The Bose Ultra gen 2 earbuds are still chunky, but their ANC is incredible
Bose has built its modern reputation on noise-canceling performance, offering the best in class for a good two decades, since the launch of the QuietComfort headphones in 2000. But Sony and Apple caught up in 2023 and the race has gone back and forth since. The $299 Bose QuietComfort Ultra second-gen earbuds aim to top the competition again, and this time with improvements to sound and call quality, both of which have been issues for the QC earbuds in the past.
While the gap between "great" and "the best" noise canceling has been narrowing with each new earbuds iteration, Bose has somehow continued to improve. The noise canceling of the sec …