Bose Headphones 700 review: A triumphant return to the throne

The market for headphones with active noise cancellation (ANC) used to belong to Bose till Sony came along. The Bose QuietComfort 35 II (QC35 II) are excellent headphones, but they pale in both audio quality and noise cancelling prowess compared to Sony’s MDR-1000XM3, the third iteration of the company’s ANC enabled headphones. Enter the Bose Headphones 700.

To be clear, these aren’t meant to replace the QC series. Instead, Bose seems to have made the Headphones 700 to give every feature a high-end headphones buyer can hope for in a premium headset. The audio quality is unparalleled in some ways, it has touch controls, supports every important voice assistant, has more mics than most of your devices, and even has a futuristic augmented reality feature built inside.