Lots of the headphones in this guide offer active noise-cancellation… but these are the over-ear options that really know how to make the outside world sod off
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ASTELL &KERN A&NORMA SR35
Why spend 800 quid on something you don’t actually need? To get it done properly. If you’re fortunate enough to be able to justify the spend, this is the best-sounding digital audio player available for anything like this money.
£799 / astellnkern.co.uk
ANKER NANO POWER BANK
Your headphones probably have half-decent battery life. But ‘half-decent’ doesn’t always cut it –so to keep the tunes coming even when you’re far from the mains, a reliable fast-charging powerpack is the way forward. You can’t do better than this dinky 22.5W job.
£26 / anker.com