In the 90s Bose speakers used to be the thing for upper middle class men. They used to proudly show off their systems when you visited their houses. Is this still the case?
My techie friends are buying Sonos.
Also, Sony has made some serious inroads to the noise canceling headphones lineup with the 1000XM series.
Adding to their injury, my brother in law is in the corporate av business, and they have a saying: Go Bose - no highs - no lows. (Basically, no one gets fired for buying Bose, but they are no longer the best)
I'd recommend Marshall, nice base and excellent value.
If noise canceling is what you're after then the Apple and Samsungs seems to have eaten the cake.
No one who knows a thing about audio would proudly show off a Bose product.