I've only had them 1 day so far. I just did a head-to-head comparison with the noise around me in my office using the Bose QC 30 wireless in-ear headphones. I have a Samsung Galaxy S9+ and I'm using the Google Play Music app that comes with the phone, with absolutely flat audio settings. My test music was a Korn song and a Kidney Thieves song. Bose's noise-cancelling is slightly better, but it's not worth $299. Jabra's noise-cancelling worked brilliantly for what I wanted, which was blocking out outside noise to the point where I didn't have to turn up the volume to hear the music clearly. In my opinion Jabra sound better than Bose. Bright mids and highs with their clarity at a level low enough to meet my needs. Bose were boring, with very little dynamic definition. I'd call it messy at best, and even playing around with the EQ on my phone I still couldn't get the Bose to sound clean enough the way I liked it. At 299.00 I expect a much better Bose. However, Bose seemed to have the best bass. I'm not a crazy audiophile, but I'm not stupid either. I'm used to hearing mid to high end Dennon, Paradigm and Definitive Tech. Drivetrains that power Definitive Tech. and paradigm speakers. I'm 46 years old, so my tolerance for extremely low frequency bass is such that if the speakers aren't equipped with enough mid and high frequency drivers, the bass distorts vocal clarity for me. Later in the day I will do another test side by side at the gym and that will be my main use of these two headsets. My simple verdict is that Jabra is the best way to go for $143.74 versus Bose's $299.00, it almost seems like it's not a problem. There will be more to come as I keep testing. I tested them at the gym and this is what I found. Bose clearly has its hands up in the noise-cancelling space. I had to adjust the bass on my phone's equalizer to keep the bass where I wanted it, as the noise-cancellation was just as good at isolating background noise as Bose. In general, the sound quality is much better than Bose, and for half the price, you DON'T have to buy it.
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