Bose QuietComfort 25 (2014) vs Focal Elear

The Bose QuietComfort 25 (2014) has managed to impress reviewers from two reliable and objective sources that conduct their own testing, namely Techradar and iMore. It did great in their roundups - it earned the "Headphones fit for a king and an excellent value for all" title from Techradar, and "Ranked 3 out of 7" from iMore, which marks it as a product that's worth considering.

Moving on to the Focal Elear: it was unable to reach the very top of any roundups from sources that conduct reliable and unbiased testing. Nonetheless, it still managed to impress reviewers from a number of such sites, like Headphone Review, The Verge, Head-fi, Headfonics, iMore, Rtings, and Audioholics, enough for them to include them on those lists.

Lastly, we averaged out all of the reviews scores that we could find on these two products and compared them to other Noise-Cancelling Headphones on the market. We learned that both of them performed far better than most of their competitors - the overall review average earned by Noise-Cancelling Headphones being 7.6 out of 10, whereas the Bose QuietComfort 25 (2014) and Focal Elear managed averages of 8.7 and 7.8 points, respectively.

Due to the difference in their prices, however, it's important to keep in mind that a direct Bose QuietComfort 25 (2014) vs. Focal Elear comparison might not be entirely fair - some sources don't take value for money into account when assigning their scores and therefore have a tendency to rate more premium products better.