Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones Review In Five Minutes!

In this video we review the Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones in FIVE MINUTES! Are these better than Sony WH-1000XM5? Are they worth their $429 price tag? Find out in our video!

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00:00 Introduction
00:10 Design
00:44 Connectivity
01:48 Battery life
02:00 Bose Immersive Audio
02:27 Microphone quality
02:37 Sound quality and lab measurements
02:55 Bose CustomTune Technology
03:15 ANC performance and lab measurements
03:52 Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones vs. Sony WH-1000XM5
04:33 Pricing

[SoundGuys]

Let us know if you have any questions! We're here to help. :D

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[zombieimpact]

They are $379.99 right now. And they are damn good. I think they are worth the price. They sound similar to the Sennheiser momentum 4 to me, except they have a slightly wider soundstage.

[ThomasLeichardt]

No one seems to mention that the noise floor (white noise / hiss) on the Bose QC Ultra is a lot more then on the XM5s with ANC on and no audio playing. So if you want to deaden outside noise without audio the XM5s are a clear winner. The white noise on the Bose is very noticeable with no audio playing, while the XM5s are dead quiet. To be fair, the Bose white noise does fade into the background once you start playing some audio. However there are times that I want to tune out noisy neighbors, etc, and focus on something without audio playing, and the Sonys can deliver, the Bose, not so much.
Great review BTW, thanks! 🙏

[fiercelypolygons]

Thanks for doing a super short and concise review!

[Nova_Lapis]

“It feels like your listening to speakers but your wearing headphone” Finally🎉

[Juice]

Thanks for the graph! I couldn’t ‘quite’ nail down what I needed to do to get the sound cleared up but I boosted the treble a couple points and brought the bass down by 4 and I think that’s as close as I’m going to get without someone with better ears posting their settings. But I’ve been having a lot of fun with these cans. I snagged an aptx adapter for my pc as well and have been using them to game and loving them for that too. There’s a teensy bit of delay in low latency mode but it’s negligible in all but twitch/competitive shooters and I don’t really play those anymore.

[safarisafari]

Received mine last week on sale $315. Excellent pair of headphones and extremely comfortable

[bestinfotainment]

I love Bose. I was never disappointed with their products and customer service.

[vincelongman]

Love the portability and better codec support on these. I hope the XM6s returns to a more portable design like the XM4s

[WilkinsonX]

My QC35s from 2016 are amazingly still going strong (I do need to solder in a new battery though). I’ve travelled around the world with these things, and have never been especially careful with them. I was thinking of picking up the Focal Bathys, but I’m pretty sure they won’t match the durability/comfort of the QC’s.

[productivity-plus]

I've just ordered a pair but now reading into it, they don't have LDAC! Does this mean I'll be on a lossy old codec from my z fold 4?

[michaelklein]

Catergory leaders? Wouldn’t that go to the sennheiser momentum 4’s with their 60 hours?

[ishankpalful]

1. How is the confort compared to XMR5.

2. How is the spatial audio compared to XMR5, does xmr5 need seperate device or special apps for 360deg sound..

3. How is bose qc ultra spatial sound mode for watching movies?

4. Is bass of these good enough for movies?

[imabeliever]

Great at noise canceling and comfort, but if sound quality is most important, I would lean more toward Sennheiser for sound quality, especially the Momentum 3 if it can be found.

[sanasainani]

Great review as always! Super informative. Have a quick question for you. I think the comfort, the noise cancelling is great on these as you've pointed out but the sound...it doesn't give the same joy to me as my Airpods Max did before selling or my current Beats Studio Pro. You've sometimes shared your preferred EQ settings, what would they be for the Bose Quietcomfort Ultra?

[Jay-kkee]

Can they be plugged into a headphone jack or are they blootooth only?

[pokefriend]

Can I use these during running?
Would that be wise and comfy?

[darkxd]

Bose all with a closed type? or is it not heard, for example, on a train, on an airplane, for privacy so that the interlocutors do not hear, or is apple airpods max better?

[thinkhardly]

After a lot of searches, I finally got the QC @ $310 instead of XM5 @ $300. Good deal probably. Things which I found weird was:
1. They mention about aptX Adaptive support and clearly say- "Made for iOS and MacOS" + "Compatible with Android"
2. No way in hell Apple will ever give SD aptX on their devices. Then why bother? Was the whole point to buy a DAC with BT receiver to get the lossless?
Also- The reason why I didn't go with the Sony's were that the store person went on and on about LDAC. When asked about the hinge breaking issue, he mentioned that he'll help me out after I made the purchase. He was dissing on Bose heavily too 🤣.

Note- Location is India. Deals might not be same across.

[lovecrafted]

Flash news. The immersive mode sounds awesome if you bump up the bass to like 6 or 7 depending of your liking cause if you have the bass lower than that they sound bad. But trust me bump up the bass and they sound so good with immersive. Can't listen to normal mode anymore.