Save 30%: As of July 27, you can grab the Sonos Ace headphones in black for $279 at Amazon, knocking $120 off their $399 list price.

Many flagship headphones prices would suggest otherwise, but it is actually possible to get ultra-comfortable headphones with top notch sound quality and not pay over $400.

Part of the play? Knowing when to shop. As of July 27, the Sonos Ace headphones are just $279 at Amazon, which puts them $120 below their $399 list price. While not their most rare price drop, it's still an excellent value for headphones that look great and have the performance to match.

In the long line of headphones Mashable's team has tested, the Sonos Ace stand out as one of the most comfortable pairs, alongside options like the Bose QuietComfort Ultras. In her review of the Aces, Mashable's Miller Kern wrote that they compared to Sony in terms of sound quality, stand out for their Sonos soundbar compatibility, and an excellent battery life (at 30 hours per charge, it is on par with the aforementioned Bose's and the Sony XM6 headphones).

Other notable features include on-ear tactile controls, replaceable ear cups for future proofing, and solid ANC. At the time of writing, the deal is only available on the black colorway of the headphones.

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.