If It Girl-approved headphones are what you're after, then shop the AirPods Max while they're an impressive $120 off for Prime Day. Complete with top-tier sound quality, a breathable mesh headband, and ridiculously good Active Noise Cancellation, they came out on top during our testing for a reason. I'm adding them to my cart as we speak.

There is no shortage of steep competition at this price point from Sony, Bose, and B&W, but the AirPods Pro 2 remain a friendly, feature-packed, and great-sounding pair of wireless earbuds, especially if you are ensconced in Apple's ecosystem.

Our electronics writer brought the AirPods Max and Sony XM6 everywhere, from his last vacation to his daily commute, to find out which pair of noise-canceling headphones reigns supreme.

When my wife and I travel, we usually download some shows to watch on our flight. But we always have to split a set of AirPods when we watch these shows so we each have one earbud