ANC Headphones for work calls

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I have a venerable pair of Soundcore (Anker) Q20s. They’re noise cancelling over ear headphones which I picked up for (I want to say) about £40. I’ve used them for the last few years as my Work conference call headphones (Teams / Slack / Google Meet) and they’ve been brilliant.

As they only pair with one device and my work Mac isn’t on my Apple ID, they’ve been dedicated to that. The Noise Cancelling is especially good as I work in the same space as my daughter.

Unfortunately the battery is waning and I need to replace them. I’m loath to spend hundreds of pounds on what is effectively work equipment (work provide me with a Plantronics USB C headset which is OK, but not noise cancelling).

Before I go in on Soundcore again, does anyone have any sub £100 recommendations for noise cancelling over ear Bluetooth headsets please?

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Not quite in your price range at £219, but I treated myself to the new Sony XM4Cs a few weeks back, re-issued XM4s. So far, they are a very nice set of headphones, and sound fantastic. They connect to two points, so I have them running to the MBP and my phone. ANC is a class or two above what I had before that.

My partner has the Soundcore Space One (at about £75 at the moment) and she really loves them, wears them all the time. I found the audio for music listening a bit muddy on them, but you may not mind if largely doing voice calls. I would have gone for Anker myself as they are just that much cheaper, but I had a little extra to spend so for once I splurged out on the Sonys.

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