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Headphones with active noise cancelling

Microphones and electronics that generate a wave opposite to the noise. The ones that advertise «hybrid ANC» belong here too —microphones both inside and outside the earcup, which is how it is done properly— because <strong>Amazon has no field for that</strong>: its own table files them as active cancelling like the rest, and the word «hybrid» only ever appears in the title the brand writes. Each model's page says which of the two it is. And watch out: three wired headphones on this very site declare active cancelling with no electronics inside them at all.

6 models

Bose QuietComfort
🎼 Over-ear

Bose QuietComfort

The best cancelling here by a distance, at nine times the price of the model above it.

Battery life
24 h
Noise cancelling
Active
Codecs
$359.00price as of 2026-09-08
4.5(21,753)
-72 % Sony WH-CH720N
🎼 Over-ear

Sony WH-CH720N

$49.57 for a headphone listed at $179.99 — on a page that says it takes 50 hours to charge and weighs 99 grams.

Battery life
35 h
Noise cancelling
Active
Codecs
$49.57$179.99-72 %price as of 2026-09-08
4.3(16,671)
-25 % Sony WH-1000XM5
🎼 Over-ear

Sony WH-1000XM5

Its frequency response field says 2.4 GHz. That is the Bluetooth band, on a $298 audiophile headphone.

Battery life
30 h
Noise cancelling
Active
Codecs
$298.00$399.99-25 %price as of 2026-09-08
4.2(20,047)
-38 % JBL Vibe Beam 2
🎧 Earbud

JBL Vibe Beam 2

4.1 out of 5 — the lowest score of any earbud in this comparison, and the only one under 4.2.

Battery life
10 h
Noise cancelling
Active
Codecs
$39.95$64.95-38 %price as of 2026-09-08
4.1(6,927)

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