Since 1982, PCMag has tested and rated thousands of products to help you make better buying decisions. The center of the circle is the play/pause button. The ring adjusts volume, while the big circle can be clicked left or right to jump forward or rewind a track. Now playback and volume controls are built flush into the back of the left earcup, which holds a textured ring around a large, smooth circle around another, smaller circle. The over-ear earcups are about two-thirds the size of the original, with the chunky control wheels on either side completely removed. The BackBeat PRO 2 is noticeably slimmer and sleeker than the original BackBeat PRO, and the brown color scheme is striking in a retro sense (a silver Special Edition is available for $249.99). Bose is still the brand to beat when you want the best noise cancellation possible, but for value, comfort, and performance, the BackBeat PRO 2 is our Editors' Choice for affordably priced noise-canceling wireless headphones. They're less bulky, more comfortable, sound fantastic, and at $199.99, just over half the price of the QuietComfort 35. The BackBeat PRO 2 fixes that issue, and improves everything else about the headphones in the process. They impressed us on a technical level, but the noise cancellation itself fell a bit short. The original BackBeat PRO headphones from Plantronics were ambitious, offering noise cancellation and Bluetooth connectivity almost two years before Bose would try it with the QuietComfort 35.
Noise cancellation isn't quite on par with Bose.
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