Best high-end headphones with noice cancellation ...

Yup.  Bose is much better at cancelling sound than reproducing it — that’s for sure. 

I’m not a huge Sony fan, but I have to say at around the $300 price level I’d go with the Sony WH-1000XM4 for it’s all-around solid performance. That said, I just bought my wife a pair of Sennheiser PXC 550-ll for $200 for Christmas that seem pretty comparable but not quite as good noise cancelling as the Sony. I’ll report back on sound quality when I get to hear them. Won’t buy Bose. Hope this helps, and best of luck.

One last thought I’m not quite sure about, but the Senns offer a wired connection that allows for lossless quality, and if you can stick a DAC or DAC/Amp in there (like an Audioquest Dragonfly Red) so much the better.  This would push me toward the PXC 550-ll for the potentially higher sound quality if it’s valid.