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After Bose about a year Bose introduced their AE2W bluetooth headphones, (the previous model to the Soundlink Around Ear 2) I decided to wait for an updated model. The AE2W were bulky to me and the battery life was not impressive for only being 7 hours. However, I am pretty surprised with Bose's new headphones, the Soundlink Around Ear 2 (which i'll abbreviate with SLAE2) . First, these headphones are going to be used in my house primarily or when doing light travel. If you are looking for a new pair of headphones made for noise cancellation, please look at Bose's QC25 noise cancellation headphones. The SLAE2 do what is called passive noise cancellation which means the physical cups of the headphones block noise, similar to the red working headphones lawn crews use to block out lawn mowers. For this review, I will have two sections: the pros and cons of the headphones. First, Lets start with the negatives of the headphones: the price. For $279, that is a pretty steep price. Now whether you can find better headphones for $279, that is debatable. Unlike most people, when it comes to audio, I tend to only buy Bose. Now, is that naive of me? Probably, however, after building trust with the Bose company, it is very hard for me to go anywhere else. At least you always know that you are buying a solid product no matter what they bring to the market. The next con is audio loss while streaming over bluetooth. While using bluetooth, I noticed the headphones did not get as high in volume whenever I used the bluetooth. On the other hand, when you use the 3.5mm cable, the volume almost gets twice as high. Unfortunately, that is one of the negatives of bluetooth. While bluetooth can be very convenient, you have to take a loss in performance. But remember, this is Bose after all, so the loss is not as bad as other manufactures. They still sound great though no matter how you listen to music! The last con is with my Macbook. I noticed that while listening to music through bluetooth, the audio seems to very quickly skip once and a while. I plan to call Apple and discuss this issue because it only happens with my Mac and not any other devices. Now for the positives of this product. The overall quality of this product is superb. The materials, case and even cables are hands down quality. The battery life is 15 hours and is true because I tested it and even got a bit more listening at a lower volume. The case included is soft, but durable so the headphones should be safe in their case. Overall, if you want a wireless pair of headphones that have long battery life and can produce music in an excellent way, you should not be please. Just remember they are bluetooth after all, so you might notice a very small decrease in quality. Hooray to Bose for making a great product again!