Your Best Headphones

Headphones

Headphones are a pair of small speakers used for listening to sound from a computer, music player or other electronic device. Headphones originally consisted of one speaker for each ear, connected by a band over the head. While this style is still in use, modern headphones are also available in a much smaller format that is inserted into the ear, and commonly called earbuds. Modern-day headphones can be either wireless or wired.

Headphones We Tested

We test many different headphones. Choose the type that best fits your needs.

True Wireless

Over-Ear

Active Noise Cancelling

Sports

Wired

Budget

Beginner Audiophile IEMs

Beginner Audiophile Headphones

Portable DACs & Amps

Watch our Beginner’s Guide

Earbuds

In today’s fast-paced world, everyone is looking for gadgets that make life easier and more enjoyable. Clip-on earbuds are one such innovation. These are earbuds that you can attach directly to your ears without any wires or headbands.

Gaming Headphone

All eight of the gaming headsets in this guide can do this for you. But there are several factors we’d like you to consider when investing in a piece of gear that you’ll wear for so long that it’s really more like a piece of clothing. 

Wireless Headphone

When we hear about ear tips, most assume that these are Q-tips. No, ear tips are materials molded to fit in our ear canals and isolate noises to enhance the quality of music and sound produced by earphones and earbuds.