Beats' Studio 3 Wireless are easy to pair with Apple devices, but other headphones offer superior sound quality

Seamless Bluetooth pairing; Long-lasting battery life; Excellent build quality;

Noise cancellation isn't as effective as the QuietComfort 35's; Sound quality could be better, for the price;

Beats' Studio 3 Wireless are easy to pair with Apple devices, but other headphones offer superior sound quality

Seamless Bluetooth pairing; Long-lasting battery life; Excellent build quality;

Noise cancellation isn't as effective as the QuietComfort 35's; Sound quality could be better, for the price;

Beats' Studio 3 Wireless are easy to pair with Apple devices, but other headphones offer superior sound quality

Seamless Bluetooth pairing; Long-lasting battery life; Excellent build quality;

Noise cancellation isn't as effective as the QuietComfort 35's; Sound quality could be better, for the price;

Hurry! This Prime Day deal on the Beats Studio3 ends at midnight tonight

Beats' Studio 3 Wireless are easy to pair with Apple devices, but other headphones offer superior sound quality

Seamless Bluetooth pairing; Long-lasting battery life; Excellent build quality;

Noise cancellation isn't as effective as the QuietComfort 35's; Sound quality could be better, for the price;

Argos has cut the price of the Beats Studio 3 wireless headphones

When the $350 Beats Studio 3 Wireless debuted in 2017, we didn’t get a chance to review them. If we had, we might have come to the same conclusion as other reviewers: That these are a really decent set of active noise canceling (ANC) headphones. But in the personal audio world — especially the wireless headphone world — three years is an eternity. In that time, Sony, Bose, and pretty much every other major brand has launched new top-tier wireless ANC headphones — in Sony’s case, two new top-tier models — while Beats has been content to let it all ride on the Beats Studio 3 Wireless. Given what the competition has been up to, can Beats still justify the Studio 3’s high price? Or have these Beats been beaten? Let’s take a look. The Beats Studio 3 Wireless are a big set of headphones and they arrive in a big box. Fortunately, it’s 100% cardboard and you won’t find any hard-to-recycle materials like foam or plastic inside. In addition to the Studio 3 headphones, you get a zippered hard-she...

Excellent design and controls; Very comfortable; Great non-ANC battery life; Easy pairing with Apple products;

Expensive; Underwhelming bass; Poor wireless call quality;

“A stellar design suffers from mediocre ANC and a lack of low-end oomph.”

Excellent design and controls; Very comfortable; Great non-ANC battery life; Easy pairing with Apple products

Expensive; Underwhelming bass; Poor wireless call quality

The Beats Studio 3 are passable for a lot of uses. They have the same stylish and polished design of the previous Beats Studio Wireless...

Anyone who's serious about high-end headphones knows that spending around $349 is par for the course. That's what the Bose QuietComfort II, Sony XM1000, and Beats Studio3 all go for, and finding them on sale is rare. Right now, though, the Beats Studio3 wireless headphones are $70 off at Amazon, making them just $279.95. That's also their lowest price on Amazon ever. The blue, red, black and red, forest green, Rockets Red, sand dune, and shadow gray models are all currently in stock, and will arrive before Christmas with Prime. If you have an iPhone, they're kind of a no-brainer. The Beats Studio3 are equipped with Apple's W1 chip, which automatically connects between any devices signed into your iCloud account. That means you no longer have to mess around with Bluetooth and wait for your devices to pair. It just , and it's awesome. The Studio3 deliver excellent bass levels, highs, mids, and lows (without blowing out your eardrums). The details are so fine-tuned, listening...