Sony WH-1000XM4

£259 / stuff.tv/whxm4

With their balance of wearability, active noise-cancelling prowess and audio performance, there hasn’t been a better package than the Sony XM3S… until now. The XM4S look and sound almost identical, but a range of new features – including Speak-to-chat, which stops the music when you start talking – aims to lure you away from your current ’phones. If those are the XM3S (still available at a super-low price, by the way), it’s tough to justify the upgrade; but who’s going to knock Sony off its perch now? Stuff says ★★★★★

Not surprisingly given their heritage, these are the best all-round noise-cancelling headphones you can buy