If you want a pair of no-frills, great-sounding headphones that you can take with you anywhere and wear all day, look no further. These headphones will do that for you. They're not the most exciting to look at, but they are solid performers.

Great sound; Lightweight and comfortable design; Portable and compact; Noise-cancelling is effective

Would like more adjustable EQ; Not the most premium design; Touch-sensitive panel can be over-sensitive

The Sennheiser PXC 550-II cost just shy of $200, making them a high-value pair of active noise cancelling (ANC) headphones. Listeners in need of a lightweight, effective ANC solution should get these.

Sound quality; Excellent low-frequency noise cancelling; Bluetooth multipoint support; Portable; comfortable design; Bluetooth 5.0; SBC; aptX; aptX Low Latency; AAC; Microphone quality

Easy to accidentally power the headset on/off; microUSB charging; No fast charging

When it comes to headphones, one tends to associate Bose with the "business traveler" demographic. But Sennheiser's making a pitch to that segment of the market with its new PXC 550 Wireless, a "premium" over-ear Bluetooth headphone that also features active noise-cancellation. It's a direct competitor to Bose's QuietComfort 35 and costs $399, £329 or AU$630.

While it doesn't quite eclipse the less-expensive Bose, the Sennheiser PXC 550 Wireless headphone is comfortable and feature packed, and performs very well.

The Sennheiser PXC 550 Wireless is very comfortable, relatively lightweight over-ear wireless headphone that sounds very good and features impressive noise-cancellation technology; It has touch controls and delivers excellent performance as a headset; Good battery life.

It's pricier than the Bose; while the sound quality is excellent for Bluetooth, it's lacking that little bit of extra sparkle and definition (Sennheiser's own Momentum II Wireless sounds better).

If you want a pair of no-frills, great-sounding headphones that you can take with you anywhere and wear all day, look no further. These headphones will do that for you. They're not the most exciting to look at, but they are solid performers.

Great sound; Lightweight and comfortable design; Portable and compact; Noise-cancelling is effective;

Would like more adjustable EQ; Not the most premium design; Touch-sensitive panel can be over-sensitive;

The list of excellent wireless headphones that also provide stellar noise cancellation is a short one, but things are turning around. Earlier this summer, Bose introduced its first wireless QuietComfort option, the QuietComfort 35 ($299.00 at Amazon) . Now Sennheiser brings us the PXC 550, a $399.95 noise-canceling Bluetooth headphone pair with lots of bells and whistles. Some additional features backfire, like a power switch controlled by swiveling earcups that can make the headphones inadvertently easy to turn on and off. But audio performance is balanced and vibrant, the headphones are ridiculously comfortable, and the noise cancellation circuitry here is good enough that Bose should be nervous. DesignVisually, the PXC 550's ($299.95 at Amazon) design is spare, with luxurious leather and a black-and-silver look reminiscent of the early days of the QuietComfort lineup. The circumaural (over-the-ear) cups have a rounded, almost ear-shaped contour. The earpads and headband are not...

The Sennheiser PXC 550 headphones deliver excellent Bluetooth audio and noise cancellation in a feature-packed—if occasionally problematic—design.

Powerful, adjustable audio performance with rich bass depth and bright highs; Excellent noise cancellation circuitry; Includes a detachable audio cable for passive listening; Exceptionally comfortable

Control pad is easy to misfire in certain modes; Possible to accidentally power the headphones up or down because of swiveling earcup controls; Digital signal processing is not for purists

Keeps triggering music when I do not want it to, as the side controls and the on-off setting with the ear pad placement is too sensisitve.

Excellent

Great head sets cannot put them down

Very comfortable & well formed good noise canceling.

Great product