About this time last year, I was preparing to hop on a 6+ hour flight. Not the end of the world (there are longer flights), but it was long enough in the air that I thought it was high time to invest in a new pair of headphones.

Whether you want to listen to your music or podcasts with in-ear headphones or block out background noise with over-the-ear headphones, you don't have to pay top dollar for top brands.

Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds for $219 at Amazon, down from their usual price of $299. That's a discount of 27%. Looking for a new pair of earbuds? Don't automatically assume AirPods are the only answer.