Sennheiser has don so much magic with the HD 560S that you should hardly think it was possible at this price.
Sony has shrunk its top model a lot. The WF-1000XM4 is a pair of really good earbuds. If you adjust them correctly.
Bowers & Wilkins PI7 sweeps the floor with the competition.
It's hard to recommend paying more, when the Huawei FreeBuds 4i are so good.
Bang & Olufsen has made a new pair of ANC headphones for the majority who want something cheaper than the H95.
JVC XP-EXT1 are the first wireless headphones we've heard with lossless transmission and decoding of real Dolby Atmos and DTS: X. And it works!
Philips TAT8505 has good sound, good speech quality and successful noise reduction. What more could you ask for?
With Celestee, Focal has surpassed what we thought was possible from closed headphones in this price range.
JBL Live Pro+ are complete with active noise reduction, and although they sound mediocre right out of the box, they are saved by a fabulous EQ in the app. Thus, they can still get class-leading sound.
Active noise cancelling in wireless headphones usually costs more than this.
It's Marshall Mode II, one must have if one loves that it presses a little in the ears when playing music. Loud, of course.
Samsung's new earbuds have all the same features as Apple's - and are just as locked to the manufacturer's own mobiles.
You can get AIAIAI's headphones just the way you want them - because you combine the parts yourself. We have listened to the top model.
Audeze's gaming headsets benefits from the planar technology, inherited from the company's luxury headphones.
Apple's first headphones Airpods Max are expensive, but amazingly good. On everything. Almost.
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