Cool friends for a hot summer

Here are the finest audio companions you can take along wherever you go, or while you cool off

Bose QuietControl 30 

Price: Rs 27,000

The QuietControl (QC) 30 is the sporty version of the QC35 (which I loved), with some caveats. For one, the neckband-based design could raise a few hackles; I didn’t have a problem wearing it, but it was too loose for my wife. Two, this is a strictly wireless pair — there’s no backup of an audio cable in case the battery runs out. That said, it has all the goodness expected of a pair from Bose. One morning, I put on the theme music of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and went