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$350 Sony's here on wireless noise cancelling headphone is the same price as boses QuietComfort 35 it offers similar features in a well-designed headphone that comes in five different color options some of which are very eye-catching including this blue version here which looks more like teal to me I've been a little underwhelmed by Sony's wireless headphone offerings in the past but this headphone maybe it's best Bluetooth headphone to date and arguably the best headphone in the company's current here on lineup the headphone is very comfortable but at 10.25 ounces or 290 grams it's a little heavier than the Bose and isn't quite as comfortable as that model but it's close the headphone folds up into an included carrying case but it doesn't fold flat so the case ends up being a little bulky and these aren't the most comfortable headphones to walk around with wearing around your neck volume and track controls are on the right ear cup and you can opt to turn the noise canceling on or off or plug in a cord and use these as a wired headphone sony says it's automatic ai noise cancelling function constantly analyzes environmental ambient sound components and automatically selects the most effective noise canceling mode I thought the noise cancelling was excellent though a touch less effective than the Bose is it also makes for a good headset for making cell phone calls it has two built-in microphones one outside and one inside the housing battery life is rated at 20 hours sound wise the sony arguably sounds slightly better than the bose qc25 it's well balanced with good clarity and tight bass that isn't overpowering I also thought it sounded pretty natural for a bluetooth headphone it may not quite match the sound of Sennheiser momentum to wireless headphone but it is one of the best sounding wireless headphones with active noise canceling is it better than the Bose well the bose has a slight edge and comfort design the noise canceling but the sony arguably has the edge in sound quality however you look at it though it's an excellent wireless headphone I'm David Carr for cnet.com thanks for watching you