Ask a random person off the street about speakers, and there's a high chance you'll hear them mention Bose. But why do audiophiles hate Bose? Bose absolutely does offer amazing products in the mass consumer department: It's undeniably one of the top Bluetooth speaker brands. Bose QuietComfort Ultra headphones are recommended as the best audiophile headphones by Consumer Reports, yet real audiophiles don't agree with this. A prominent opinion leader in the space, Crinacle, tested hundreds of models and rated the same Bose headphones with a "C", meaning they're "average" or just "passable."