Price: $299.95

Website: www.jbl.com

Brent said: They sound better, in my opinion, than every NC headphone I’ve named other than the PSB M4U 2s, and they offer several advantages over the PSBs: They’re slightly more portable, I found them more comfortable over the long term, and they have Bluetooth, a feature I very much enjoy using. These very good noise-canceling headphones are easy to recommend.

Read the SoundStage! Xperience review.

The gist: Check these out before you buy the Bose or PSB noise-canceling models.