Sony WH-1000XM5 Wireless Headphones – Over-Ear Noise Cancelling Bluetooth Headphones

The WH-1000XM5 is Sony's flagship over-ear wireless headphone and the model most reviewers use as the reference point for noise cancellation. It is built around long, uninterrupted listening: soft over-ear cups rather than in-ear tips, touch controls on the earcup, and Bluetooth pairing to a phone or laptop with a wired option retained for aircraft entertainment systems.

It is aimed at frequent flyers, rail commuters and people who work from home in a noisy household — the situations where an in-ear bud stops being comfortable after an hour. If you need something that lives in a pocket, look at the Soundcore P40i or Beats Solo Buds instead; if you want over-ear ANC at a much lower outlay, the Soundcore Q30 covers the same idea more cheaply.