Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Being an owner of the Bose SoundLink 2 wireless headphones for close to a year now, I really wanted to give my 1st impressions after picking this up from Best Buy a day ago. I've ALWAYS wanted Bose's active noise-cancelling (ANC) headphones, but they only had the QC25 wired at the time and I had to have a wireless headphone so I picked up the SoundLink 2 (as I use my headphone to drown out the traffic-noise and noisy neighbors all around my apartment). I already have a Sony MDR-10RNC ANC headphone, but I'm tethered to wires and their ANC isn't that great (I can still hear a majority of the traffic outside and there's definitely that signature noticeable hissing sound found in almost all ANC headphones I've tried). When I heard news of the QC35, I was super excited. After using it to watch 2 horror movies with tons of bass, YouTube videos, and music; I'm confident to say I really like this better than my SoundLink 2. I expected the sound to be the same, but the bass on the QC35 is "tighter" - as if I had my 300W Boston Acoustic subwoofer running on low-volume. The SoundLink's bass is pretty weak and flat. The high's and mid's are just as crisp; and I have absolutely no pairing issues like my SoundLink 2 (I actually gave the SoundLink 2 a not-so-favorable review because of the pairing issues). I was also surprised by the construction because it's not all plastic like the SoundLink 2 - surprised because I was expecting the $70 premium over the SoundLink 2 only adds ANC inside. The QC35 has metal (such as the ear-cup plate where the "Bose" logo sits on). The QC35 is only $70 more than the SoundLink 2, but you get much more than ANC - better materials, almost 2x battery life over SoundLink2, wider head band, better case, and ANC. The ANC is really NICE because as I'm writing this at 3PM Sunday sitting next to my windows (tons of traffic outside my apartment since I live next to a large mall) with the QC35 on my head without any sound playing through it, the traffic noise is almost non-existent - can only hear the occasional Harley Davidson that whizzes by. Is the $350 price-tag worth it? It depends. In my situation, a definite YES because it feels amazing to be able to relax in my apartment on a lazy Sunday without my eardrums being bombarded by traffic noise and the noisy neighbors. I'm also not destroying my eardrums or getting music-fatigue by playing my music loud or watching Youtube for hours on end in order to drown out the outside noise - so the long-term health benefits of my hearing is priceless. Lastly, a reviewer mentioned that the QC35 weighs ~60% more than the SoundLink2 wireless - which may make some people hesitate on the purchase if they're keen on comfort. Either he doesn't know basic math, his scale is messed up, or he is just purely throwing out random numbers. My digital scale shows the SoundLink2 wireless as being 200 grams, and the QC35 at 235 grams. The QC35 weighs 18% more, but if I didn't have a digital scale to measure the weight, I could've sworn they weighed the same. Other physical differences - on the SoundLink 2,the battery and Bluetooth icon actually lights up - something I found cool (SoundLink 2 is on the left). On the QC35, there is simply an LED light shining next to the battery and Bluetooth indicator - just something I wanted to point out.