Sonos Ace
Premium wired and wireless headphones
£449 FROM sonos.com FEATURES Bluetooth 5.4, up to 30hr battery life, Dolby Atmos, spatial audio, active noise cancellation, lossless audio support, wear detection, dynamic head tracking, wireless or wired, USB-C (USB-C to USB-C, USB-C to 3.5mm cables), eight microphones, travel case
The noise cancelling is among the best we’ve heard, with eight mics also enabling great call quality
Best known for its home cinema and portable and smart speaker systems, it was perhaps inevitable that Sonos would eventually produce its own pair of headphones. The Ace headphones are aimed more at the Apple AirPods Max end of the market than at midrange models, costing around £50 less than Apple’s flagship cans, but they’re still fairly pricey.