All quiet on the earbuds front

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Trying to enjoy your music without invasive outside sounds? These prem

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What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision Magazine

07 December, 2022

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Apple airpods pro 3

At £219, Apple’s new flagship wireless Pro 3 earbuds occupy the same premium arena as their rivals from Bose, Bowers & Wilkins, Sony and Technics. You can get the latest Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbud

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Anc over-ears pt2

There’s more to a great pair of over-ear headphones than great sound, so here are four more noise-cancellers with a strong all-round game

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Bose quietcomfort ultra (2nd gen)

In our five-star review of the original Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones, we highlighted a few imperfections in their design: you couldn’t listen to them wired over USB-C; their battery life fell sh

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In-ears

Don’t worry about how earbuds this small manage to pack in so much technology, or deliver sound that’s so big – best just enjoy the results

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Sennheiser hdb 630

No matter how sophisticated the engineering behind wireless headphones, their wire-free performance is inherently bound by the Bluetooth technologies they, and the smartphone (or other audio source) t

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Sony wh-1000xm6

Design, features, sound quality, noise cancelling, call quality. You name it, Sony has revisited it for the WH-1000XM6 to try to keep one step ahead of the competition. Although the XM6 obviously shar

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Apple airpods pro 3

Stuff

Anc over-ears pt2

There’s more to a great pair of over-ear headphones than great sound, so here are four more noise-cancellers with a strong all-round game

What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision

Bose quietcomfort ultra (2nd gen)

Stuff

In-ears

Don’t worry about how earbuds this small manage to pack in so much technology, or deliver sound that’s so big – best just enjoy the results

What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision

Sennheiser hdb 630