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What would you recommend for plane flights or travel especially, I haven't tried many noise cancelling headphones but the few I tried for a short test run had this sort of "pressure" when the noise cancelling was on which I found a bit uncomfortable.
I usually use open backs at home since I find the listening experience most comfortable, but obviously that doesn't work with noise cancelling so I've got no clue what's best.
Well all of them have a sort of pressure but some more than others. The negative sort of pressure your feeling is inverse sound supposedly the opposite from what your actively hearing. I think personally I have smallish ears the Bose quiet comfort ultras are the best ANC you can buy period I do notice airpod pro gen 2 has a lot of pressure followed by the Sony wf1000xm5. If you listen to airplane TVs alot the Jabra elite 10 gen 2 has a nice plug and stream to the headphones feature but the noise cancelling isn't the best ofc YMMV. The top comfort is gonna be memory foam rather than silicone inserts you don't get the sweaty ear feeling and the seal has less expansion feeling inside the ear for hours worth of use in one go, I used bose to protect my hearing at a concert worth every penny, they auto ANC if noise reaches dangerous decibals Sony has the feature but their app has like 9 trackers and you have to use the app to set it up, Bose no app no fuss all features. Cost an extra 20 order them online for memory foam tips of various sizes. I would never go back to silicone period. The Bose have two adjustable zones for outer ear shape and inner ear size. Battery last about 6 hours with ANC not as long as other brands but they charge in like 10 minutes to half or close to it. I tried every pair of the top brands and models which was like 1500 to 2k.
Id try the Bose then Jabra if I was you skip Sony and skip airpods. I am sensitive to the pressure feeling from extreme chronic nausea. I'm not harping for any brand but I stand on the fact that Bose has superior comfort and ANC. AVOID plastic housings like airpods. After an hour or 2 your ears will be so sore for days. Avoid Bone conduction. Sounds cool but in reality its not worth the salt. I'd recommend some over ears but if your traveling like I do then those larger headsets can be too cumbersome and the headbands hurt over time or side pressure over the ears especially with glasses.
Edit: I can't speak for galaxy buds, and JBL sucks. I tried JBLs best buds and they was ANC but you couldn't tell just hurt from the plastic housing and ANC would been better with cotton balls in your ears.