**Bose QuietComfort Earbuds Review**

I had no problem running with these buds; they didn't budge my ears and their IPX4 sweatproof and splashproof, as I said, they have active noise cancelling and it's really good - very close to what you get with a flagship Ultra. They also have a transparency or an "Aware" mode as Bose calls it, and I found it to be natural-sounding with only a very faint hiss. No problems there. These buds also sound quite good like Bose's other earbuds and headphones; they're designed to work well with a variety of music genres and offer generally smooth, punchy sound that's very pleasant to listen to while some competing buds buzz offer a little more detail and clarity. The bass has good kick to it without sounding boomy. These don't sound quite as good as the Ultras, which have a tad more depth and extension to them, but I did think these buds play loud and most people should be satisfied with their sound quality.

You can also tweak the sound a bit as Bose has added a customizable five-band equalizer to its new QC earbuds app. The app has been designed exclusively for these buds and doesn't work with the Ultras but uses different firmware and a Qualcomm chipset that supports Qualcomm Snapdragon Sound and its app's adaptive codec, which support AAC and SBC audio codecs. The buds have a few features not found in the Ultras for starters; the charging case has wireless charging, the case is a bit big and feels a little cheap compared to the Ultra case but Bose has finally added wireless charging. The battery life is good; you can get up to 8.5 hours of playback time at moderate volume levels that's with noise cancelling on.

One new feature is the ability to toggle between noise cancelling, aware mode, and a new "off" setting; some people really wanted that off setting which does help conserve battery life. These don't have the Ultra Immersion Mode that widens the Sound Stage a bit and is kind of a spatial audio mode but Bose says the immersion mode is coming soon though it could be months before we see it. The buds also have some interesting voice control features, including the ability to snap a selfie using a voice command through the buds. I found the voice commands to be a bit hit or miss; you have to say "Hey headphones" to activate the voice command mode and sometimes it kicked on and sometimes it didn't when I said the W command when it's working it allows you to skip tracks forward and back, raise and lower volume among other things.

There are also standard customizable touch controls. Other features include ear detection sensors and multi-point Bluetooth pairing that you can't have multi-point on to use those voice commands because if you're paired with two devices simultaneously the buds don't know what phone to issue the voice commands for Bose says the earbuds have three microphones for noise cancelling and voice calling. I was a little disappointed with the voice calling performance; the buds do a decent job reducing background noise but caller said my voice sounded muffled at times or went in and out while I was talking.

I'm on a test call here in the streets of New York City with fellow editor Josh Gold; Josh, I've got uh in my usual PL Bic got a little bit of wind how do I sound uh your voice quality is okay it's a little muffled and not really clear uh but for the sound behind you the noise cancellation is really good I can't hear anything on the street if there are cars passing I wouldn't know it. I tested them in the noisy streets of New York City and under those harsh conditions they just didn't quite perform up to love of other premium buds I've tested recently including the AirPods 4, Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro, and Google Pixel Buds Pro 2.

**Conclusion**

Overall, I think these QC earbuds offer a comfortable, secure fit; they sound very good and have top-notch noise cancelling. I like the new features particularly the voice commands but the voice control doesn't work as well as it does with the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro for example. I do think the buds in case are a little big compared to other earbuds and the voice calling performance wasn't great with my review sample anyway. The long and short of it is I came away liking these QC earbuds they have some definite strengths and are certainly worth considering especially when they get discounted to $140 or less but they do have some small shortcomings a few of which may be able to be addressed via more upgrades as always.

**Let Me Know What You Think**

Let me know what you think in the comment section particularly those of you who own them already.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey there folks I've got Bose's new more affordable quiet comforted earbuds here they cost $179 come in three color options and I'm going to tell you what's good about them and what's not so good let's do this okay so if you did a double take on the name of these earbuds I did two and by two I mean that Bose released the quiet Comfort earbud 2 a few years ago and now it's gone backwards by naming these the QC earbuds but the idea going forward is that this will be the more affordable mid-range model while the ultra earbuds will be the flagship these new QC earbuds have a totally new design their shape reminds me a little bit of Bose's old Sports wireless earbuds which didn't have active noise cancelling while these do they also have a similar ear tip and stability band system to the ultas that really helps you get a secure fit and that fit is one of the strengths of these earbuds those earbuds tend to be a little larger than a lot of buds on the market and they typically offer a comfortable secure fit with three sizes of ear tips and stability bands to choose from I got a seal and really secure fit using the largest ear tips and the medium siiz stability bands I had no problem running with these buds they didn't budge my ears and their ipx4 sweat proof and splash proof as I said they have active noise cancelling and it's really good very close to what you get with a flag ship Ultras they also have a transparency or an aware mode as Bose calls it and I found it to be natural sounding with only a very faint hiss no problems there these buds also sound quite good like Bose's other earbuds and headphones they're designed to work well with a variety of music genres and offer generally smooth Punchy sound that's very pleasant to listen to while some competing Buzz offer a little more detail and Clarity the bass has good kick to it without sounding boomy these don't sound quite as good as the Ultras which have a tad more depth and extension to them but I did think these buds play loud and most people should be satisfied with their sound quality you can also tweak the sound a bit as Bose has added a customizable Five band equalizer to its new QC earbuds app that app has been designed exclusively for these buds it doesn't work with the Ultras but use different firmware and a Qualcomm chipset that supports Qualcomm Snapdragon sound and its appex adaptive codec these support the AAC and SBC audio codecs the buds have a few features not found in the Ultras for starters the charging case has wireless charging the case is a bit big and feels a little cheap and Compares into the ultra case but Bose has finally added wireless charging and the battery life is good you can get up to 8.5 hours of playback time at moderate volume levels that's with noise cancelling on the second new feature is the ability to toggle between noise cancelling on aware mode and a new off setting some people really wanted that off setting which does help conserve battery life these don't have the ultra immersion mode that widens the Sound Stage a bit and is kind of a spatial audio mode but Bose says the immersion mode is coming soon though it could be months before we see it the buds also have some interesting voice control features features including the ability to snap a selfie using a voice command through the buds I found the voice commands to be a bit hit or miss you have to say hey headphones to activate the voice command mode and sometimes it kicked on and sometimes it didn't when I said the W command when it's working it allows you to skip tracks forward and back and raise and lower volume among other things there are also the more standard customizable touch controls other features include ear detection sensors and multi-point Bluetooth pairing that you can't have multi-point on to use those voice commands because if you're paired with two devices simultaneously the buds don't know what phone to issue the voice commands for Bose says the earbuds have three microphones for noise cancelling and voice calling I was a little disappointed with the voice calling performance the buds do a decent job reducing background noise but caller said my voice sounded muffled at times or went in and out while I was talking all right I'm on a test call here in the streets of New York City with fellow editor Josh gold Josh I've got uh in my usual PL Bic got a little bit of wind how do I sound uh your voice quality is okay it's a little muffled and not really clear uh but for the sound behind you the noise cancellation is really good I can't hear anything on the street uh if there are cars passing I wouldn't know it I tested them in the noisy streets of New York City and under those harsh conditions they just didn't quite perform up to love of other premium buds I've tested recently including the airpods 4 Samsung Galaxy buds 3 Pro and Google pixel buds Pro 2 hopefully my review sample wasn't wonky but I thought the voice calling performance could be better and hopefully we'll get a firmware update that tweaks the algorithm so my voice comes through more clearly in noisy environments those are the Bose's quiet Comfort earbuds in a nutshell to sum things up I think they offer a comfortable secure fit they sound very good and have top-notch noise cancelling I like the new features particularly the voice commands but the voice control doesn't work as well as it does with the Galaxy buds 3 Pro for example I do think the buds in case are a little big compared to other earbuds and the voice calling performance wasn't great with my review sample anyway the long and short of it is I came away liking these QC earbuds they have some definite strengths and are certainly worth considering especially when they get discounted to $140 or less but they do have some small shortcomings a few of which may be able to be addressed via more upgrades as always let me know what you think in the comment section particularly those of you who own them already I'm David car for cet.com thanks for watchinghey there folks I've got Bose's new more affordable quiet comforted earbuds here they cost $179 come in three color options and I'm going to tell you what's good about them and what's not so good let's do this okay so if you did a double take on the name of these earbuds I did two and by two I mean that Bose released the quiet Comfort earbud 2 a few years ago and now it's gone backwards by naming these the QC earbuds but the idea going forward is that this will be the more affordable mid-range model while the ultra earbuds will be the flagship these new QC earbuds have a totally new design their shape reminds me a little bit of Bose's old Sports wireless earbuds which didn't have active noise cancelling while these do they also have a similar ear tip and stability band system to the ultas that really helps you get a secure fit and that fit is one of the strengths of these earbuds those earbuds tend to be a little larger than a lot of buds on the market and they typically offer a comfortable secure fit with three sizes of ear tips and stability bands to choose from I got a seal and really secure fit using the largest ear tips and the medium siiz stability bands I had no problem running with these buds they didn't budge my ears and their ipx4 sweat proof and splash proof as I said they have active noise cancelling and it's really good very close to what you get with a flag ship Ultras they also have a transparency or an aware mode as Bose calls it and I found it to be natural sounding with only a very faint hiss no problems there these buds also sound quite good like Bose's other earbuds and headphones they're designed to work well with a variety of music genres and offer generally smooth Punchy sound that's very pleasant to listen to while some competing Buzz offer a little more detail and Clarity the bass has good kick to it without sounding boomy these don't sound quite as good as the Ultras which have a tad more depth and extension to them but I did think these buds play loud and most people should be satisfied with their sound quality you can also tweak the sound a bit as Bose has added a customizable Five band equalizer to its new QC earbuds app that app has been designed exclusively for these buds it doesn't work with the Ultras but use different firmware and a Qualcomm chipset that supports Qualcomm Snapdragon sound and its appex adaptive codec these support the AAC and SBC audio codecs the buds have a few features not found in the Ultras for starters the charging case has wireless charging the case is a bit big and feels a little cheap and Compares into the ultra case but Bose has finally added wireless charging and the battery life is good you can get up to 8.5 hours of playback time at moderate volume levels that's with noise cancelling on the second new feature is the ability to toggle between noise cancelling on aware mode and a new off setting some people really wanted that off setting which does help conserve battery life these don't have the ultra immersion mode that widens the Sound Stage a bit and is kind of a spatial audio mode but Bose says the immersion mode is coming soon though it could be months before we see it the buds also have some interesting voice control features features including the ability to snap a selfie using a voice command through the buds I found the voice commands to be a bit hit or miss you have to say hey headphones to activate the voice command mode and sometimes it kicked on and sometimes it didn't when I said the W command when it's working it allows you to skip tracks forward and back and raise and lower volume among other things there are also the more standard customizable touch controls other features include ear detection sensors and multi-point Bluetooth pairing that you can't have multi-point on to use those voice commands because if you're paired with two devices simultaneously the buds don't know what phone to issue the voice commands for Bose says the earbuds have three microphones for noise cancelling and voice calling I was a little disappointed with the voice calling performance the buds do a decent job reducing background noise but caller said my voice sounded muffled at times or went in and out while I was talking all right I'm on a test call here in the streets of New York City with fellow editor Josh gold Josh I've got uh in my usual PL Bic got a little bit of wind how do I sound uh your voice quality is okay it's a little muffled and not really clear uh but for the sound behind you the noise cancellation is really good I can't hear anything on the street uh if there are cars passing I wouldn't know it I tested them in the noisy streets of New York City and under those harsh conditions they just didn't quite perform up to love of other premium buds I've tested recently including the airpods 4 Samsung Galaxy buds 3 Pro and Google pixel buds Pro 2 hopefully my review sample wasn't wonky but I thought the voice calling performance could be better and hopefully we'll get a firmware update that tweaks the algorithm so my voice comes through more clearly in noisy environments those are the Bose's quiet Comfort earbuds in a nutshell to sum things up I think they offer a comfortable secure fit they sound very good and have top-notch noise cancelling I like the new features particularly the voice commands but the voice control doesn't work as well as it does with the Galaxy buds 3 Pro for example I do think the buds in case are a little big compared to other earbuds and the voice calling performance wasn't great with my review sample anyway the long and short of it is I came away liking these QC earbuds they have some definite strengths and are certainly worth considering especially when they get discounted to $140 or less but they do have some small shortcomings a few of which may be able to be addressed via more upgrades as always let me know what you think in the comment section particularly those of you who own them already I'm David car for cet.com thanks for watching\n"