You can still buy the Bose QuietComfort 2 earbuds for $85 off before summer begins

If you’ve read a headphone or earbud review from ZDNET over the past few years, you know how much we love Bose audio products. There are a few reasons: they offer great sound, great noise cancellation, and are easy to wear all day. And with each upgrade, Bose delivers meaningful updates to its headphones and earbuds.

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If you don’t want to buy Bose’s latest headphone model but still want to take advantage of the brand’s benefits, choose an older model — like these Bose QuietComfort II Headphones that happened to be on sale for $85 less after Memorial Day — which certainly helps. The headphones usually sell for $280, but you can currently find them for $195 on Amazon. Cheaper than our favorite price Apple AirPods Pro 2retails for $250.

QuietComfort II, coming in 2022, isn’t too different from the more recent QuietComfort Ultra headphones, coming in 2023. You won’t get the same Immersive Sound as on the Ultra headphones, but you’ll get the same six-hour battery life, Bluetooth 5.3 and responsive touch controls. I frequently used the QuietComfort Ultra headphones with Immersive Sound turned off, so if you want to save money by giving up a cool but unnecessary feature, I definitely recommend buying the QuietComfort II instead. QuietComfort Ultra.

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The sound quality is impressive, according to Christina Darby, who wrote a review of the QuietComfort II headphones in 2022. “The Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II are the best I’ve ever heard. So much so that after receiving them, I forced everyone to ‘ we interacted to put our headphones in, listen to The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ and enjoy the clarity and rumble of the opening synthesizer,” Darby wrote. Plus, the noise cancellation is next-level, minimizing any harsh sounds around you.

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“On almost every front, these headphones are not only ahead of the curve, but in a class of their own,” Darby writes. And what a great time to buy these headphones $80 less? But act fast, because this sale happens on Bose QuietComfort II Headphones could be gone before you know it.