Take $50 off the Bose QuietComfort Ultra headphones in this rare price cut

Bose’s flagship noise-cancelling headphones have just dropped in price for the first time since they launched.

That drop takes the Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen) down from $449 to $399, a saving of $50 that works out to just over 11% off, which is a rare cut on the headphones.

A countdown clock comes attached to this first price cut, since the deal is only running for today (September 17). Bose has held this exact model at full price since launch, making a cut like this worth considering.

Bose’s CustomTune technology scans the shape of your ears the moment you put the QuietComfort Ultra Headphones on, then adjusts the sound output to match your exact shape instead of relying on one generic profile for everyone.

That same personalisation carries into Immersive Audio, which pulls sound out from inside your head and places it around you instead, while Cinema Mode extends that spatial trick specifically to whatever you happen to be watching.

Quiet Mode brings Bose’s best noise cancellation to date, built to shut out an airplane cabin, a chatty office or a television playing in another room without needing you to turn the volume up to compensate.

Plus with up to 30 hours of battery life, or 23 hours with Immersive Audio enabled, the QuietComfort Ultra (2nd Gen) headphones are the perfect travel companion too. Not only that, but a speedy 15-minute top-up adds another 2.5 hours of listening on its own, and the USB cable doubles as a charger you can use while music keeps playing rather than forcing a pause in the middle of a call.

Calls hold up just as well as the music does, with noise-rejecting microphones and AI-based background suppression working together to filter out wind and surrounding chatter so the other person hears only your voice clearly.

If Bose’s current flagship experience has ever felt out of reach, $399 for a pair of QuietComfort Ultra Headphones, with $50 off a price that has never dropped before, closes that gap today.