The 2nd gen earbuds have better noise canceling then the second Gen headphones. Are my headphones defective or are the earbuds just better someone make this make sense.
Response from bose.comBy Customer Support, June 12, 2026
Hi there, thank you for sharing your detailed feedback. Obsessively engineered with our best noise cancellation and spatialized audio for immersive listening, the QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen) make every note expand, every piece of dialogue hit harder, and every melody take up more space. Sorry to hear this hasn’t been your experience.
To help resolve this, please follow the steps in this guide: https://bose.life/3SmqlvX we hope this gets your headphones back to performing at their best.
The Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen) is amazingly awesome. The immersive noise cancellation Is my favorite setting in the Bose headset. The way these headsets drowns out my outside world of 3 kids and a desired husband who requests more than I like. I’m able to enjoy music, movies, tv shows and phone calls in various sound settings from cinema, relax, walking, outdoors, etc. I don’t think I’ve enjoyed a headset like Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen) before. It’s also so comfortable the cushion doesn’t press hard on your ears. Plus the color is absolutely beautiful. I need it in blue.