check this out I'm on the noisy roof of Abt with the Bose quiet Comfort earbuds
too it's windy up here hard to hear hard to filter out the distractions but
if I put these on and I turn on noise canceling
listen to that listen to how quiet that is that of course is our Sound
Processing at work because you're not actually wearing quiet Comfort
earbuds but I am going to talk about what it's like to do so
foreign hi I'm Andrew from apt and these are the Bose quiet Comfort earbuds too from well they're
from bows fun fact they may be the best noise canceling earbuds of all time that's a tough fact
to fully verify as finding reliable reviews on sound canceling earbuds from the Paleolithic era
in particular very difficult to do but in terms of recent options these guys are definitely up there
I'm going to talk through the basic specs then I'll put them to the test in apps noisy showroom
and Warehouse then I'll talk through how they stack up to the competition ready set let's go
now first of all given that these lovely gadgets are called The Quiet Comfort earbuds 2. even if
you don't follow the Bose product line you may have deduced that they are a sequel of sorts to
a product called The Quiet Comfort earbuds one now my favorite sequels tend to have more explosions
more action higher Stakes than the original that's somewhat tough to do here as these are in fact
earbuds and not Transformers movies but what is new is this two-piece fit kit system and since
the name of the thing Rhymes fit kit you know it's good you have these circular pieces around
the edge here to help create a seal and different sizes of ear tips as well the idea is that between
the two you have more options to create the perfect fit and really cram these guys in there
you know gently to create a nice seal a delicate cramming the other new feature is
an advanced AI trick called custom tune audio when you put in the earbuds you'll hear this
friendly little jingle as they activate what you might not realize is that Pleasant jingle
is using sound to measure your ear and adapt its sound canceling tech for the space you've
provided this space so make sure to clean and decorate in there so you make a good impression
these Bose buds have a feature called active sense as well you can turn on what's called
aware mode so you can hear your surroundings and active sense will reduce the harshness of
loud noises nearby like sirens or alarms or the high-pitched voice of my co-worker Carl
hey now I have that clip in my last video on the Apple airpods Pro 2 and I'm not just repeating it
because I like the clip though I do hey turns out the active sense feature is very similar to a new
feature in those buds called adaptive transparency and aware mode in Bose is similar to transparency
mode in apple though the buds came out at almost the exact same time they both were the
second noise canceling buds in a product line and touted much higher levels of noise cancellation
than their predecessors two peas in a pod these products or I guess there'd be two pods in a case
but if I'm talking about two sets it's four pods I've never been good at Advanced calculus I'll
compare them in more detail in a sec for now some other specs on these guys so six hours of battery
life here USBC to charge the case the case holds up to 24 hours of charge to refill your buds which
is up from 18 hours in version one it's ipx4 rated so it's water resistant you have touch
controls on the buds to play and pause music you can swipe for volume controls and you can long
press to switch between active noise canceling and aware mode or in a cool extra you can use
the Bose app to customize what the long press does if you'd rather you can have it activate the voice
assistant on your connected phone of choice then ask that voice assistant how to switch from aware
mode to noise canceling or you know control your smart home dictate a text live your life
the app has some pretty basic EQ controls as well and the buds themselves have four mics in each and
both how it's more clear and natural sound for calls speaking of sound it's time for me to head
out into the App Store and give these a test in the real world since these are called The Quiet
Comfort I figured I'd make myself comfortable here in the atrium of app surrounded by customers and a
fountain and what better place to chill out for an afternoon and I'm gonna see if these guys can take
care of the quiet part for me let's go so I'm going to start in aware mode although sometimes
when I put these in they go immediately to noise canceling yeah let me switch back to aware mode
there we go okay so I can hear the ambient noise and I can hear the fountain it's
actually a little bit dampened in terms of the overall sound from what I would be hearing
without the earbuds in which is strange because comparably the Apple airpods Pro 2
the sound is ever so slightly Amplified in their transparency mode where here it's dampened
I'm not sure which one I prefer so if I'm trying to listen to a quiet conversation I
might actually like the amplification better all right but these guys are supposed to
have great noise canceling let's see how much noise they cancel let's go
okay that's cool it is very quiet the ambient noise is almost entirely gone except for the
phone I can still hear the phone it's a very quiet Fountain noise it's almost like a little
bit of like white noise like I have a little white noise machine going behind me it's just
a little trickle you know just just just over the threshold of sound so I can definitely hear it uh
go ahead through yeah see and customers passing by we have the the actual live store experience here
but I can't hear most of it I can only hear the trickle of the actual fountain
and once I actually I accidentally kicked on the music there but how appropriate now I can barely
hear anything other than just now even a very very slight piece of the fountain so we took care of
the quiet part got a little nice relaxing music going I've got the Comfort part taken care of
I'll see you later this is nice take a little nap
all right I'm awake I'm back to work well I'm back to goofing around and getting in the way
of other people who are trying to do actual work I am behind the scenes at apps and what better place
to check the noise canceling of these guys given all the ambient noise you'll see people driving
past and they're honking their horns and I want to see what all it can cancel both in aware mode
um and with the actual canceling on so let me put these guys in let them boot up
all right and now it's aware mode is going oh
it's switched immediately to noise canceling but I actually want to wear while we're crossing this
aisle here to make sure I don't get run over which would you know qualify as a bad thing so with
aware mode on I can hear the ambient noise I can hear the honking generally I've got a good picture
of the atmosphere around me but the sound actually is dampened a little bit it's reduced which again
is similar to what I saw in the atrium or herd if you will which is that it's a little different
approach from what Apple takes where Apple amplifies the sound if I put on noise canceling
everything's canceled and if this guy drives through give us a honk a couple
times if you would okay so I could still hear that even with noise canceling going on
but the ambient noise is almost entirely gone now so noise canceling is working very well
even if it can't quite get those sharper High sounds and aware mode isn't eliminating the
honking sounds which maybe it's not harsh enough in terms of pure noise cancellation
yeah the Bose quiet Comfort earbuds 2 are awesome and the sound quality on music is good too
with that in mind let's talk again about the apple shaped elephant in the room if you want
noise canceling earbuds the airpods Pro 2 are 50 cheaper and they're so easy to use with your
iPhones or iPads or eye lobes check out the video rundown on those if you want to know more but if
you're an Apple fan those are a good option if you just want the best pure noise canceling out there
that's what Bose is known for and these live up to that pedigree here they're great and A step above
the airpods Pro 2 at noise canceling at least to my ear so 300 definitely though but neither is
Philly so earbuds without ANC or active noise cancellation if you don't need that feature as
earbuds are generally way less without it or for a non-apple alternative with ANC check out the
Sony wf-1000 xm4 the name just rolls off the tongue and they are a really highly regarded
set of earbuds and we have all three in the App Store so come on down if you're in the
area and take a look at them side by side by side to see which one is right for you
but if you prioritize peace and quiet above all else if the last time you wished upon a
star it was for earbuds that could block out the nonsense in the world around you so you
could be alone with your thoughts thoughts of world domination and pancakes and other happy
things then yeah consider the Bose quiet Comfort earbuds too thank you very much for watching
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the Apple airpods Pro 2 in a head-to-head battle next and now to take us home here's Carl hey