Everyone wants in on the resurgence of wired earbuds and headphones , and that “everyone” now includes Bose. For $100, a hefty premium over Apple’s enduringly popular $20 EarPods, you can get wired buds with Bose branding on them for the first time in over a decade.

Beyond that branding and the quality of audio it connotes, these wired earbuds have one thing that lots of other wired earbuds don’t. Whether you find Bose’s wired earbuds worth the relatively large sum of $100 will depend entirely on that one thing.

Bose Noise Cancelling Wired Earbuds

The Boise Noise Cancelling Wired Earbuds have good sound and ANC, but $100 feels like a steep ask.

ANC is legit

Sound is solid

Love the Dewdrop Mint colorway

Really? $100?

Wires are a bit bulky

Calling is awful

No app support because (duh) wired

You better be an ANC aficionado

If you haven’t guessed what the “one thing” is, you can just look at the official name of the earbuds—it’s ANC.…