Sony’s noise-canceling WH-1000XM5 are on sale for $150 off (update: sold out)

is a reviews editor who manages how-tos and various projects. She’s worked as an editor and writer (and occasional sci-fi author) for more years than she cares to admit to. She can be found on Threads as @barbarask. Update, March 25th: Amazon is no longer offering the XM5 for $249.99; however, you can still pick them up at Amazon, Best Buy, and Sony for around $318 ($82 off). I’m not the type of person who assumes that the best tech for me is something that was just announced this week. Take, for example, the Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones, which were introduced a little under three years ago. These over-the-ear, noise-canceling headphones, currently our pick for the best wireless headphones for most people, are now on sale at Amazon in select colors starting at $249.99 ($150 less than their usual $399.99). You can also grab them from Best Buy and directly from Sony for $319.99, a discount of about $80. While the WH-1000XM5 didn’t offer anything revolutionary when they came out, accordi ... Read full article.