Clear, detailed, spacious sound ; Good comfort ; Solid noise-cancelling ; Very good call quality

Default volume is conservative ; Some stronger efforts in the ANC realm

Turn the volume up a little, and you’ll be treated to spacious, energetic, and punchy sound from the Melomania P100. The noise-cancelling could be a little more consistent, but in terms of its all-round performance, this is a strong mid-range effort...

Strong feature set with outstanding battery life ; Clean, open and reasonably detailed sound ; Pleasing, sturdy build

Sound needs more dynamism and punch ; Don’t have the best sense of rhythmic drive ; Don’t fold away

Cambridge Audio’s cannily priced cans are a reasonable alternative to the premium players, offering decent sonic clarity and detail alongside outstanding battery life – we just wish they sounded more exciting

Great pricing and package ; Superb battery life ; Distinctive looks

Other premium headphones more comfortable ; Noise-cancelling can have small glitches

Cambridge Audio's first set of over-ears marks an accomplished start – the Melomania P100 is priced really competitively. But that's not to the compromise of sound quality – as these over-ears also sound great. There's superb battery life, too. The...

Energetic, informative and convincing sound ; Excellent specification ; Epic battery life

ANC can be bettered ; No proprietary spatial audio ; Case is a touch large

It’s not as if you’re short of choice where wireless, active noise-cancelling over-ear headphones selling for between $250 / £200 / AU$390 and $350 / £300 / AU$590 are concerned. But you can, and honestly should, add this aggressively priced, lavishly...

Fantastic design and look ; Premium build and materials ; Eaay to use ; Simple app that provides a good EQ ; Flat and nearly spot on to original artist sound as you can get at this price point ; Stellar battery life ; The price is amazing for this quality

Maybe the only con, and this is a stretch, would be that the headband could be a bit softer.

The Cambridge Audio Melomania P100 are punching far above their weight class and they’re landing solid punches. If you’re looking for similar headphones from Sennheiser, Bose, Sony, Master & Dynamic, Bang & Olufsen, or Apple. Consider the Cambridge...

Schöner, detailreicher Klang ; Sehr lange Akkulaufzeit ; Betrieb über Bluetooth, Klinke und USB-C ; Ohrpolster, Earpads und Akku selbst wechselbar ; aptX Lossless-Unterstützung ; Effektives ANC, wenn auch nicht auf Top-Niveau

Eigenrauschen bei ANC und Transparenzmodus ; Kabelbetrieb nicht im Passivmodus möglich ; Keine Unterstützung für Spatial Audio mit Head-Tracking