India, March 23 -- Last year, Noise made some serious waves when they teamed up with Bose and launched their Master Buds earphones. It was a big move for a homegrown brand to partner with a global audio giant and come up with a really good pair of earbuds. This year, we have naturally arrived at the second generation of Master Buds.

The Noise Master Buds 2 have just hit the shelves, and while they carry the same premium Bose-tuned audio, they also bring a lot of new and upgraded features, along with some design changes. Since I spent a lot of time with the first-gen model, I was very curious to see if this sequel really fixes the feature gaps from last year, or if it's just adding stuff to the spec sheet.

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