Working from Home with the Shure Aonic 50 Noise-Canceling Bluetooth Headphones

I review headphones often enough for B&H and know what paces to put them through; I have my daily commute on the subway, my office environment, the gym, the interference-heavy labor-hood of midtown New York. An almost ideal labyrinth to put headphones through!
I was excited to get a chance to run that labyrinth with Shure's Aonic 50 Wireless Noise Canceling Headphones, their first foray into a noise-canceling model. The current reality in New York City (like so many other cities across the globe), has seen what was normal for us disappear, and the scope of this review has changed almost completely.

Shure AONIC 50 Wireless Noise-Canceling Headphones

Rather than any of that, the Aonic 50s have quickly become the audio centerpiece to my work-from-home reality. So, let's start to unpack, because these headphones back a lot more versatility than other high-end headphones.
Shure has a proven track record for making studio-quality over-ear headphones, but noise cancelling is a new adventure for this company, and the feature list on the Aonic 50s show that Shure is taking this new ground seriously. See our announcement of these new headphones here.

The Fit

The design on the Aonic 50s is classy all the way, with precision attention to detail. The cans are lightweight (coming in at less than a pound), but thanks to their balanced design, feel lighter. The ear pad cushions are genuinely comfortable, and I'd rank the Aonics among the most comfortable headphones I've tried in the last few years—they were a delight to wear during my new normal of hour-long conference calls as I work from home.