Planning to get Bose Quietcomfort Ultra (the earbuds, not the headphones) very soon but unsure if there’s going to be any new and quality release by any brand of high-end ANC earbuds that would be worth waiting for.
What can you recommend?
In case it matters, my preference goes like this, in order of priority:
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Comfort of the earbuds within the ear (ideally something that won’t damage the ear canal while sleeping on the side).
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The quality of the noise cancellation. I need the strongest ANC because I live in an extremely noisy environment.
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The sound quality as well as battery life come third.
For my XM5s (and my XM4s) I had to switch the ear cushion size to the largest one before the noise cancelling was good. At first I went for what was comfortable but they softened up quite a bit. If you still have them, you may try going up one size bigger.