I recently tried the AirPods Max 2, but ended up returning them because they were too heavy and uncomfortable for extended listening.

Now I’m deciding between the Bose QuietComfort Headphones and the Bose QuietComfort Ultra (2nd Gen). For those of you who use Apple devices, which would you recommend?

My setup includes:
• MacBook Air
• iPhone 16 Pro
• iPad mini
• Apple TV 4K

So basically I got this offer on a card to get a pair of qc earbuds for almost nothing compared to their price if 16k (I'm in India) so ik wondering if it's better then the other options they're offering

Hallo zusammen,

ich bin mittlerweile nur noch verwirrt.
Ich lese seit Wochen viele Berichte über die neue Lifestyle Ultra Spundbar, habe mit Bose geschrieben und war bei diversen Media Markt in meiner Umgebung.

Die einen behaupten die Lifestyle Serie hat komplett neue Treiber und ein neues Dialog Ki System.

Andere sagen es sei genauso wie bei der Smart Ultra Soundbar aufgebaut, exakt die selben Treiber und auch die gleiche Software.

Kann mir jemand sagen wie es wirklich ist?
Ist es eine komplett neue Soundbar mit neuen Treibern oder wirklich die Smart Ultra mit neuem Gehäuse?

If anyone reads this has returned their 2nd Gen Ultras and gone away from Bose, and you mainly use them for noise cancelling, please let me know what you switched to.

In the second week of June I bought the 2nd gen QC ultras because my last pair has been experiencing frustrating issues with one earbud doing less to make the noise canceling effective. I have sensory issues and that previous pair had been a life saver (though they did have to be sent away a few times while under warranty) both at home and out and about, enabling me to participate in family outings, exist in a shopping mall, and find some peace and near-silence (except for the times they would refuse to connect or come alive for no reason).

After doing research on alternatives and hearing over and over again that nothing came close to Bose’s noise cancelling, I was still skeptical as half of users seemed to have no problems while the other half reported having issues straight out of the box. But after seeing that one of the stores in my town was doing a 30 day money back guarantee and they were $100 off for EOFY, and also desperate for that quiet bubble I was used to and desperately needed, I decided to give them a shot.

It seems like I am one of those people who is having issues from the get go. They don’t seem to cancel half as much noise, and I thought maybe I just hadn’t found the right band/tip combo to have the right seal after using them in a restaurant for the first time. But every single combination of bands and tips, the app says it’s a “good seal” yet I’m finding no difference in noise canceling success. I can play music in one room and walk into another room with the earbuds in and quiet mode on, and still hear the music. And that music is just playing on my old iPod touch’s built in speaker, not even on full volume. They also completely stopped cancelling noise when someone closed the car boot while I was in the front passenger seat.

I don’t know what to do other than return them and try something else, but I’m worried about buying something that doesn’t fit my ears and fall out and my money being wasted. Especially now that all the sales are over. If anyone reads this has returned their 2nd Gen Ultras and gone away from Bose, and you mainly use them for noise cancelling, please let me know what you switched to.

My circumstances are:

- yes, I did run the software update through the app

- I have a Samsung phone, so Apple alternatives are not an option

- I often use the noise cancelling function without music playing (it always worked fine with the old ones, making sound around me quiet enough to withstand and still being able to hear the people I was with if I needed to)

I ordered these earbuds because I read there was a firmware update that allowed us to disable ANC. However, as far as I can tell I can only create a default "mode" that lets me use aware mode. I do not want earbuds to cancel noise or use microphones to record and transmit ambient noise. I literally just want it turned off, I want bluetooth headphones that don't do anything else to the sound.

Is this not actually possible with Bose? Does anyone know if any earbuds of comparable quality allow this?

I also bought the Ultra Open earbuds to try, since they were my first option. However, there is too much sound bleed at low volumes for them to be workable for me.

Have 4 ceiling speakers running off a Bose SA-5 amp. In the same room I have a Bose SoundTouch 30, which effectively operates as a sub-woofer.

Have a Bose lifestyle which has AirPlay 2 in other part of the room.

Bose have canned support for SoundTouch so I can no longer stream music from my family’s chosen music streamer (Amazon Music).

The SoundTouch 30 is model 1 so no airplay 2.

So, to try to get the old functionality back, I was looking at getting two airport expresses, to use for the SA-5 and the 30, using the expresses’ Airplay 2 functionality to stream from the Amazon music app. I read somewhere that if I use one (for the 30), the DAC in the express will be slightly out of sync with the SA-5.

Thoughts?

Will they be in absolute sync?

Will they drop out?

Are there better options?

Am I right in thinking I need 2 (or 3 if I want to bring the Lifestyle into the fray)?

Would be great to hear from anyone in a similar position who has worked this through.

Am aware some legends are looking to rebuild the SoundTouch functionality but I can’t see they will be able to negotiate with the likes of Amazon//Tidal to get the functionality to extend to streaming from those sources

I am waiting on my new Quiet Comfort headphones (i owned the first gen model for years, best piece of technology i have ever owned), and i am very excited to finally be able to link my headphones to the Bose app and tune the EQ myself.

However, I have heard that it’s absolutely horrendous. All the reviews are from a year or two ago so I was wondering if there were any improvements?

Hi,

I just got here to ask the same question some people already asked. Here is my setup: Sony Bravia TV, Bose 900 soundbar. Apple TV 4K. High speed 8K HDMI cable connected to eARC on Sony TV.

Soundbar doesn’t turn on properly when I turn the setup on with Apple TV remote. Or it turns on a few seconds later, making the TV & the Apple TV restart. And at random times the soundbar just won’t turn on. I’ve tried all the Power Options on the Bose App with no reliable fix.

Oh and I switched to optical cable connection. Worked fine for a while. Then it started its own issues. Soundbar becomes randomly unresponsive when I turn on the TV. It wouldn’t work until I unplug & plug back in. And it would happen every other day or so.

At this point I’m almost ready to throw my 900$ soundbar in the dumpster.

Anybody have any recommendations please?

Hello,

My QC45 broke today. I wanted to repair them under warranty. Bose offered to send me earbuds in exchange for my headset. The problem is, I don't like the feeling of earbuds, and I have a disability that prevents me from using them. Do you think Bose customer support can do anything about this, or has anyone else faced the same issue?

Because of that, I haven't accepted the replacement offer yet

My soundbar is stuck at blinking white light and am not able to pair the soudbar to the app under add new product and my remote is unpaired from the soundbar

Box came sealed with one long "bose refurbished" sticker along the top. I called customer service same day (yesterday) and the rep said that it's not showing refurbished on the shipment. He said that they have a warehouse that sends out refubished items and mine did not ship form it so he didn't understand why it has the sticker.

I was going to keep them, I opened the box and everything looks fine, but now I'm wondering if there's a way to verify whether they are refurbished or not?

Anyone have something similar happen?

I am looking for a daily carry. I like having headphones on that block out noise and play music yet can still hear. I own a pair of over ear headphones by Bose.
Right now I have AirPods as my daily but the charging case is messed up. So I’m looking to replace/upgrade my headphones. Do you think the ultra comfort 2 is worth the splurge?
Any feedback would be appreciated

You make good bluetooth speakers, but why do you have these annoying startup sounds?

Late at night I am trying to calm my kid down and she always startles when I turn on the speakers. Just awful.

I have the app and there's no setting to turn this off. A simple firmware upgrade can fix this. I know I'm not alone. Thousands of people are frustrated by this. This shows either you don't listen to your users or you don't care.