Live Q&A Sony WH-1000XM3 vs Bose QuietComfort 35 II Headphones

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Published May 29, 2025

On Thursday October 25th 2018 @ 4:00 PM EDT we will be comparing and answering your questions about the Sony WH-1000XM3 and how they compare to the Bose QuietComfort 35 II Headphones.

Sony WH-1000XM3
https://www.rtings.com/headphones/reviews/sony/wh-1000xm3

Bose QuietComfort 35 II
https://www.rtings.com/headphones/reviews/bose/quietcomfort-35-ii

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Introduction - subject of the live 0:20
Side-by-side Comparisons of reviews 1:07
Design and comfort comparison 1:12
XM2 vs XM3 1:46
Build Quality 3:10
Questions 4:20
How about the soundstage of xm3? 4:34
Soundstage graphs 5:33
How these headphones sound ? Are they designed for mainstream music and classical music? 7:32
Overall frequency response of the headphones 8:40
Sweat/water proof test 10:17
Comfort 11:05
wireless reliability 12:48
Bluetooth connection stability 14:28
Both headphones general comparison 15:25
When it comes to sound, through the website we can compare only the signatures for these companies. Given that Sony provide an EQ, would you consider to review - score custom profiles? 17:13
Playbacks on website 18:35
Bose QC35 II playback 18:59
XM3 playback 19:40
Sound comparison 20:21
Isolation comparison 21:00
ANC controls 21:46
Playback isolation/leakage 23:10
Bose 23:23
XM3 24:04
XM3 sound better than Bose? But hard to say because of YouTube compression 25:01
Did Sony EQ at max volume can distort? 26:40
Have you guys tried LDAC? 27:17
Bluetooth sound quality 29:06
Wired vs wireless difference? 30:29
Improvements to the battery life of XM3 31:19
Leakage 31:50
Open question period 32:35
What are the wired equivalents of these headphones? Sennheiser, Audio-Technica, or any other brand 32:50
what are your guys thought on Audio Quest dragon Fly with an audio devices? (DACs) 34:45
Sony noise cancellation performance? 36:19
PC monitors 38:18
Best sounding portable headphones? 39:23
Do these headphones have aptx? if not what would be good wireless headphones for watching videos? 40:58
Device latency compensation 41:45
Which one have better call quality? - microphones 42:55
Summary 44:33
Outro/end 45:42