I can't find the perfect ANC headphones

Headphones - Wireless/Portable

So, it is simple, i tried quite all the ANC wireless Headphones, Sennheiser, Sony, Bose, B&W, Focal, Technics, etc etc

So all of them have their strenghts, but no one off them is perfect for what i am searching for, because of 2 problems :

  1. Sound leakage, i am travelling in train à lot, so it is in a pretty quiet cabine everytime, and they all have more or less sound leakage, at least enough for the person next to me to hear my music... the best for that i believe was the sony Xm5, but this good isolation came at the cost of an horribly sweating earcup...

  2. ANC, so, for this market, or you have average sound for very good ANC, or very good sound for average ANC ahah. This is like a snake biting its tail... Sony or Bose have insane ANC's but for average sound (muddy, less define, over bass, bad soundstage etc). In the other hand B&W and Focal have insane sound, like just, wow, but for average ANC, i can hear the cars, the bus, people talking, etc etc

I'm a french (sorry for the poor english) student who love quality sound (i feel the difference between between all these headphones and i am more happy with the best ones), but who also need good ANC, for my travels, daily commutes, isolation when i am working etc etc...

So yeah, for the moment i can't find the perfect headphone for me, i didn't tried the ultra of Bose yet but i am not expectating an insane upgrade, that's sad...

PS : i don't like earbuds for the comfort during long-time-wearing and the poor sound quality.

If someone has any tips or secret brand that no one know about, i am here 😂

Posted Nov 1, 2023, 4:09 PM UTC

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