Price: $499

Website: www.beoplay.com

Rad said: At $499, plus $99 for a decent case, the H9i headphones aren’t the best value in this category -- but if styling and NC are important to you, they offer some of the best of both.

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Read the SoundStage! Solo review.

The gist: Quirky design offers good NC but not much else.