The Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds are the second-generation model in black, with active noise cancellation and Immersive Audio that pushes the sound out in front of you instead of leaving it stuck between your ears. CustomTune technology measures the shape of your ear canal when you put them in and adjusts both the cancellation and the sound to match. Battery life is up to 6 hours per charge, or 4 with Immersive Audio turned on, and the case holds three more full charges. The case now charges wirelessly on a pad or over USB-C.
Head over to Amazon to get the Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds for just $249, down from their usual price of $299. That’s a discount of $50 and 17% off.
Comfortable earbuds that add warmth and depth to your music
The noise reduction on this product is the best Bose has put into earbuds to date, and it lets you select from multiple settings instead of simply turning the feature on or off. Quiet Mode cancels all ambient noise. Aware Mode passes the ambient noise back through so you can hear conversations or announcements. ActiveSense sits inside Aware Mode and monitors ambient noise levels, then reduces them before they reach your ear when the levels become too high. You can also choose the level of cancellation you want and save it for future use.
CustomTune runs a tone through each earbud when you first put them in and reads how your ear canal reflects it back. Ear shape varies enough between people that identical earbuds sound different from one head to the next, and the measurement lets Bose tune both the cancellation and the frequency response to your specific ears rather than an average.
Immersive Audio is the feature Bose built the Ultra line around. Instead of the music sitting inside your skull the way stereo normally does, it gets placed out in front of you like speakers in a room. It works on anything you play, not just tracks mixed for spatial audio, though it costs you two hours of battery when it’s on.
Three sizes of ear tips and three sizes of stability bands come in the box, so the fit can be matched to your ear rather than settled for. The stability band is the part that holds an earbud in place during a walk or a workout. An IPX4 rating covers sweat and splashes. Bluetooth multipoint keeps two devices connected at once, so a laptop on a call and a phone playing music both stay linked without re-pairing. A 20-minute charge in the case buys another two hours of playback when you’re running low.
The Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds are selling for $249, down from $299. The Bose app handles software updates, EQ, and mode settings from your phone. If you want the quietest in-ear noise cancellation Bose makes and a sound that doesn’t feel trapped in your head, this is the pair to look at.
