these are the bose noise-canceling headphones 700 the latest and greatest
flagship headphones from bose but i won't be continuing to use them for one
reason only now this reason is definitely not the
design because I think the 700s look beautiful I don't even like this color I
wanted it in black but I wasn't able to get it doesn't matter though cause it
looks so cool and futuristic all it really is is the way you adjust it to
fit you no other headphones makes adjusting them to your big head this
cool I don't know why but there's just something about the design it's just so
nice to look at it's also very very nice to wear as well they are very very
comfortable whenever I use headphones I never really feel like they're
uncomfortable unless I wear them for like a couple hours straight and I
always just kind of accept the discomfort at that point because I mean
how comfortable could headphones really be? Well I get the answers to that
question every time the 700s are in my head. The material in contact with your
skin is so soft and pliable yet the overall headphones still feel firm and
secure on your head if that makes any sense. The inside of the headphones don't
make contact with your ears too like a whole lot of other headphones do. I think
this is a big reason it stays so comfortable while other headphones don't
and because of this you can wear them for hours and hours. Let's say about 20
hours.... Because that's how long the battery lasts on a single charge with
non-stop listening... At least I think so... See I don't really know how long the
battery lasts on a single charge with non-stop listening. I'm just taking Bose's
word for it here because I've never really worn it for 20 hours straight to
listen to music but if you told me they'll last like 20 hours, 24 hours or
even 30 I'll believe you because these headphones just don't die on me. I don't
find myself charging it a lot, I just find that it always has juice when I
need to use it and I have to charge it like once every 2 or 3 days. I think the
battery life of these headphones, or like any other headphones that could
match these, are just too good past the point where it doesn't even make sense
anymore in the real world so battery life is definitely not the reason I
won't be using it anymore. The microphone quality is definitely
definitely not the reason either. The Bose 700s have very very good
headphones. *I mean microphones* Bose likes to say
that like they have the best microphones on any headphones in the world and I
found that that's actually not the case but they sound very very very good. This
is basically Bose's special feature or trick up it's sleeve to me, it's not a
make a break feature since like other microphones on headphones that I use
don't necessarily sound bad, you know? The 700s definitely make them sound less than
good though when you put them side-by-side. But how are they on your
ears though? Like how's the noise canceling? Well it's
pretty good as you'd expect some complain that they're too good actually.
Thankfully though, Bose lets us change this in a decently convenient way: You
just push the button on the left side to cycle between three different levels:
0 for Transparency, where the 700s lets you hear what's going on outside as
well as in. 5, being the midway point between transparency, 0, and noise
cancellation, 10. You can also change these settings if you like. All in all, I have
no problems with the 700's noise cancellation. It's not the best though,
but it's pretty good and can hold its own side by side with the best. But if
you do put the 700 side by side with the best-of-the-best headphones in its
category, then you'll know exactly why I won't keep using them. I was pretty
disappointed to find out that they aren't exactly up to par in the most
important category to me: Sound Quality. The 700s don't sound as good as I
expected them to. For their price and what they are, I expected them to compete
with the best headphones in the world when it comes to sound quality but not
just compete I was even confident in its ability to come out on top and I thought
I'll be telling people that these are the best sounding headphones I've ever
tried and I felt this way up until I tried it for the first time. At highest
volumes, something happens to the bass and the overall sound that just makes it
sound harsh and too treble heavy. When I listen to songs on something like
the Sony WH-1000XM3, they sound good like this.
But when I try the same song on the Bose 700s, they sound like this.
I found it very crazy to believe this at first because it's Bose; they have a
great reputation when it comes to sound. I always give my new headphones to my
friends to try and I gave them this one and they thought it looked so cool and they
basically expected it to be the best sounding headphones they've ever heard. I
didn't say anything, I just let them decide for themselves, and when they were
listening to the music, they kinda looked not sure if it sounded good or not, just
like I did. What I normally did next, was to give them the AirPod Pros right
after for them to hear, and when they listen to it, they all say both the noise
cancellation and the sound quality is better on the AirPod Pros and I feel
exactly the same way. But this is only at highest volumes though. At lower volumes,
the 700 sound pretty good. I've found that there's a cut-off point where the sound
goes from pretty good with good bass and good everything, to pretty bad with
harsh highs and no bass in sight. the Bose music app also doesn't have the
equalization settings yet so I also can't do anything to mess with the
settings at the moment. So because of this, I won't be keeping the Bose 700s.
They're just lacking in too important an area for me. But what about you? What do
you think about them?
I really really really wanted to love
the Bose 700s, and I was really hoping they'll be the best headphones I've ever
used. But without something like a software
update, they just won't be taking the spot from the best right now