Review: Microsoft Surface Headphones 2's lower price hits the sweet spot

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The Surface Headphones 2 keeps the best features of the original, but at $250, they are much more compelling than the originals.
Microsoft's Surface Headphones 2 don't veer dramatically from the original version launched in the fall of 2018, a familiar theme from a company that likes to iterate. But with a $100 shaved off the price and some minor improvements to the radio stack and even how the headphones rotate, Surface Headphones 2 are still the most ergonomic – and fun – premium Bluetooth headphones around.
But the competition for premium Bluetooth headphones with active-noise-canceling is especially fierce. Razer's new THX Opus ($200), Sony's forthcoming WH-1000XM4 refresh and market-leader Bose make choosing a pair more challenging than ever.
Surface Headphones 2, though, find a sweet spot amongst the ranks thanks to a robust set of features combined with a new lower price. Here's why you should consider them (and a few reasons not to).

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