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I'm David Carr NOAA executive editor for cnet.com and I'm here with the a e2w boses first bluetooth headphone what's interesting about this headphone is that it's very similar to the bose wired ae2 headphone which is one of the company's most popular non noise cancelling over-the-ear headphones the difference here is that bose has made some tweaks to the sound of the headphone and added what amounts to a bluetooth dongle which connects to the headphone port you know the jack where you normally attach the headphone cable to that dongle doesn't look like it's removal but in fact it is which will leave some owners of the wired AE to s wondering why Bose doesn't just sell this accessory separately it may someday but right now it doesn't so if you want a wireless bose headphone the AE 2w is currently it what I will say is that this headphone sounds surprisingly good and is arguably the most comfortable over the year bluetooth headphone on the market that's not surprising since the standard AE 2 is lightweight and very comfortable and also managed to passively seal out a good amount of external noise aside from being really comfortable the headphone sounds very good as well especially for a bluetooth headphone there's good clarity and the sound is well balanced dynamic and pretty natural sounding which means bose isn't pushing the bass too hard and all I thought they were very pleasant sounding headphones that I could wear for long periods the like all over the year models your ears will get steamy in warmer environments Bose says the ae2 W has improved performance over the ae2 because it uses something called Bose active EQ so there is a slight difference in sound quality but otherwise the two models have the same design like with most stereo bluetooth headphones this model also has an integrated microphone for cell phone calls and the answer end button and volume controls are well placed on the dongle and easy to operate by feel the answer n button also serves as a button for skipping tracks forward and back as for battery life you get about seven hours before having to recharge the dongle that's decent though not great however if the battery does run out you can switch to a wired connection and still use the headphones the rubbin all this is the price these guys are expensive at $250 and I thought Bose could have included a better carrying case at this price instead of the cloth pouch you get but if you can live with that high price you are getting a very comfortable wireless headphone that also happens to sound very good particularly for a Bluetooth model I'm David Carr noise and that's the bose a e2w wireless headphone thanks for watching