Weekend of December 20, 2024

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Dave and Chris discuss Verizon’s price hikes, Ai’s role in personalized shopping experiences, Google’s plans for recipes, kid’s holiday gifts, and more.

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Casey asked: “What would be a good Bluetooth headphone to buy for a friend, family member or myself? I’m assuming they all come with noise cancelation these days but I’m looking for the best deal for the money. Not too expensive, not too cheap. Something that sounds really good for the money.”

Casey, definitely not all modern headphones do noise cancellation but very many of them do.

If you want a good middle of the road set, you cant really go wrong with Sonys WH-1000 series. Theyve been around for years and they keep getting updated. They do noise cancellation and were pitching Ai-based noise cancellation since before Ai started to mean nothing at all.

Basically all that means is that they do adaptive noise cancelling, but still thats a nice feature to have. You can find Sonys WH-1000 for anywhere between $200 and $300 if you dont need the absolute latest version.

Sennheisers Momentum series is around the same price, it also features noise cancellation and offer good sound for the price according to reviewers. Sennheiser has far, far more expensive offerings, ranging at time into the 10s of thousands of dollars in price, but for the price the Momentum series offers good sound quality and noise cancellation.

The JBL Tour One model is also in the same price range, also offers noise cancellation and decent sound quality, the have a beefy look but the design looks a little less refined if thats a concern to you. Otherwise they may be worth checking out as well.

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