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Bose QuietComfort Ultra Gen 2 Headphones Review: Immersion Audio and ANC Attenuation Charts

Acoustic chamber testing of Bose's QuietComfort Ultra Gen 2: active noise cancellation attenuation curves, Snapdragon Sound lossless streaming, and 24-hour battery endurance.

Marcus Vance
Marcus Vance
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Bose QuietComfort Ultra Gen 2 Headphones Review: Immersion Audio and ANC Attenuation Charts
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Acoustic chamber testing of Bose's QuietComfort Ultra Gen 2: active noise cancellation attenuation curves, Snapdragon Sound lossless streaming, and 24-hour battery endurance.

Hardware Lab Score: 9.2/10: Bose refines its dominant noise-cancelling crown, attenuating airplane engine cabin roar and subway screeching by an unprecedented -38dB across the 50Hz to 1kHz frequency band.

Proprietary CustomTune Calibration

Each time the headphones are donned, an acoustic chime bounces off the user’s ear canal, auto-compensating frequency response to match unique individual ear geometry in under one second.

Immersive Spatial Audio Tracking

Onboard gyroscopes and accelerometers pin the soundstage in fixed space relative to the listener’s head, creating a lifelike three-dimensional speaker experience from standard stereo tracks.

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