Noel Lee (executive) Today" article, Lee and his company were developing furniture with high-end electronics built-in, wireless products to replace audio cords and a user interface to consolidate the consumer's control of their electronics. Lee and his son worked with Dr. Dre to collaborate on the Beats brand of headphones, which was later acquired by Apple for $3 billion in 2014. According to Business Insider, Beats Electronics denies that Monster had a role in the design of the headphones. Lee said Beats had no engineers on staff and it spent millions in research and development to get the product started, but that their
Bose headphones $100, through 3rd party vendor ColorWare, similar to the custom Bose QuietComfort 15 headphones. Bose QuietComfort 25 won the "What Hi-Fi?" Sound and Vision annual award for "Best Noise Cancelling Headphones" in 2014, replacing their predecessor (the Bose QuietComfort 15). In June 2016, Bose released their QuietComfort 35 headphones, adding Bluetooth functionality to the QuietComfort line alongside the QuietComfort 25. They have a slightly refined version of the design of the QuietComfort 25 headphones; the color has been changed to a matte black with a silver option as well. Stainless Steel is used for the pivots of the ear cups,