Need advice on new noise cancelling headphones

[MasterYoda327]

I am looking at the possibility of buying a new set of noise cancelling headphones. Now, I am not the kind of person who uses headphones for phone calls or voice commands for Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, or Apple Siri. I also prefer a wired connection over wireless for better sound quality. Like other computer and electronic products that I purchase, I try to avoid overkill. For most of the last 15 years, I have used Bose headphones like the Quiet Comfort 2 and Quiet Comfort 25. I like listening to various genres of music while traveling such as Rock, Electronic, Pop, Film Score, Classical, and New Age. I would like noise cancelling headphones that work well with all genres of music, provide good sound quality with the noise cancelling mode on and off, and does a good job of cancelling out outside noise (e.g. aircraft engines, screaming babies, etc.). I have looked at the Bose Quiet Comfort 35 II, Bose NC 700, and Sony WH-1000XM4 as possible candidates. I am also open to other suggestions. What would be your recommendations.

Thanks in advance.

 

[belictony]

The XM4s are the really good in Noise cancellation. I’ve been using XM3 for over an year now. They are perfect for any situation to reduce the ambient noise to a great extent. Sony has improved the noise cancellation further in XM4.
Also the sound quality is good but sometimes if you have a cheap Bluetooth adapter in your PC or laptop, the music will lag which is annoying.