It’s the little things that really set the Sonos Ace and Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones apart. The most important criteria, like sound quality, fit, and ANC performance, are neck-and-neck for both products. That being said, we’re recommending the Sonos Ace over the Bose QC Ultra — for a few reasons.

Comfortable all day wear, incredible sound quality... there's a lot to love about these open-ear headphones from Bose.

Bose’s QuietComfort series has long been a leader in the noise cancelling headphone market and the QuietComfort SC upholds that reputation. Tiny microphones embedded within the headphones detect ambient sounds and then the headphones generate an opposing sound wave to effectively neutralise those unwanted noises.