Bo's is back I don't know maybe it's
possible noise cancelling headphones 700
can't say I love the name who cares
about the need when they're on your head
you don't care about the name anymore
you wear them Bose is like look we're
getting beat up out there we were on
airplanes everybody had the QC series on
their heads okay with a champs standing
around flexing their muscles we don't
have to change very much
QC everybody knows they're everywhere
the previous generation of these
headphones and then up until I guess a
year ago or whenever those Sony
headphones dropped with the crazy model
name XM 3 1000 wh
blah blah blah and guys like me and
others on youtube start talking about
those ones saying hey man there's
there's some updated features here plus
these sound good plus Sony caught up on
the noise canceling Tech and all son
Bose had to do some and this is the
answer this is where the 700 comes in
this is the answer to all those videos
all those comments and in particular
that Sony product that's my feeling on
the matter no I'm not it's not an
official line from Bose I'm just saying
that product is in this product's
crosshairs premium sound world class
adjustable noise cancelling industry
leading voice pick up your choice of
voice assistant intuitive touch control
on ear cup this elite product had that
they did say choose your own voice
assistant so it appears you can use this
either with Google assistant or Alexa
unboxing experience looking kind of nice
so far you see this Jack look at that
frustration-free no knife necessary
I appreciate that guy opening I'm into
the package right now you see all right
different material a faux leather type
of feel silica gel haven't seen in a
while I almost hit the lens unzips like
almost all the way around it also comes
in black if you want the more executive
look it has a futuristic look to it wow
those are nice-looking right away I'm
gonna say I prefer the appearance to the
Sony headphones look at that it's almost
it's weird to see but rather than the
headband itself making the adjustment
the adjustment happens inside the ear
cup and then this pivots so it's
actually got multiple accesses to work
with from spin
way and then the angle with which it
fits on your head depending on your your
setup your skull set up finally we have
Type C charging still has an analog
connector now unfortunately I don't they
call it 2.5 millimeter but come on like
if we're gonna do this let's do the 3.5
I'm so nervous about that connector
that's a bit scary how small that is
is it a big deal probably not for most
people I mean once it's in there it's
actually quite secure and it's gonna be
3.5 on the other side obviously to
connect with your analog sources also in
the package type C cable
I like how two cables are the same color
as the headphone also this is genius
right here your cables fit in and then
this guy is magnetic this is a perfect
little cubby now this bit of paperwork
right here indicates that the whole
thing is a touch pad now let's go ahead
and power it up the headband it kind of
seems like the headphone was designed
around the headband this is all like a
really soft touch material like a like a
silicone something like that these are
crazy comfortable they're light the
noise cancelling is already on ok
searching nearby we're in the app right
now it sees the headphones straight away
we're gonna add the product so weirdly
enough is that on disconnect it now
maybe I have to finish the set of gear
huh no when you turn it on it tells you
how much time is left on the battery not
the percentage that's 6 hours and 13
minutes or something no know exactly
what's going on here in the app because
it says I'm connected to it but I'm
showing connected to it right now but
the app is not adding it
all right so I feel the need to kind of
mention just what went on I was just
setting these up I had a 1 + 7 Pro over
here and it just refused to connect in a
fashion like image in a way that I would
have expected so through the Bose music
app which appears to be somewhat busted
at the moment I couldn't get it to
recognize the headset itself tried a
number of different things restarting
the app the phone disconnecting
forgetting the Bluetooth device weirdly
enough the headset connects and allows
you to listen to music but you're kind
of missing some of the features or at
least the UI associated with the app
which is part of the that's the way you
want to interact with a headset like
this that has the ability and the
configurability ultimately for the noise
canceling in the various attributes and
so forth so pulled out an iPhone and an
app on an iPhone was also a bit buggy
but after a couple of restarts I was
finally able to get it to pop up in its
proper fashion so I think there's some
software work that needs to be done on
boses end but for the purpose of this
video I'm just gonna use the iPhone
because it appears to be working here
but that's kind of I mean it's gonna be
a lot of upset people will do was just
looking it up because we're like wait
are we doing something wrong and he
found what 13 pages but people that have
had similar issues so I'm not saying
it's gonna permanently be like that
they're definitely seeing those pages
and hopefully they update it but and the
headphones still work if you connect
them just like any other Bluetooth
device without the app but I don't think
you want to use them that way so I think
they're gonna address it I think they'll
fix it but anyway this is what the app
looks like as you can see it represents
your headset I like that it's the actual
color of my headset as well I like the
fact that it represents the battery life
in ours it tells you that when you first
turn them on as well you have some other
settings here for Bluetooth and the
amount of noise canceling which I
actually kind of like the simplicity of
this implementation on the Sony product
based on the audio input through the
microphone array it can guess what the
situation is and try to adjust from
there this one is a little bit more
simple where it's just gonna tell you
okay you're at a level seven right now
let's see what's in the settings here
settings you can set up your product
name okay so you can have three sets of
favorites for noise canceling and toggle
between them I'm assuming using the
hardware button on the
well headphones alright so I'm gonna
start at zero and then slowly toggle up
the noise canceling to see the impact
I'm gonna put these back on my head here
first thing to note here having these on
at a zero setting is actually kind of
beyond zero so you may think of zero as
like okay no noise cancelling but you're
gonna have the isolation associated with
the ear cup that's not what it is I
would consider it almost a plus because
right now the microphones are feeding
through to my ears I can hear my
surroundings perfectly like it's like
I'm not wearing headphones I could have
a conversation with you Kurt I could
have a conversation with you Jack say a
few words Jennifer to people out how he
says uh uh he says um hello a test 90s
hip-hop here we go okay killing me
softly that's a great start now I can
still hear my own voice
okay Fuji sounds alright nobody
remembers Pras except he did have a hit
track actually he didn't have a hit of
his own after the Fugees and it was part
of soundtrack to that movie called
Bulworth and the song was ghetto
superstar you see what I just did
here's prize right here the supreme
being team hoping up on the scene and
there was um that selling raps Halle
Berry was in the movie sound quality
they sound good I'm not blown away at a
zero setting just for the purpose of I'm
going all the way to ten oh wow it's
such an odd let me play the music now
[Music]
you know they're good sounding
headphones
I'm not hmm I'm not blown away it's not
Magic Kingdom they're in the same
territory and wheelhouse you know like I
could interchange these with the other
ones that I've been using the thing
that's kind of a little upsetting to me
is the app some of the EQ stuff and the
enhancement stuff on on a Sony site
actually it really changes your
experience lets you tune in your
experience that's kind of missing here a
little bit comparatively this feels
futuristic to me looks futuristic Beau's
gonna sell a lot of these they're gonna
sell for years on a momentum of having
been at the forefront of that
noise-canceling situation but I really
do feel that Sony has caught up in their
latest flagship headphone products
they've caught up to a point now where
it's not necessarily obvious why you're
going this direction and the way you're
gonna make this decision has less to do
with noise cancelling performance and
more to do with these various other
attributes that I'm mentioning because
to me it's not mega discernable and I if
I had to give an edge I actually might
even give it still give it to the Sony
headphones think the major edge here is
in the the clout associated with the
name and the futuristic appearance this
is a slightly more ambitious and
therefore potentially iconic design
what's my price on this Willie do so
it's $400 now I know through discounts a
Sony guy coming down
350 350 $50 difference now it's gonna be
a hard choice for you you're not gonna
go terribly wrong either direction the
Android app thing you know gave me a bit
of a scare not gonna lie I assume Bose
is gonna fix it Bose you're watching
this video go fix the Android app please
okay I honestly can't steer you one way
or the other I give the app edge right
now to Sony there's a few more features
and functions the overall sound
potential with the configurability and
so forth probably to the Sony the
package the design of giving it to this
practice product wins in there so you've
got to decide I guess where
lines up for you I will be completely
happy to wear that thing and get it in
the silver as well so it looks even more
futuristic you're on your Jetsons vibe
Star Trek Star Wars Stargate Star
everything