So far, these have been the best Bose headphones I've ever owned. The color is totally lame, but it was either red-white-blue or purple-green, the later of which looks even more lame. I want some cool colors Bose, make me a set in black with some red highlights, or mix some europium glow pigment into some transparent ABS and make me a set in titanium grey with glow in the dark earbuds. I think they'd also be cool with an OD green cord and maybe a dark earth color for the headphones, heck how about gunmetal and Super Bee yellow? Make your headphones look like they belong on a race track or in the rucksack of a Navy Seal, not like they're the talk of the skatepark. Skateparks are totally lame, it's hipster-ville.
Apart from the lame colorations, tho, these things pretty much rock. For a while Bose was putting midget-sized cords on their active headphones, a problem I'm glad to see they corrected. I'm 6 foot 2 inches, and the cord is the perfect length for me. I like the placement of the volume adjustment knob and microphone. These also seem to have really superior audio quality compared to the older Bose active headphones. These arent noise cancelling, but they seem to block out ambient noise pretty well. I work in a machine shop and I have these in pretty much all day, every day, and they make the experience a lot more pleasant. I also run quite a lot, and I'm happy to say these are holding up really well to the sweat and jostling.
Basically at the end of the day, they're a great set of headphones. Yes, they're expensive, but you get what you pay for. I just wish Bose didn't hire a 3 year old to do their color palette, because the colors they have available are pretty lame.
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| connectivity tech | Wired | Wireless | Wired | Wired | Wired | Wired |
| headphones form factor | In Ear | In Ear | In Ear | In Ear | In Ear | In Ear |
| noise control | active noise cancellation | active noise cancellation | sound isolation | active noise cancellation | — | passive noise cancellation |
| headphones jack | 3.5 mm Jack | — | 3.5 mm Jack | 3.5 mm Jack | 3.5 mm Jack | 3.5 mm Jack |
| cable feature | Retractable | Without Cable | Retractable | Retractable | Retractable | Retractable |
| control type | Media Control | Touch Control | Media Control, Call Control | Touch Control | Media Control | Siri |
| water resistance | — | water resistant | — | not water resistant | water resistant | — |
| material | — | — | Plastic, Rubber, Metal | Plastic, Metal, Silicone | — | Plastic |
| model name | FreeStyle | New Bose QuietComfort Earbuds, Black | SoundTrue Ultra | — | 741776-0140 | JBL Endurance Run 2 Wired |
| frequency range | — | 20Hz-20kHz | Wide | 20 Hz - 20,000 Hz | — | — |
Great sound... until they break in 6 months
Great sound quality. Broke withing 6 months. Don't see an option to return these :(The headphone connector stopped working after 6 months. I now need to constantly wiggle these around to found the 'sweet spot' which allows sound through to both ears. Really annoying - these are/were my go-to running headphones but the connector at the end seems to be a product defect per other one star reviews. Very suprising that these can't be sent back for replacement. If this was in the EU, this will be an automatic defect for $130 headphones.Get used to being super frustrated with the end connector.
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