These earbuds and headphones from Apple, Bowers & Wilkins, Sony, and Soundcore deliver on both noise cancellation and sound ...

There are usually two factors that can either make or break your music listening experience — sound quality and isolation. The former mostly depends on the size of the drivers, frequency response, ...

You slip on your premium noise-canceling headphones, press the power button, and ahhhh — the world around you suddenly goes quiet. The rumble of the train, the chatter of your coworkers, the hum of ...

The next generation of noise reduction is currently being developed in R&D labs around the world. Take a look at what's to ...

Whether you're commuting, working in a bustling café or just trying to tune out the world, the best noise-canceling earbuds can help you focus on what matters — your music, podcasts or a bit of peace ...

We independently evaluate all of our recommendations. If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Block out noise for a more immersive audio experience Jordana Comiter is an ...

The world can be a noisy place. From the sounds of too much traffic to others who are too much in the office, from those who play from their phone speakers on public transport to no-filter public ...

Noise-canceling headphones are meant to reduce unwanted ambient sounds around you. They use built-in microphones to pick up external noises, then produce sound waves to cancel out the out the external ...

Shortly after Apple killed off the legacy 3.5mm headphone jack on the iPhone, the company introduced AirPods as the solution to that very problem. At the time, Bluetooth headphones were clunky and ...

Hundreds of phones are ringing and agents are talking to customers and banging away on keyboards at once; there’s constant background noise from office equipment ...

I've been a contributing editor for PCMag since 2011. Before that, I was PCMag's lead audio analyst from 2006 to 2011. Even though I'm a freelancer now, PCMag has been my home for well over a decade, ...