Bose Noise-Canceling 700 Over-Ear Bluetooth Wireless Headphones w/ Case (Soapstone) EXPIRED

I have these. They are super comfortable to wear for long sessions. Noise canceling is superb. Audio quality is pretty good but nowhere near my audiophile cans. Best way to describe the sounds on these would be the equivalent of artificially saturated photo in post-processing. Yes, every sound is brighter, punchier and defined, but the overall result (albeit very pleasant) is not what the producers and artists originally intended.

One big problem: its Bose app integration is very poor. The app often doesn't recognize that my headphones are actually connected.

I had a pair of Sony XM3s which I loved the sound of but HATED the microphone on it. If you use them for calls/video conferencing/etc, it literally sounds like there is a microphone installed in the mouth of everyone in your entire house, being piped straight in each time you unmute. The mic is so bad that its absolutely absurd, it's worse than the mic on any $5 pair of earbuds you can find. Two days before my return period on them ended, the right headphone began hissing and crackling when ANC was turned on, which is oddly a common problem in them. Returned them and bought the Bose 700.

Bose 700 are the polar opposite. The microphone is the best I've ever used for calls. My two young kids can be running around screaming in the same room during calls I take through Microsoft Teams or Google Meets, and you can barely hear them on the other end of the call. They sound wonderful (not quite as good as the XM3s, but 95% of the way there, which is to say they are VERY good). I think the ANC is about equal on both of them, I can't tell that one was better than the other - but the biggest difference is, the ANC on the XM3s made me feel like my ears were being pressurized really aggressively - on the Bose 700, I don't feel or notice any pressurization whatsoever.


And for those of you with giant heads, I have a giant head too - I'd say the XM3s were a 10/10 for comfort, and the Bose 700s are a 9/10. Just slightly less comfortable, but still very very comfortable and not a problem at all even with my giant head.


Hope this review helps anyone looking.

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