For the last few months now I've been using Apple's (AirPods 4 (ANC), but alongside those, I've been testing another pair of wireless earbuds as well. The Bose Ultra Open earbuds are expensive and weird,

Whether you want to listen to your music or podcasts with in-ear headphones or block out background noise with over-the-ear headphones, you don't have to pay top dollar for top brands.

In addition to offering best-in-class noise cancellation, Bose’s QC Ultra Earbuds boast a crystal-clear transparency mode that allows you to pipe outside noise in. They deliver lively, rich sound, with support for Bose’s proprietary take on spatial audio,

Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds for $219 at Amazon, down from their usual price of $299. That's a discount of 27%. Looking for a new pair of earbuds? Don't automatically assume AirPods are the only answer.