I can’t recall a piece of hardware of recent vintage that I wanted to like more than Bose Sleepbuds. That made them all the more frustrating. In recent years, I’ve been on a kind of mini-quest to find a suitable pair of sleeping headphones. As a terrible sleeper, I love the idea, but the reality has thus far fallen short. Ultimately, however, no pair has come as close as Bose.
The form factor was great. They fit comfortably. When I do manage to fall asleep, I generally do so on my side. The buds are small enough to lie flush and not cause any pressure between your ear and pillow. The sound quality was perfectly fine, too — certainly quality enough to get a good night’s sleep.
But there was always one glaring issue: no streaming. It feels like a glaring shortcoming. Making matters worse was Bose marketing’s insistence that you’d never need more than the preloaded s...
