The AirPods Pro 2, with their $100 price premium, do a slightly better job of music-less noise canceling, but the Melomania get so close you’d be hard pressed to complain.

You can turn up plenty of earbuds under $100 that are surprisingly decent. The hard part is finding those that qualify as under-the-radar keepers.

I test some of the best wireless earbuds and I’ve never come across a pair specifically designed for ASMR and audiobooks — ...