DESIGN
Available in black or silver, the stylish, minimalist Noise
Cancelling Headphones 700 feature a graceful
headband connecting the generously cushioned
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earpads block out plenty of ambient noise even without
ANC turned on. The outer surfaces on the earcups and
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The right earcup’s outer panel houses a touch-sensitive
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button, and a status LED. Double-tapping the control
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down changes the volume, and swiping forward or
backward skips tracks. Tapping and holding on the
panel gives you a battery life prompt, or you can
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word for voice assistants. For calls, tapping once
answers, tapping and holding declines, and pressing the
voice assistant button while on a call mutes the mic.
This is one of the more intuitive and useful control pads
we’ve operated on wireless headphones and is easy to
learn and use.
Bose Noise
Cancelling
Headphones 700
PROS Best-in-class
noise cancellation and
ambient listening
mode. Excellent
microphone clarity.
Powerful bass depth.
Comfortable.
CONS Expensive.
Sculpted audio not for
purists. No EQ (yet).
BOTTOM LINE The
wireless Bose Noise
Cancelling
Headphones 700 offer
terrific audio
performance, hands-
free voice assistant
access, and the best
active noise
cancellation you can
buy.