From an audio perspective, the Beats Solo Pro headphones handle bass well without going overboard. The noise cancellation can't quite compete with Bose's two heavy hitters, the $350 QuietComfort 35 II and the $400 Noise Cancelling Headphones 700, though you can argue that, at $50 to $100 less, it...

Powerful audio performance with boosted bass and sculpted highs; Solid noise cancellation blocks out low-frequency rumble; Voice control option for iOS devices

Expensive; No track navigation buttons; Noise cancellation adds slight hiss; No ANC or EQ adjustments

With the Solo Pro headphones, Beats essentially takes the popular Solo3 Wireless and adds active noise cancellation (ANC). At $299.95, they're priced to compete with top noise-cancelling models like the Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700. Neither Bose nor Beats are known for accurate audio performance, though here Beats delivers a boosted-bass sound signature that manages to keep the overall listening experience balanced and clear. From an ANC standpoint, Beats isn't quite on par with Bose, but you're also paying less. That said, the price still feels a bit high, though as with Bose, popular branding comes with its own premium. Ultimately, the headphones deliver more than just a familiar logo, with effective ANC and powerful audio that will appeal to bass lovers. Design Available in black, dark blue, gray, ivory, light blue, or red, the Solo Pro are on-ear (supra-aural) headphones with ample memory foam cushioning in the earpads and headband. They're bulky, but comfortable over...

The Beats Solo Pro headphones delivers quality noise cancellation with a bass-forward, but relatively balanced, sound signature.

Powerful audio performance with boosted bass and sculpted highs; Solid noise cancellation blocks out low-frequency rumble; Voice control option for iOS devices

Expensive; No track navigation buttons; Noise cancellation adds slight hiss; No ANC or EQ adjustments

Aiming to beat the on-ear market.

Fast Fuel charging; Great ANC; especially for on-ears; Bluetooth 5.0; Class 1; H1 chip; hands-free Siri access

Microphone quality; No 3.5mm input; Cost

The Beats Solo Pros don't really do anything new. There’s no groundbreaking technology on offer here, and no brilliant new design. We’ve seen all these individual features and functions before, and the design, while nicely tweaked from the Solo 3, is still very familiar.

Lots of available colors; Excellent noise cancellation; Very good sound quality; H1 chip for hands-free Siri and easy syncing

Expensive; Doesn't fit very large heads well

The Beats Solo Pro are the first over the ear headphones released by Apple/Beats that has active noise cancellation. This is useful when I am walking down west fourth ave, in Kitsilano and don’t want to hear a dull roar of buses, honking and the constant hum of traffic whizzing by.

Lots of color options; ear cushions made of memory foam; Noise Cancellation; Seamless pairing with iOS 13; Lighting port

Heavy; Lots of torque on head adjuster; Wind gets in my ears; bypassing cusion; Expensive

We’re suddenly in a golden age for active noise cancelling headphones, and the Beats Solo Pro are aiming to oust the Bose from your bag with some Apple razzle-dazzle. The latest iteration of Beats’ wildly successful headphones range, the Solo Pro were redesigned from scratch with Apple’s H1 chipset...

Clean; genre-agnostic music quality; Active noise cancellation is solid; Super-simple pairing with Apple devices; Transparency mode is excellent

Other ANC headphones still have a noise-cancelling edge; No 3.5mm cable in the box; No customization of sound or ANC profiles

The Beats Solo Pro is a very good pair of portable on-ear headphones with great sound and impressive active noise-cancelling (ANC). These on-ears are hard to fault, except for the lack of any wired connection.

Great sound profile; Impressive active noise-cancelling (ANC; Battery life lives up to expectations; H1 means easy pairing with Apple products; Premium design and materials

Design is a tiny bit snug – not great for glasses wearers; No wired connection; Lightning port isn't ideal for non-iPhone users; A little pricey; Non-adjustable equaliser (EQ

Apple has continued to refine the Beats brand with new designs and features. Beats Solo Pro is the latest incarnation of that effort, and does a great job pushing the popular brand forward.

Refined design with exposed metal and matte finish; Active noise cancelation is good; Transparency mode for external audio; Improved audio quality; Audio sharing; Hey Siri support; Strong Bluetooth connection

Still mostly plastic build; Not the best ANC on the market; No audio cable included

The next popular on-ear variant of the Beats headphone range should actually be the Solo 4, but the Apple division has instead put a "Pro" on the table – for good reason. If "Pro" equates with "progress", then this pretty much applies to a product that, in this fourth version, can finally be...

Beats Solo Pro headphones have amazing noise cancellation abilities that unfortunately come at the expense of comfort.

Active noise cancellation is far better than you'd expect for on-ear headphones ; 22 hours of battery life ; Transparency mode when you want to let the sound in

$300 headphones should include an audio cable ; Uncomfortably tight fit