Shure, Bose and Sony rule the top-tier segment in the audio market, and so does Sennheiser. And when you think of noise-cancellation headphones, Bose, naturally comes to mind. Sennheiser, however, hopes to change the status quo, with the PXC 550 - the company's brand new wireless headphones with...

Sennheiser threw down the gauntlet to Bose with their recently released PXC 550 Wireless Headphones. The Bose QC35 are often cited as the industry leading noise cancelling wireless headphones. We put the PXC 550 through its paces to tell you if Sennheiser have knocked Bose off the perch. [...]

High build quality Excellent bass-focused sound User-friendly control scheme Customisable EQ and noise isolation

Pricey Can't use EQ or customisation outside of CapTune media player

These headphones are so comfortable and sound wonderful I listen to mainly classical music but love all types of music I also have state of the art HI FI but when I listen on these headphone i enjoy the sound so mush that I seem to spend more time listening through them than the HI FI Very fast...

Sennheiser PXC 550 is a wireless headset with adaptive noise cancellation at Rs 29,990

On the right earcup, there are two buttons; One that lets you choose two degrees of noise cancellation and another lets you toggle between effect modes; The first one is a bit hard to figure out unless you have the drone of a jet engine to drain out.

This may be the only headphone I have seen with the cable going into the right ear cup; Thankfully, this is a wireless set

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Tested these against the Bose QC 35 and Sony MDX's. Both good headphones but the Sennheiser's trump the Sony's for sound quailty and surprisingly, they offer better noise cancelling than the market leader in Bose. Battery life is exceptional and the CapTune app is phenomenal. Highly recommended!!!

I have to say that the Bluetooth issue is annoying as heck, especially that I use Google Assistant a lot. I'm still hopeful that this could be fixed by a firmware update. Sennheiser PXC550 is my ‘take it with me' choice to work, Premiere Pro CC editing, and PlayStation gaming.

At $399, you have better options in the price range. In my experience both the Bose QC35 and the Sony MDR-1000X cancel noise better than the Sennheiser, and I personally find in-ear monitors like the NuForce HEM8 to block out noise better than any fancy noise cancelling circuitry anyway.

Wirelessheadphones received a big boost last year when Apple removed the 3.5mm socket from their iPhones, however while Headphones have a big advantage sound wise over earbuds they also have a large size disadvantage so a small Wireless Headphone set has a ready-made market.

Looking around the business class cabins on any aeroplane, it's clear that for many travellers wanting traditional big-brand quality headphones , it has to be either Bose or Sennheiser. On one recent British Airways flight, I counted five Bose to four Sennheiser.