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The Bose QC45 are simply great headphones

Henry Burrell
Sat, 04 Dec 2021

The Bose QC45 are simply great headphones

The Bose QC45 may not make you look this cool. (Image: Bose)

Henry Burrell
Sat, 04 Dec 2021

Even though I’ve been locked down and living the quiet life in Auckland for nearly four months, the best part of the Bose QC45 headphones is the silence they can conjure.Noise cancelling audio products are nothing new but their ability to drown out external sound and pipe your preferred sonic waves into your skull is enduringly alluring. The new QC45 has the best noise cancelling prowess of any product I’ve ever tested.Bose used to be the go-to brand when over-ear noise cancelling headphones became widely available in the early...

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