Microsoft's Surface Headphones are the anti-AirPods

It's kind of obvious if you think about it.

Apple as driven a lot of the conversation in the "smart" headphones space in the past couple of years thanks the AirPods. The untethered white earbuds are well on their way to becoming ubiquitous, leading everyone in the headphone space to go smaller, and "true" wireless to catch some of the ripples caused by Apple's big splash.

But that leaves a gap — at least in attention — on the other side of the spectrum: large-size, over-the-ear headphones with more immersive sound. 

Certainly, that category hasn't exactly been dormant ever since Beats arrived on the scene almost a decade ago, but there is no go-to smart pair of cans that are anywhere near as iconic as AirPods. Read more...