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I'm David Caron for cnet.com and I've got a few top holiday headphone picks for you let's start with the popular premium noise cancelling category or in the past Bose has dominated but this year I give the Editors Choice Award to the Sony WH 1000 X mark 3 Sony tweaked the design of the mark 3 and it's now right there with the Bose in terms of comfort it delivers excellent sound and noise canceling is loaded with features and has strong battery life it's only downside is that well it's expensive at $350 Bose QuietComfort 35 - remains a good choice in this category but the Sony is just a little bit better right now my second pick is the Jabra elite active 65 T their set of truly wireless earphones that compete with Apple's air paws not only do they fit some people's ears more securely than the air pods but they also sound better because they have a noise isolating design that doesn't let sound leak in like the air pods open design does I'm also a fan of Plantronics do in your noise-cancelling neck band Sall headphone the backbeat go 410 they're little like boses quiet control 30 headphones but cost a lot less and can plug into in-flight entertainment systems with a headphone cord that connects to its USB charging port they're a good everyday headphone that features good sound and good noise cancelling moving on to my budget pick the trivet X free tune it may not be as comfortable as a Bose or Sony headphone but you'd be hard-pressed to find a better sounding or better built full-size bluetooth headphone for 50 dollars as far as sound goes it really does measure up to headphones that cost a lot more if none of those models sounds enticing I've got plenty of others to choose from in our full gift guide these days there's no shortage of headphones and we'll be covering all the best ones here at CNET thanks for watching