If you travel often or have a long commute, a pair of noise-cancelling headphones can help you create some separation between yourself and the folks around you. Beats’ Studio Pro are an excellent set of over-ear headphones, and you can get them for $159.99 ($86.63 off) at Amazon during its Big Spring Sale. That price only applies to the Amazon-exclusive Sand Gray color—the headphones cost $179.95 in any other colorway.
Active noise cancellation is the primary reason to pick up a pair of Beats Studio Pro headphones, but there’s a lot more to recommend them. The headphones can be connected to your devices in three ways: wirelessly over Bluetooth, with a 3.5mm audio cable, or with a USB-C cord. Plugging them into a device with a wire lets you listen to your music without compression. Beats says the headphones have multiple sound profiles you can switch between until you find one that suits your tastes. Beats includes a USB-C to USB-C and 3.5mm audio cable with its headphones, so you can use them any way you’d like right out of the box.
A big advantage the Beats Studio Pro has over earbuds is battery life. Beats says the headphones last up to 40 hours per charge, so you should only have to plug them in a couple of times per week. How long the headphones last will depend on your listening volume and how often you use active noise cancellation. Regardless, it’ll be a big improvement if you’re used to wearing earbuds that only last five hours before they need to be topped up. Beats says charging the headphones for 10 minutes will offer four hours of music playback.
The Beats Studio Pro supports both Apple’s Find My and Android’s Find My Device, which let you locate your lost gadget via an app on your iPhone or Android phone, respectively. The headphones will appear on a map, and you can mark them as lost to track their location in real time if they’re moving. These are features you don’t want to ever have to use, but it’s very nice that they’re there.
If it’s time to upgrade your headphones, and you’d like to spend less than $200, the Beats Studio Pro is an excellent choice while they’re on sale. Their long battery life, multiple connectivity options, Find My support, and audio features are very impressive at their price.