Bose QuietComfort 35 II/QC35 II Wireless 2018 vs Anker SoundCore Space NC Wireless

Which Headphones Are Better?

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Bose QuietComfort 35 II/QC35 II Wireless 2018
Anker SoundCore Space NC Wireless

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Our Verdict

Bose QuietComfort 35 II/QC35 II Wireless 2018

Anker SoundCore Space NC Wireless

The Bose QuietComfort 35 II/QC35 II Wireless 2018 are better than the Anker SoundCore Space NC Wireless. The Bose have an excellent design with a very comfortable fit. They have a neutral sound reproduction suited for a wider variety of genres, compared to the Anker's dark and thumpy sound profile. On the other hand, the included TRRS cable for the Anker has an in-line microphone that we expect to perform better than the one integrated into the headphones themselves. The Anker are also less expensive, and fans of bass-heavy music might even prefer them.

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Variants

  • QuietComfort 35 II (Black)
  • QuietComfort 35 II (Rose Gold)
  • QuietComfort 35 II (Silver)
  • QuietComfort 35 II (Triple Midnight)
  • SoundCore Space NC

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Main Differences for
Mixed Usage

Threshold 

0.10

Mixed Usage 

6.8
No major differences between these headphones for mixed usage. See full list of tests below.

Full Comparison

Design

Style  

Design Picture 2  

Type  

Over-ear
Over-ear

Enclosure  

Closed-Back
Closed-Back

Wireless  

Yes
Yes

Transducer  

Dynamic
Dynamic
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Comfort 
 

8.5
7.5

Comfort Picture  

Weight  

0.52 lbs
0.6 lbs

Clamping Force 
 

0.69 lbs
1.1 lbs
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Controls 
 

7.6
7.1

Controls Picture  

OS Compatibility 
 

Not OS specific
Not OS specific

Ease Of Use  

Good
Good

Feedback  

Good
Decent

Call/Music Control  

Yes
Yes

Volume Control  

Yes
Yes

Microphone Control  

Mute/Unmute
No

Channel Mixing 
 

No
No

Noise Cancelling Control  

Adjustable
On/Off

Talk-Through 
 

No
No

Additional Controls  

Voice Assistant
Voice Assistant
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Breathability 
 

6.3
5.8

Breathability After Picture  

Avg.Temp.Difference  

6.2 °C
7.4 °C
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Portability 
 

6.5
6.0

Portability Picture  

 

6.5" (16.5 cm)
5.9"

 

6.1" (15.5 cm)
5.7"

 

1.5" (3.8 cm)
3.1"

Volume  

59.20 in³ (970.11 cm³)
104 in³

Transmitter Required  

No
No
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Case 
 

8.0
8.0

Case Picture  

Type  

Hard case
Hard case

 

8.3" (21.1 cm)
8.6"

 

5.9" (15.0 cm)
7.2"

 

2.2" (5.6 cm)
2.6"

Volume  

106.00 in³ (1,737.02 cm³)
161 in³
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Build Quality 
 

7.5
7.5

Build Quality Picture  

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Stability 
 

7.0
7.0

Stability Picture  

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Headshots 1  

Angled Picture  

Side Picture  

Headshots 2  

Front Picture  

Rear Picture  

Top  

Top Picture  

In The Box  

In The Box Picture  

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Sound

Sound Profile 
 

Frequency Response  

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Bass Amount 
 

2 dB
6.7 dB

Treble Amount 
 

-2.27 dB
-2.45 dB
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Frequency Response Consistency 
 

7.7
8.1

Consistency L  

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Consistency R  

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Avg. Std. Deviation 
 

0.45 dB
0.37 dB
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Raw Frequency Response 
 

Raw FR L  

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Raw FR R  

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Bass Accuracy 
 

8.2
3.4

Bass  

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Std. Err. 
 

2.54 dB
9.2 dB

Low-Frequency Extension 
 

10 Hz
10 Hz

Low-Bass 
 

2.55 dB
12.29 dB

Mid-Bass 
 

2.59 dB
10.84 dB

High-Bass 
 

3.22 dB
7.35 dB
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Mid Accuracy 
 

9.1
8.2

Mid  

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Std. Err. 
 

1.23 dB
2.46 dB

Low-Mid 
 

1.47 dB
0.95 dB

Mid-Mid 
 

0.01 dB
0.35 dB

High-Mid 
 

0.15 dB
3.75 dB
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Treble Accuracy 
 

8.3
6.5

Treble  

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Std. Err. 
 

2.55 dB
4.65 dB

Low-Treble 
 

1.05 dB
3.21 dB

Mid-Treble 
 

-1.23 dB
-1.45 dB

High-Treble 
 

-6.32 dB
-5.26 dB
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Peaks/Dips 
 

8.1
7.1

Peaks/Dips Graph  

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Peaks 
 

1.28 dB
1.75 dB

Dips 
 

0.8 dB
1.91 dB
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Imaging 
 

9.0
7.5

Group Delay  

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Phase Response  

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Phase Response Mismatch  

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Weighted Group Delay 
 

0.1
0.27

Weighted Phase Mismatch 
 

2.96
7.14

Weighted Amplitude Mismatch 
 

0.69
2.44

Weighted Frequency Mismatch 
 

1.26
2.14
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Passive Soundstage 
 

5.0
4.4

PRTF  

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PRTF Accuracy (Std. Dev.) 
 

2.96 dB
2.25 dB

PRTF Size (Avg.) 
 

6.46 dB
4.06 dB

PRTF Distance 
 

10.6 dB
9.15 dB

Openness 
 

0.9
1.4

Acoustic Space Excitation 
 

4.0
2.1
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Virtual Soundstage 
 

0.0
0.0

Virtual Soundstage  

Head Modeling 
 

No
No

Speaker Modeling 
 

No
No

Room Ambience 
 

No
No

Head Tracking 
 

No
No

Virtual Surround 
 

No
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Weighted Harmonic Distortion 
 

7.7
7.1

Weighted Harmonic Distortion  

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WHD @ 90 
 

0.265
0.436

WHD @ 100 
 

0.140
0.287
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Test Settings 
 

Firmware 
 

Unknown
Unknown

Power 
 

On
On

Connection 
 

Bluetooth 4.2
Unknown

Codec 
 

SBC, 16-bit, 48kHz
SBC, 16-bit, 48kHz

EQ 
 

No EQ
No EQ

ANC 
 

Maximum
On

Tip/Pad 
 

Default
Default

Microphone 
 

Integrated
Integrated
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Isolation

Noise Isolation 
 

9.1
8.6

Noise Isolation  

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Isolation Audio 
 

Overall Attenuation 
 

-27.01 dB
-24.3 dB

Noise Cancelling  

Yes
Yes

Bass 
 

-19.65 dB
-18.48 dB

Mid 
 

-24.92 dB
-17.95 dB

Treble 
 

-36.85 dB
-36.09 dB
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Leakage 
 

6.5
8.2

Leakage  

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Leakage Audio 
 

Overall Leakage @ 1ft 
 

42.4 dB
32.59 dB
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Microphone

Microphone Style 
 

Integrated 
 

Yes
Yes

In-Line 
 

No
Yes

Boom 
 

No
No

Detachable Boom 
 

No
No

Mic  

Yes
Yes
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Recording Quality 
 

6.0
7.1

Microphone Frequency Response  

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Recorded Speech 
 

LFE 
 

320 Hz
281 Hz

FR Std. Dev. 
 

1.73 dB
3.06 dB

HFE 
 

2,061.43 Hz
3,673.05 Hz

Weighted THD 
 

2.416
0.411

Gain 
 

37.46 dB
19.62 dB
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Noise Handling 
 

7.5
6.1

SpNR  

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SpNR 
 

16.19 dB
13.6 dB

Noise Gate 
 

No

Speech + Pink Noise Handling 
 

7.5

Speech + Pink Noise Audio Sample  

Speech + Subway Noise Handling 
 

7.5

Speech + Subway Noise Audio Sample  

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Active Features

Battery 
 

8.4
7.3

Battery Type 
 

Rechargable
Rechargable

Continuous Battery Life 
 

20 hrs
21 hrs

Additional Charges 
 

0.0
0.0

Total Battery Life 
 

20 hrs
21 hrs

Charge Time 
 

2.1 hrs
2.8 hrs

Power-Saving Feature 
 

Auto-Off Timer
No

Audio While Charging 
 

No
No

Passive Playback 
 

Yes
Yes

Charging Port  

micro-USB
micro-USB
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App Support 
 

7.0
0.0

App Picture  

App Name  

Bose Connect
No App

iOS  

Yes
No

Android  

Yes
No

macOS  

No
No

Windows  

No
No

Equalizer 
 

No
No

ANC Control 
 

Adjustable
No

Mic Control  

No
No

Room Effects 
 

No
No

Playback Control 
 

Yes
No

Button Mapping  

Yes
No

Surround Support 
 

No
No
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Connectivity

Bluetooth 
 

8.6
6.6

Bluetooth Version 
 

4.1
4.1

Multi-Device Pairing 
 

2 Devices
No

NFC Pairing 
 

Yes
No

Line Of Sight Range 
 

122.00 ft (37.19 m)
167 ft

PC Latency (SBC) 
 

239 ms
154 ms

PC Latency (aptX) 
 

N/A
N/A

PC Latency (aptX HD) 
 

N/A
N/A

PC Latency (aptX-LL) 
 

N/A
N/A

iOS Latency 
 

79 ms
512 ms

Android Latency 
 

105 ms
109 ms
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Non-Bluetooth Wireless 
 

0.0
0.0

Non-BT Line Of Sight Range 
 

N/A
N/A

Non-BT Latency 
 

N/A
N/A
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Wired 
 

9.5
9.5

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Analog Audio 
 

Yes
Yes

USB Audio 
 

No
No

Detachable  

Yes
Yes

Length  

3.90 ft (1.19 m)
4 ft

Connection 
 

1/16" TRS
1/8" TRRS

Analog/USB Audio Latency 
 

0 ms
0 ms
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PC Compatibility 
 

Analog 
 

Audio Only

Wired USB 
 

No

Non-BT Wireless 
 

No

PC / PS4 Compatibility 
 

PC/PS4 Analog 
 

Audio Only
Audio + Microphone

PC/PS4 Wired USB 
 

No
No

PC/PS4 Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No

PlayStation Compatibility 
 

PS4 Analog 
 

Audio Only
Audio + Microphone

PS4 Wired USB 
 

No
No

PS4 Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No

PS5 Analog 
 

Audio Only

PS5 Wired USB 
 

No

PS5 Non-BT Wireless 
 

No

Xbox Compatibility 
 

Xbox One Analog 
 

Audio Only
Audio + Microphone

Xbox One Wired USB 
 

No
No

Xbox One Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No

Xbox Series X|S Analog 
 

Audio Only

Xbox Series X|S Wired USB 
 

No

Xbox Series X|S Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
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Base/Dock 
 

0.0
0.0

Type 
 

No Base/Dock
No Base/Dock

USB Input 
 

No
No

Line In 
 

No
No

Line Out 
 

No
No

Optical Input 
 

No
No

RCA Input 
 

No
No

Dock Charging 
 

No
No

Power Supply 
 

No Base/Dock
No Base/Dock
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Check Price

Black
QuietComfort 35 II
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Standard
SoundCore Space NC
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Rose Gold
QuietComfort 35 II
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Standard
SoundCore Space NC
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Walmart.com
Silver
QuietComfort 35 II
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Amazon.com
Standard
SoundCore Space NC
B&H
Triple Midnight
QuietComfort 35 II
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Standard
SoundCore Space NC
BestBuy.com
 
Standard
SoundCore Space NC
Anker

Bose QuietComfort 35 II/QC35 II Wireless 2018

Anker SoundCore Space NC Wireless

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