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The best Black Friday headphone deals bring record-low pricing to Bose, Apple, Sony, and more

Plus, the best deals on speakers.
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AirPods are getting some of their best markdowns of the year. Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable

UPDATE: Nov. 23, 2023, 11:35 p.m. EST We've updated this post with the best Black Friday headphone deals.

Black Friday headphone deals
Best overall headphone deal
Bose QuietComfort 45
$199 at Amazon (Save $130)
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Best budget earbud deal
Echo Buds (2023)
$34.99 at Amazon (Save $15)
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Best earbuds deal
Apple AirPods Pro (2nd gen)
$169 at Walmart (Save $80)
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These days, you may be able to buy anything under the sun during Black Friday, but the sale remains one of the best times of year to pick up a brand-new pair of headphones or earbuds at a steep discount.

Whether you're looking for premium active noise cancellation workhorses or earbuds to wear while working out, you have a lot of options. Searching for the best deals can be a full job in itself — which is why we've made it our job. We're scouring the best deals from the biggest retailers like Amazon and Best Buy, and the biggest brands, like Sony, Bose, and Beats, making sure that if there's a headphone deal worth hearing about, we've got it on our list.

SEE ALSO: Target's Black Friday sale has started and is running the entire month of November

Below, we've gathered up the best early Black Friday headphone, earbud, and speaker deals ahead of the official day on Nov. 24. Check out some of our top picks:

Note: All newly added deals are marked with a ✨, while deals with a 🔥 have dropped to an all-time low price. Deals with a strikeout were either sold out or expired at the time of writing.

Best overall headphone deal

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Our pick: Bose QuietComfort 45

Why we like it

When it comes to headphone deals, you'll have plenty of options this Black Friday, especially when it comes to Bose headphones. The new QuietComfort Ultra headphones got their first markdown, the Bose 700 headphones are at a record-low price for anyone looking for 10 customizable levels of ANC, and the latest standard headphones in the QuietComfort line are also on sale for the first time. But there's only one pair of Bose over-ear headphones you can grab for just under $200, and that's the QuietComfort 45s. Down to a new record low of $199, you'll get top-of-the-line ANC, 20 hours of battery life, and comfort that allows for all-day wear for less than half the price of a pair of AirPods Max.

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Best earbuds deal

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Credit: Apple
Our pick: Apple AirPods Pro (2nd gen)

Why we like it

Read our full review of the second-generation AirPods Pro.

A day ahead of Black Friday, the AirPods Pro fell to the absolute lowest price we've ever seen them. Between these earbuds and the newer USB-C Pros, the main difference is the charging port. Other than that, you'll get the same impressive active noise cancellation, 30 total hours of battery life, and an ultra-comfortable pair of earbuds. Plus, they're $20 cheaper than the USB-C buds are on sale.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Black Friday and Cyber Monday is one of the best times of year to buy headphones on sale. This year, we've seen headphones from Apple, Bose, Sony, JBL, and more hit record low prices. Older and newer models alike are likely to be on sale during the shopping holiday.

It all depends on the headphones. For premium headphones with top of the line noise cancellation, all-day wear, and robust sound, $200 can be a steal. Take the $199 sale price on the Bose QuietComfort 45s — it's not nothing, but it's relatively affordable, especially as you're getting a pair of headphones that'll last you years. However, if you come across a $200 pair of earbuds without a baseline of features like long battery life, comfort, and ANC, you might be overpaying.

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Bethany Allard
Shopping Reporter

Bethany Allard is a Los Angeles-based shopping reporter at Mashable covering beauty tech, dating, sex and relationships, and headphones. That basically means she puts her hair through a lot, scrolls through a lot of dating apps, and rotates through a lot of different headphones. In addition to testing out and rounding up the best products, she also covers deals for Mashable, paying an especially obsessive amount of attention to Apple deals and prices. That knowledge comes in handy when she's covering shopping holidays like Prime Day and Black Friday, which she's now done for three years at Mashable.

She graduated from New York University with a B.A. in Journalism and English Literature. You can follow her on X @betallard and reach her by email at [email protected]. In her free time, you'll find her playing her Switch, hanging with her cat Mila, or cooking something new in her kitchen.

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