Take a look at the racks of headphones in your local electronics store and you may think that Sony has the market sewn up. And it’s partly true - the Walkman-inventor has had a great deal of success with its clumsily named WH-1000XM range, which was recently joined by the XM5s. While the 1000X series are generally excellent, there are other choices.
Take Bose, for example. The company can hold some claim to having invented noise-cancelling headphones, thanks to its work on headsets for pilots, and these days their headphones are among the best around. All the usual suspects will sell you a pair, from B&W to Sennheiser to Apple.
