Everything you need to know before buying your next pair of headphones.

Active noise-canceling headphones are some of the most popular on the market, and for good reason: using special built-in microphones, they can electronically generate opposing sound waves — called antiphases — that cancel out ambient sounds. The result is that you just hear the music, not your apartment’s TV, your colleagues’ lunch conversation or the dull buzz of an airplane.
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