For the longest of times, if you wanted the best noise canceling pair of headphones on the market, your option would be the Bose QuietComfort. Regardless of what your opinion might be about the audio quality on Bose headphones, no one could deny the company made the quietest pair of headphones money could buy. Couple of years ago, however, Sony launched the 1000X, the company's flagship pair of wireless headphones that also featured active noise canceling. These competed with the then available Bose QuietComfort 35, Bose's own flagship wireless headphones, which were the industry...
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