Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Bose QC Ultra Headphones and Earbuds: First Impressions (Hands-On)”.
Hey there, so Bose has introduced three new headphones, two over ear models and one set of in-ear earbuds. I just got back from the launch event and I have some early impressions. For starters, you should know that these are kind of expensive headphones. The new quiet, Comfort, Ultra headphones, cost 429 dollars, the quiet, Comfort, Ultra earbuds are 2.99 and the new quiet Comfort headphones are 349 dollars. I’M going to give you a quick rundown of all the new models. Just be aware that this is not a full review. I only got to listen to The Quiet Comfort Ultra headphones for a very short period of time, but I will have full reviews in the coming weeks, so I’m gon na start with a new flagship over ear model. The quiet Comfort Ultra headphones. It’S the most different of all three that have been announced. It truly has a new design.
It’S a successor to Bose’s noise, canceling headphone 700 that came out in 2019. It has the same drivers, but it has a whole new chassis. It’S got some aluminum in it.
It’S the first set of Bose headphones that has an aluminum yoke and also arms that go into the headband that are also aluminum. So it does have a sturdier feel than past those headphones, but it does weigh around the same as those headphone 700, but around 350 grams, and it really was comfortable to wear as you’d expect from a set of Bose headphones. But the feature that Bose is really highlighting with these headphones is something it calls immersive audio, it’s a spatial audio mode, it’s Bose’s version of spatial audio and these do have head tracking.
So you can use this both in still mode with a fixed, sound around you. As well as a motion mode that has the head tracking engaged and so the sound stays fixed in right in front of you and as you move your head, the sound moves with you. I don’t know if it’s better than Apple spatial, audio or Dolby spatial audio. For that matter, but it does widen the Sound Station, it does get the sound out of your head. Bose wasn’t really promoting it for use with video so much, but it can be used with video.
There are both said 10 microphones on these headphones for external on each ear cup, as well as one internal microphone in each ear cup. Those are both used for voice calling and noise canceling the voice calling is apparently on the same level as the headphone 700. I was a fan of the headphone 700. I really didn’t like their sound, and these also feature clean, well-balanced, sound with good detail, Punchy bass.
I do think you’ll get slightly better sound from these, but it’s largely due to the better digital processing. It Isn’t So Much due to the hardware, because again they have the same drivers as the 700s, but from what I heard from about seven or eight songs, I listened to from an Apple playlist if they really have a nice clean, sound, at least for my early Listening sessions, I do think these compare favorably to headphones in this price class. These are obviously expensive at 429 dollars. You have the airpods max it’s a little bit more, but I do think these measure up pretty well against the airpods max all right. I’M going to move on to the quiet, Comfort, Ultra earbuds. These look almost identical to the quiet, Comfort earbuds too, that were released just last year and it was a bit of a surprise that Bose has now released an update already.
It usually takes a lot longer to release updates to its headphone line. They do have a metallic finish on their front that isn’t there with the the QC earbuds too, but basically they’re the same. There’S one other small difference: the stabilizer fins the the ear tips.
They have a little notch in them so that they don’t slide around. So they the earbuds fit a little bit more securely in your ears, really the biggest difference. These QC Ultra earbuds have from the QC earbuds 2 is that these have that immersive audio that I mentioned with the ultra headphones. So they have that same feature that same spatial audio feature with head tracking. The earbuds too. Don’T have that. That’S really the QC Ultra earbuds. In a nutshell, they cost the same 299 dollars as the QC earbuds 2 and they’ll ship in early October and Bose finally did release a third headphone. It’S just called the Bose quiet Comfort, headphones.
There’S, no number! It’S replacing the Bose quiet, Comfort, 45 headphones and there really doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of difference between the two. However, the new Bose quiet, Comfort headphones do cost fifty dollars more they’re 349.. They do have some software upgrades most notably, you can adjust the noise canceling to whatever level you want.
That was a feature on the headphone 700. As always, let me know what you guys think in the comments section. Let me know what you think these headphones are too pricey is immersive audio, a feature that you’re really looking for that spatial audio and head tracking that’ll make you upgrade, and what do you think of the new design of the ultra I’m David carnai for CNET? Thanks for watching .