Best Noise-Canceling Headphones (2025): Over-Ears, Wireless Earbuds, Workout Pairs

Honorable Mentions

Now that nan mostly of caller headphones and earbuds connection astatine slightest a modicum of sound canceling, it'd beryllium intolerable (and unproductive) to database everything we for illustration above. If you haven't yet recovered your fit, present are much favorites worthy considering.

Beyerdynamic Amiron 300 for $280: These simple-looking earbuds (8/10, WIRED Recommends) are a awesome measurement to acquisition quiet luxury. They person 10 hours of artillery life pinch sound canceling engaged, and they person immoderate of nan best-sounding drivers for vocals I’ve heard successful immoderate earbuds.

Beyerdynamic Aventho 300 for $400: These over-ears from Beyerdynamic (7/10, WIRED Recommends) person nan brand's classical workplace sound, pinch a tight crisp precocious scope and punchy lows. The downside is that they don't cancel sound rather arsenic good arsenic models from Sony, Bose, and others above. Still, they sound awesome and are worthy considering, particularly if you tin snag them connected sale.

Soundcore Life Q30 for $60-85: Anker's Soundcore statement is thing if not value-conscious, and nan Life Q30 supply an embarrassing database of extras for their bargain-basement pricing. You'll get clear and lukewarm sound, awesome features, tons of artillery life, and noise-canceling that gets nan occupation done moreover connected a agelong flight, though it can't support up pinch flagship pairs. It's difficult to kick erstwhile they costs hundreds less, particularly pinch waste pricing that sometimes drops to astir $50.

Sony WH-1000XM4 for $350: Sony's WH-1000X lineup has produced immoderate of nan champion noise-canceling headphones for astir a decade, and nan aging WH-1000XM4 (9/10, WIRED Recommends) are nary exception. They periodically spell connected waste for nether $300, but it's getting harder to find them beneath afloat price, which is reliable for a five-year-old model.

Bowers & Wilkins Pi8 Earbuds for $400: Bowers & Wilkins' Pi8 (8/10, WIRED Recommends) connection a sleek, comfortable design, coagulated (albeit not Bose-beating) sound canceling, and awesome sound. Call value is besides excellent, which makes these possibly nan cleanable business-class earbuds, though their hefty value won't entreaty to everyone.

Bowers and Wilkins PX7 S2e for $400: The Px7 S2e characteristic upgraded audio value for awesome sound successful stylish and blase design. They're besides among nan astir comfortable headphones we've tested, but their sound canceling doesn't emergence to nan level of nan apical players for nan money.

Soundcore Space A40 for $60: Another apical worth bargain from Anker's Soundcore brand, nan Space A40 (8/10, WIRED Recommends) are immoderate of our favourite inexpensive earbuds, particularly arsenic their value continues to fall. You'll find a prestigious design, tons of features, value sound, and awesome sound canceling for their class.

Apple Beats Fit Pro for $199: The Beats Fit Pro are an aging but still knockout brace of wireless buds, pinch awesome sound, easy-access beingness buttons, and coagulated sound canceling to boot. Add to that six hours of artillery life, spatial audio compatibility pinch Apple Music and different services, and you've sewage 1 of nan champion pairs of earbuds ever “designed successful California.”

Epos/Sennheiser Adapt 660 for $210: Want fantabulous sound, a comfortable fit, and high-quality noise-canceling tech for little than what you'd salary for Sony aliases Bose headphones? Check retired this collaboration betwixt Epos and Sennheiser. The Epos/Sennheiser Adapt 660 (8/10, WIRED Recommends) sound awesome and are immoderate of nan lightest noise-canceling headphones I've ever worn. They besides characteristic fantabulous microphones for awesome soundlessness connected calls and Zooms.

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