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Bose QuietComfort QC45 Noise Cancelling Over-Ear Wireless Bluetooth Headphones with Mic/Remote Black £219 With Code @ John Lewis & Partners
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- Noise cancelling wireless headphones: the perfect balance of quiet, comfort and sound. Bose uses tiny mics to measure, compare and react to outside noise, cancelling it with opposite signals.
- High-fidelity audio: the TriPort acoustic architecture offers depth and fullness. Volume-optimised Active EQ maintains balanced performance at any volume, so the bass stays consistent when turned down and the music remains clear when turned up.
- Quiet and Aware Modes: choose Quiet Mode for full noise cancelling or Aware Mode to bring the outside into the around-ear headphones and hear your environment alongside your music.
- Over-ear headphones: these comfortable wireless headphones are suitable for all-day wearing. Crafted with plush synthetic leather and impact-resistant nylon, and designed with minimal clamping force, they’re as luxurious as they are durable.
- Up to 24 hours battery life: enjoy 24 hours of battery life from a single charge.* A quick 15-minute charge offers 3 hours when you’re on the go or plug in the included audio cable to listen for even longer in wired mode.
- Around ear headphones charge via USB-C: Headphones charge via the included USB-C cable.
- Bluetooth wireless noise cancelling headphones: these headphones are optimised for a strong, reliable Bluetooth connection within 9.1 metres of the paired device.
- Bose Music app: the app walks you through guided setup of your over-ear headphones, making it easy to get started. Plus access adjustable noise cancellation settings, manage your Bluetooth connections, enable shortcuts and more.
- Included components: Protective Case; Connector type: USB Type C
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sorted byI still own both the QC45's and QC35ii, which have been relegated to my throw around don't care if they get damaged pair. I will summerrise why I wouldn't upgrade.
My 45's drop out a lot and often crackle when I move my phone around my body, a lot if a few times a day. EG move my phone into my pocket, it crackles and I have to stop the music and start it again to get the audio back. Apparently it's a known issue with them. I also find the sound quality to be marginally worse than the 35ii's and I have a theory for this which I will get to further down. The EQ is better on the 45's but I feel the sound is slightly worse from a warmth and tonality perspective. Don't get me wrong, they still sound great and I picked mine up on ebay when Google was giving them away with the Pixel, so I got a bargain £135 for sealed in Box 45's.
I think the slightly worse sound of the 45's come from the fact they are without a doubt the best ANC headphones I have ever used. For me they truly smash the 35ii's when it comes to Noise cancelation. I suspect the tonality of the music then suffers because of the great but very aggressive ANC. I have also tried the Sony MX3 and 4's and I find the 45's ANC by far the best for my ears anyway.
Now unless ANC is your number 1 feature I feel for most people they will prefer the sound that the 35ii's deliver.
Here are my rankings for the 3 main Bose offerings
Sound quality - Bose 700
All round best - Bose 35ii
ANC Powerhouse - Bose 45's
On the 45s do they not have the 3 levels of ANC? Does this not improve the issue?
I love my 35iis, but I do have an annoying issue with them, with the dual device connection feature. Specifically when connected to one device (eg my laptop), and actively using it (e.g. on a Teams call). Sometimes the other device will drop connection and reconnect randomly. With voice prompts activated each time this happens I lose the audio on the call while the headphones say "my iphone disconnected.....my iphone reconnected..." etc. So I have voice prompts disabled, so I just get a beep when this happens. Still annoying but at least I can still follow the conversation. But this means when I turn them on I don't always know which device has connected until I check the app and then I look daft wearing my phones but not able to hear anybody!
If they do prices for these headphones plunge and usually stay down for a few months, while people sell of the unwanted bundle in headphones.
For context, this was bought in Feb this year.
Hope it pops up soon!
700s better in anc and audio quality. Just depends what you prefer, how long you'll wear for (edited)
I think bluetooth is slightly flawed in it's current format anyway for real uncompressed files. It's why I personally thought apple would do high fidelity lossless audio over wifi/airplay, to smash current bitrate capabilities of bluetooth. The walled garden is a perfect place to do it. Maybe the battery life trade off wasn't worth it
The new Snapdragon processors can process Aptx lossless which is 16-bit/44.1kHz at over 1Mbit/s, still well off uncompressed lossless but a decent jump. However as far as I am aware neither Bose nor Sony headphones support this yet? I could be wrong though. I mean aptx is sony so Bose won't support it anyway. (edited)
when it’s beeping on emergency credit..
Miss those days
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Can't wait. I have the qc20 earphones for years now for travelling. Can't wait to get these