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Some of the best noise-cancelling buds in the business are back for a second go, a little earlier than expected. Has this low-key update made a real difference?

With the top-of-the range QuietComfort Ultra Headphones, Bose has shown not only that it can play with the class leaders, but raise the bar in certain areas. The Ultra Headphones look like a premium p

The AirPods Max arrived in 2020 as the most expensive pair of wireless headphones we had had the pleasure of wearing on our heads. The original model cost £549 – a good third more than the flagship pa

Audiophile earbuds with a classic design

Many speaker companies have tried, but hardly any have succeeded in producing truly class-leading headphones. That’s something of a surprise considering just how similar the basic principles of these

Maybe it’s just us, but the Px7 S3 are such a lovely pair of headphones that we’re almost reluctant to extract them from their case and actually wear them. B&W has always known how to make a pair of c