Beats Studio3 Noise Cancelling Headphones

***Update December 29th 2017***. I am reducing my rating the three stars not because there's anything wrong with these headphones, but because I listen to the Sony WH-100XM2 headphones and quite honestly those are breathtaking. And for the money I am wanted to be blown away by a pair of headphones that cost this much. After listening to my wife's cheap $30 Sony headphones from Walmart I realize that these beats that I bought sounded just about as good which was disappointing. So it's really all about reference. The Sony's that I just mentioned above alright night and day difference and quite frankly the wow factor I was looking for. Absolutely everything that the Beats can do till Sony's can do probably 10 times better. Sound quality is so good I can't really describe it. Noise cancelling is definitely even better and all the different options that you can do with the Sony makes it worth the cost. So I returned the Beat Studio 3. I felt people should know that if they're going to spend this much on headphones you should definitely listen to the Sony's. I ordered my Beats Studio 3 wireless headphones a week ago. First thing to know...anyone writing about how bad they are durability wise and dated before September 4th of 2017 are fake or an older model is being mistakenly referred to. September 4th of 2017 are when these studio series 3 came out. People talking about how they can't hold up for over a year couldn't have possibly owned a pair for that long. Keep that in mind. But I will say at this point is, I listened to these with a variety of music so far and they sound incredible. Seems like the way these are tuned, you have to turn them up a little bit (volume to "medium") to get the best sound. When they're very quiet it just doesn't seem like the Fidelity is quite as good as when they're turned up a little bit more. Of course that last statement is very subjective. I listened to Bose at a Target about a day before and those sounded very good as well. I can't truly tell which one sounds better unless I had them both in front of me and both playing the exact same song from the same source and switch back and forth to really hear it. But I will say from my reference, these sound pretty much the same in terms of sound quality. As far as noise cancelling goes, anything that has a constant sound in the background such as fans, refrigerators running or someone mowing the grass outside etc. pretty much anything that's a constant sound, as soon as you turn on the noise cancelling, those sounds are completely killed. Cannot hear them at all. You can continue to hear people talking and you can hear sounds happening on the TV if it's loud enough but all of that (random sounds) are greatly muffled. Keep in mind that noise cancelling does not work well on sounds that are random. That goes for any brand. There is no doubt however that the noise cancelling is working and working well. I can't say again whether or not bose is better. When I tried them out in the store at Target, the bose sounded about the same... all background sounds completely killed and I was able to hear people talking to me although they sounded distant/much quieter and with a greatly reduced bass in their voice (bose/beats about the same). Also I'm not an apple Fanboy type either. I do not own an iPhone, I have a Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus. Pairing these with my Samsung was pretty straightforward, hold the button for 5 seconds make sure your Bluetooth is on and phone picked them up. Next time you turn on the Beats, make sure you have your Bluetooth turned on first and they automatically connect. One last thing, when it comes to comfort, anyone saying that these things hurt their head hurt their ears or grip too tight, must have their head made out of paper mache or tissue paper. These are some incredibly comfortable headphones and I could wear them indefinitely without any problem whatsoever.