Mono Jabra Evolve2 65. Very good audio quality over Jabra's proprietary Bluetooth adapter and has pretty good microphone quality and if you flip the boom up then it's muted. If you're usually on video calls and rarely on phone calls, then you could get one of the options for true wireless and just put one bud in. But I think the best option is probably just use your favorite Bluetooth earbuds and then have a nice desktop microphone be the microphone. The desktop microphone is going to have much better audio quality anyway and your favorite earbuds are going to work well for the audio. More on reddit.com

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The Surface headphones 2 have really clear mic output and are designed to play well with windows (assuming that's your work OS). The dials built in to the cups are really handy for adjusting volume+ANC on the fly and the ambient sound feature lets you instantly go from blocking ambient sound to amplifying it so you don't have to take them off for quick conversations. I can't recommend them enough for an office setting, but probably not for travel due to their 18hr battery life.

As for the sound, I’ve found them to be similar to other ANC cans at the same price point, which is at the lower end of your budget at $200-$250. The exception there is the Sennheiser Momentum 3, which has much better sound than the rest in the category but is comparatively lacking in features.

For $500 you can probably find something better (I'm thinking maybe from the b&o lineup), but I can't speak to the mics on those.

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