reporté al revisor. Nunca aparecieron (eh, Adif?), pero no me lio con esa historia. El caso es que mis Bose SoundSport eran insuperables. Los echaba de menos, pero me daba palo gastarme un dineral en los mismos auriculares. De modo que probé otros. Marshall, Beast, Jabra... Excepto estos últimos, ninguno sonaba como mis añorados Bose. Ya resignado a gastarme el mismo dineral en el mismo producto pensé en probar los QuietComfort de Bose. Me disuadía el hecho de que los anteriores estaban diseñados para deporte y estos no. Los SoundSport aludían a la vida activa de un deportista avezado y prometían resistencia al sudor y la lluvia. Los QuietComfort a la vida sedentaria de un vejete con más recuerdos que proyectos. Pero en cuanto los probé fué un flechazo. Los QuietComfort agarran a la oreja mucho mejor que los SoundSport y, en cuanto a cancelación de ruido, son insuperables. Te los pones en la calle, en medio del tráfico y el bullicio de un día de compras y es como entrar en la calidez de tu habitación, en un sitio seguro y privilegiado donde solo haya buena, música, podcast excelentes y la aterciopelada o alegre voz de tus seres queridos a los que escuchas y que te escuchan perfectamente y sin distorsiones. En cuanto a la resistencia al agua, los dejé en los pantalones de deporte después de venir de correr y se me olvidó sacarlos antes de echarlos a la cesta de la ropa sucia. Cuando me acordé de ellos, los pantalones estaban en la cesta de ropa lavada, rebusqué en los bolsillos con el ánimo de luto, dispuesto a darles un entierro digno, probé a ver si funcionaban, especialmente por la curiosidad de si oiría a Mick Jagger como si cantara haciendo gorgoritos, como si Taylor Swift fuera a entonar la banda sonora de la Sirenita cuando , oh sorpresa, los auriculares respondieron soberanamente. El paso por la lavadora, con el programa largo y a 60 grados centígrados no había hecho mella en su hardware ni en la calidad del sonido. La app, que es un poco tostón de descargar y usar (aviso a Bose, merece una actualización molona), pero permite cambiar del modo cancelación de ruido, que de tan perfecto es casi suicida para ir por la calle, a otro que permite que se filtren las bocinas de los taxis, las sirenas de las ambulancias y que te des cuenta de que te llaman cuando te gritan desde lejos los amigos. En conclusión, no sé a quién admiras, si a los Beatles o a los Rolling, si a Marx o a Nietzsche, si eres idealista o nominalista, si prefieres a Howard Hawks o a a Chantal Ackerman, si eres de Malher o de Bad Bunny, si eres de Buda o de Mahoma, de Stan Lee o de Jack Kirby, si vas a misa con peinado con la raya al lado o te vas al monte apenas te has puesto el chándal sin pasar por la iglesia; si tus ídolos se vieran en la necesidad de comprar unos auriculares, sin ninguna duda, comprarían los QuietComfort de Bose.