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who makes the best premium wireless active noise-cancelling headphones for your premium dollar bows or Sennheiser let's find out shall we intel skull Canyon Nook features a 6th generation Core i7 processor and Thunderbolt 3 you can learn more at the link in the video description ok so there's a lot to cover here we're going to jump right into this both headphones fold in to an included carrying case but Bose wins quite decisively here the QC 35 s case is both smaller and more durable feeling than Sennheiser's offering onto the contents being headphones and ones designed to fit on the heads of humans the QC 35 and px II 550 are pretty darn similar in many respects headband ear cups laser-guided artillery launcher etc so I'll try and dial in mostly then on the differences here boses Alcantara covered headband features noticeably better padding devoid of internal bumps that can dig into your head eventually but they're sizing adjustment mechanism fits perfectly on my medium motorcycle helmet sized head at its smallest size and feels more plasticky compared to Sennheiser's both of them offer about three and a half centimeters of total adjustment though so if your head is on the smaller side I expect you'll get a better fit out of the pxc 550 the ear cups themselves aside from both being closed back designs with faux leather covered memory foam for optimal noise isolation are about as different as they could be Bose has gone with a more traditional oval shape for the cups and angled drivers inside to direct sound into your ear canals while Sennheiser has done a couple of more unusual things here so the transducer has this grille over the top of it that looks kind of like an apple slicer perhaps there's a noise isolation or other acoustic reason for this and they've gone with a more ear like shape that fits well but in my opinion along with the boring black color choice makes the PXE 550 look considerably less stylish though some will find sex appeal in the user interface I suppose both headphones thankfully have the ability to operate with a wire if you're out of battery or even with active noise cancellation enabled with a wire if you just don't want to use the wireless to make it last longer but inexplicably they both rely on a two and a half mil two three and a half millimeter cable so order an extra or two now in case you lose the included one since you probably don't have a ton of those lying around with that said Wireless is sort of the point here isn't it so let's move on to that both of them will pair with an Android phone using NFC but while Bose has stuck with a traditional button based interface power on pairing mode here with volume adjustments and a multi-function button that handles media playback and phone calls over here sennheiser is using a fancy touchpad on the right ear cup that allows play and pause track skipping and volume adjustments with gestures fancy though it does still have some hardware buttons one to toggle the Bluetooth radio for battery savings during wired operation with noise canceling enabled one for toggling movie and speech optimized EQ profiles and a three-position slider that lets you pick 0 active noise cancellation fully enabled active noise cancellation with the four included microphones or an adaptive mode that adjusts the level of noise cancellation depending on ambient noise levels conspicuously absent though is a power switch with Sennheiser opting to build it into the hinge a design choice that I personally do not prefer let's get back to noise cancellation though the QC 35 specs are less impressive looking than the PX e5 50s and I really like Sennheiser's easy access to mix and match combinations of Bluetooth noise cancellation and wired or wireless interfaces but boses ANC is noticeably better in the real world this is particularly true of unpredictable sound like nearby conversation both of our competitors will cover consistent background noise like the low rumble of an engine almost completely at even a quite moderate listening volume like two to three bars on an iPhone and both of them managed to avoid that traditional problem with a and C products of a painful pressure sensation on the eardrums so thumbs up there the with that said a pair of construction ear protectors with a white noise generator inside would probably do the trick if all you wanted was to ignore the crying kid in the seat behind you how do they sad well there's no doubt in my mind on this one if you're an audiophile the pxc 550 is the better choice BOCES sound signature as much less veiled running off of a cable with the active noise cancellation disabled but while both products are operating as intended wirelessly with a and C and it should be noted with Bose you cannot turn the anc off if it's powered and running wirelessly the QC 35 s have a very one-dimensional sound to their bass reproduction and such strongly veiled mids that I found it hard to enjoy my favorite vocalists to be clear the pxc 550 s aren't exactly on par with Sennheiser's open backed audiophile products but they're well balanced with tight punchy bass fun vocals and the good ol sennheiser veil on the high-end that made them less fatiguing to listen to for long periods at least that would be entirely true if the PXE 550's were as comfortable as the QC 35 s I have got to give Bose though this is a narrow victory to be very clear here the nod when it comes to long-term comfort both of them are lightweight and stay in place very well but putting on Bose is offering it feels like your head is getting a hug from a friend while Sennheiser needs another few millimeters of padding on the headband to draw even here which isn't to say then that the back and forth trading of winds here is over bluetooth time Sennheiser only manages to identify your devices by numbers like phone one connected while Bose manages to inform me that it's connected to Linus's iPhone when I turn it on with that said I can probably accept remembering which of my devices is phone one connected for the sake of superior range while I was working on writing this I had to run downstairs to hit the bathroom and I left my phone on my desk and it wasn't until I'd been in there for but law actually okay never mind how long I was in there but the point is the PXE 550 s never missed a beat while my attempt to repeat my test with the QC 35 resulted in stuttering the moment I closed the door on to battery life then I'm going to call this one a win for Bose though it is a very narrow victory partly because Bose advertises about 20 hours of battery life and delivered 24 and Sennheiser puts 30 hours on their website though that's based on a more ideal operating scenario and running more apples to apples against Bose it actually ended up being very similar but both of them can handle a full day of music playback without recharging the battery which is damn impressive so who is the winner then this is not an easy question to answer today Sennheiser is charging more and offering up more consistent Bluetooth connectivity and superior sound quality while bose boasts boasts better noise cancellation a better carrying case and a more comfortable design at a lower price there so I know this is a bit of a cop-out but frankly the conclusion is this you'd have a very hard time going wrong with either of these so go ahead and flip a coin I am sure that you will be happy with your new wireless headphones and you know what else you'd have a hard time going wrong with tunneled air tunnel beerus the simple VPN app that makes it easy to browse privately and enjoy a more open Internet you download tunnel bear you started up with 500 Meg's of data for free with no credit card required you press the switch and that's it your bear tunnels your Internet through a different country up to 20 different countries I think it is your connection gets encrypted and the sites and services you use will think that you are browsing 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