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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. JBL has a few new true-wireless noise-canceling earbuds for 2021, including the Reflect Mini NC and Club Pro Plus. However, the flagship Tour Pro Plus are clearly the best of the bunch and among the best sounding true-wireless earbuds, with …

Is there a difference between noise-canceling headphones and noise-isolating headphones? Yes, and despite their similar-sounding names they work in fundamentally different ways. One isn’t necessarily better than the other, it’s more that each is intended for different uses. Most noise-canceling headphones have noise isolating properties, but can work without the latter. Noise-isolating headphones only “cancel” noise in that you hear …

This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Amazon has been sporadically discounting its second-gen Echo Buds and they’ve now hit $70, or $50 off their list price of $120. That’s their all-time lowest price, beating this year’s Amazon Prime Day price by $10. And that makes them a very good deal for a solid …

There are plenty of things Apple could change about the AirPods Pro to improve them. Apple could extend the battery life as it did with the newer third-generation AirPods. Apple could make the pairing process more seamless on Mac devices. But I really hope that Apple doesn’t snip the stems. Apple may give its next-generation AirPods Pro a makeover that eliminates …

This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. All month long, early Black Friday deals from many different retailers have been hitting shelves, and the latest is from Mint Mobile. The prepaid carrier is now offering new customers three free months of service when they buy any three-month plan — so you can …

This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Bose’s QuietComfort Earbuds have some of the best noise-canceling out there. They also sound good. And once again they’re being significantly discounted. Several retailers, including Amazon, Best Buy and Bose, have the QuietComfort Buds on sale for $199, matching their recent low. They’re available in …

This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Released back in September for $329, Bose’s brand-new QuietComfort 45 noise-canceling headphones are now on sale for a limited time for $279, their lowest price to date. That’s a $50 savings. They’re on sale at multiple retailers, including Amazon, Best Buy and Bose. The QuietComfort …

Apple’s new AirPods 3 have richer audio, a sleeker design with easier touch controls, better battery life, water-resistance and wireless charging. So there’s no reason to buy the older second-geon AirPods, right? Wrong.  Yes, the AirPods 3 are a notable improvement over their predecessors. But the 2019 AirPods still offer the core experience that’s made Apple’s wireless earbuds such a hit. They …

Take one look at the new design of the third-gen AirPods ($179, £169, AU$279) and the first thing you’ll probably think is: “Those look like the AirPods Pro without ear tips.” You wouldn’t be wrong. While they’re more fraternal than identical twins, the AirPods 3 are shaped like the AirPods Pro, with the same shorter stems. Those stems also have the …

Over the years Tribit has made some of the better budget portable Bluetooth headphones and speakers, starting with its XFree Tune and XSound Go, respectively. The latter speaker is still around and delivers surprisingly good sound for less than $30. Now Tribit is doing a budget version of Bose’s excellent SoundLink Micro speaker. The StormBox Micro came out last year and is …