Testing the Apple AirPods Max headphones, which didn't make the final cut for this guide. Credit: Zlata Ivleva / Mashable Getting up close and personal with Sony WH-1000XM5 noise-cancelling ...

While there are thousands of noise-canceling headphones on Amazon, I mostly stuck to the best-known brands in the space — namely, Bose, Sony, and Apple. All are wireless, since that’s what ...

Active noise cancellation (ANC) was once the preserve of high-end headphones, but not anymore. Nowadays even budget pairs come with the tech. Even Apple – doyen of all ... My first pair of ...

Want audio without distraction? The best noise-cancelling headphones from Bose, Sony and others cut out background sound for superior listening ...

Today Apple introduced ... Pure Adaptive Noise Cancelling (Pure ANC), which works to shut out external noise while also optimizing audio for the precise fit of the wearer and calibrating music to ...

Mashable shopping reporters, editors, and contributors regularly test new noise-cancelling headphones from brands such as Apple, Beats, Bose, Dyson, JBL, Marshall, Sonos, and Sony, to name just ...

In 2020, Apple finally delivered its first over-ear, noise-cancelling, wireless headphones: the AirPods Max, and while we found them to be large, rather heavy and very expensive, we also thought they ...

Cheap noise-canceling headphone deals can ... you'll frequently find deals on the headphones, especially during holiday sales. Apple's all-new AirPods 4 were released in September of 2024 and ...

With the exception of the Apple AirPods Max ... If you want to hear your music and nothing else, these headphones have the strongest noise-canceling I’ve heard. I gravitate towards this headset ...

Beats Studio Pro noise cancelling headphones retail for $350. That already makes them a better option than Apple’s AirPods Max for most people. AirPods Max are great, don’t get me wrong ...