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31 December 2024

10:00 AM

31 December 2024

10:00 AM

Best headphones (and earbuds)

Bose QuietComfort Ultra & Austrian Audio Hi-X65

Noise-canceling headphones have gotten pretty great over the past few years, with Sony and Bose neck-and-neck with their various releases. But, to my ear, this year Bose stepped ahead with their QuietComfort Ultra range. They can’t compete with the sound quality of wired headphones — or the ultra-fidelity of the $1,549 Bang & Olufsen H100 — but they have the best sound quality you can get in sub-$1,000 Bluetooth headphones, and the best noise-canceling I’ve ever experienced.

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