Bose’s latest QuietComfort Ultra are $70 off, marking a new low price
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Bose’s latest QuietComfort Ultra headphones are on sale for $379, a $70 discount and their lowest price yet, at Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart. The second-generation model adds stronger noise cancellation, USB-C lossless audio, Cinema Mode, improved transparency, and up to 30 hours of battery life.
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The discount makes Bose’s premium travel headphones more competitive against high-end rivals as holiday and travel-season shopping ramps up. Features like lossless wired audio, smarter standby behavior, and better ambient sound show how flagship headphones are shifting toward convenience as much as audio performance.
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Bose’s latest QuietComfort Ultra headphones fold down for easy storage. | Image: Bose
If you’re planning on traveling anytime soon, Bose’s second-generation QuietComfort Ultra headphones are a great companion for long flights and train rides. Not only do they offer excellent noise cancellation, but they also retain the foldable design of their predecessor, making them easy to pack in a carry-on. They’re even easier to recommend today, now that they’ve dropped to a new low price of $379 ($70 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart. Bose QuietComfort Ultra headphones (second-gen)
Where to Buy: $449 $379 at Amazon $449 $379 at Walmart $449 $379 at Best Buy The over-ears improve upon their predecessor with better noise cancellation and support for lossless audio over a USB-C cable, allowing you to enjoy higher-quality sound from compatible devices. Bose also added a new Cinema Mode that helps make movies and TV shows feel more immersive while making dialogue easier to hear, along with an improved transparency mode that surpasses the predecessor’s capabilities of reducing sudden loud noises. Battery life is better too, with the headphones lasting up to 30 hours on a single charge — a six-hour increase over the first-generation model.
Bose has also added a few other conveniences, including the ability to automatically enter a low-power standby mode when stored in the included case or laid flat. Plus, the headphones automatically power on and reconnect to a paired device when you put them on. At the same time, the new model retains soft ear cups and a comfortable, lightweight design that’s easy to wear for hours a time. Support for multipoint Bluetooth pairing remains as well, allowing you to stay connected to two devices simultaneously, so you can watch a video on your laptop and answer calls from your phone.
