While you can get great sound out of a pair of standard earbuds, nothing sounds quite as good as noise-canceling headphones. Often, the most effective models are over-ear headphones that can completely shut out ambient noise.

A truly great pair of noise-canceling headphones will do more than just play your favorite tunes without any interference from your surroundings. They should sound good, sit comfortably on your head even for long periods of time,

We've all been on a noisy train or a busy street with our headphones on and found that concentrating on a favourite song or podcast is really tricky, thanks to outside noise. In addition, finding affordable headphones that block it all out can be a struggle - unless you want to splurge and spend a fortune,

Bose's QuietComfort Ultra headphones normally retail for $429. As of Feb. 7, they've gotten a 19% discount down to $349.

Soundcore by Anker's Q20i Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Foldable Headphones have now dropped in price by 36% for a "limited time" only.

The Sony WHCH720N Wireless Noise-Canceling Headphones are on sale for just $99 at Target, but this sale won’t last long. The Sony WHCH720N Wireless Headphones features Sony’s lightest Wireless Noise-canceling headband ever.