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We're not going to pretend that we've tried every pair of headphones out there, but we can at least tell you our favorites of the year.
Below, you'll find three pairs with noise cancelling and two without. They're all wireless, and they're mostly the over-ear kind of headphones, with two of them being on-ear models.
This year, the majority of headphones we tried were in the $250 to $400 price range, which is pretty reasonable if you're looking for a longterm pair of quality headphones. There are cheaper headphones out there, some of them getting high praise from dedicated audio outlets, so you're not out of luck if the following headphones don't fit within your budget.
Check out the five best headphones we've tried this year: