Sony and Bose lead the best early headphones deals ahead of Prime Day
Source: Mashable Tech
Favorite budget brands like Soundcore are also getting in on the early deals fun.
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Bethany Allard
Lead 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.
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on June 8, 2026
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Prime Day deals on headphones start now.
Credit: Mashable Photo Composite / Bose, Sony
Best early Prime Day headphones deals
Best earbuds deal
Amazon’s annual Prime Day sale is back for the 12th year running, but this year, it’s a few weeks early.
The sale, which usually takes place in mid-July, is back from June 23 to June 26. Though it’s still a few weeks away, Prime Day-worthy deals are already rolling out, with a strong showing from premium and budget headphones brands alike.
Some early standouts at Amazon include the Bose QuietComfort Ultra line on sale (both earbuds and headphones), Sony’s flagship earbuds and headphones, and two of our favorite open earbuds options. Soundcore also has a solid early selection, with the budget-friendly Space One headphones and dual-form open/ANC earbuds, the AeroFit 2 Pro, also on sale.
Below, you can find 16 of the best early headphones and earbuds deals. If nothing catches your eye just yet, check back — we’ll be updating this list of deals leading up to, and through, Prime Day 2026.
Best headphones deal
$398
at Amazon
$459.99
Save $61.99
Why we like it
In the face-off between the Sony XM5 vs XM6 headphones, most times I’d recommend the XM5s, especially if you don’t care about folding ear cups. However, while both headphones are on sale at the moment, the XM6s are currently down at their lowest price ever, while the XM5s are sitting a good $35 away from their record low. If you’re looking to buy sooner rather than later, the new headphones are the better bet — and you’ll get the best blend of sound quality and noise cancelling available on the consumer market.
Read our full review on the Sony WH-1000XM6 headphones.
More headphones deals
Sony WH-CH520 — $38 $69.99 (save $31.99)
JLab JBuds Lux ANC — $49.95 $79.95 (save $30)
Soundcore Space One — $79.99 $99.99 (save $20)
Sony WH-CH720N — $98 $179.99 (save $81.99)
Sony ULT Wear — $144.95 $249.99 (save $105.04)
Sony WH-1000XM5 — $278 $399.99 (save $121.99)
Bose QuietComfort Ultra, 2nd gen — $399.99 $449 (save $49.01)
Apple AirPods Max 2 — $499 $549 (save $50)
Best earbuds deal
$249
at Amazon
$299
Save $50
Why we like it
The Sony WF-1000XM6 earbuds are some of the best I’ve tried, but even at their sale price, they’re a hefty investment. While the Bose QuietComfort Ultra earbuds don’t quite match up in sound quality, they still have some of the best noise cancellation available, and are the most comfortable earbuds I’ve ever tried. For roughly $50 less, they’re the deal to beat leading up to Prime Day.
Read our full review of the Bose QuietComfort Ultra (2nd Gen) earbuds.
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More earbuds deals
Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 — $199.95 $249.99 (save $50.04)
Technics EAH-AZ100 — $234.99 $299.99 (save $65)
Sony WF-1000XM6 — $298 $329.99 (save $31.99)
Best open earbuds deal
$198
at Amazon
$229.99
Save $31.99
Why we like it
Bose was the near-undisputed champion of open earbuds with top notch sound — that is, until the Sony LinkBuds Clip came along. In my head-to-head testing of the earbuds, I found that while the Bose buds can get louder (an important feature in open earbuds), the clarity and detail of the sound in the Sony buds surpassed that of the Bose. Even though the $70 price discrepancy is smaller with both buds on sale, the sub-$200 price point on the Sony earbuds is hard to pass up.
*Read our full review of the Sony LinkBuds Clip. *
More open earbuds deals
Soundcore AeroFit 2 Pro — $149.99 $179.99 (save $30)
Bose Ultra Open earbuds — $229.99 $299 (save $69.01)
Lead 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.
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