The best stylish headphones you can buy
Headphones used to be boring black things that looked okay and sounded amazing. Now, headphones look as great as they sound — if you get the right pair.
We test a lot of excellent sounding headphones at Insider Picks and many of them are very stylish, too. We've rounded up our absolute favorites below:
The best over-ear headphones you can buy
Audiophiles will be the first to tell you that it's easy to spend thousands on a great pair of headphones, but you're probably not looking for a pair of multi-thousand-dollar headphones. We've rounded up the best over-ear headphones in a variety of price points from $100 to $1,000 and everything in between.
Here are the best over-ear headphones you can buy:
The best wireless Bluetooth headphones you can buy
We've been testing as many wireless Bluetooth headphones as we can get our hands on over the past few months, and we've put together this list of the best wireless headphones we've tested.
The Sennheiser HD 1 Wireless over-ear headphones are our top pick, for various reasons laid out in the slides below, you should also consider the Bose QuietComfort 35, the AKG N60 NC Wireless, the Jaybird X3, the JBL E55BT headphones, the Master & Dynamic MW50 headphones, the iFrogz Impulse Duo earbuds, the Sony MDR-1000x headphones, the Plantronics 500 headphones, and the Bower & Wilkins P7 Wireless headphones.
The best earbuds you can buy
Earbuds need to be well constructed to deliver the same kind of audio quality you'd expect out of a bigger pair of headphones. Master & Dynamic pulled it off with the ME05 earbuds. They are still the best earbuds I've used, delivering excellent sound quality in a nice, neat package.
You should also consider the iFrogz Impulse Duo earbuds, the Pioneer Rayz Lightning Earbuds, the Etymotic ER4SR Studio Reference In-Ear Monitors, and the Apple Airpods.
The best on-ear headphones you can buy
On-ear headphones give you great sound in a portable package that's comfortable to wear. Master & Dynamic's MW50 are the best on-ear headphones we've tested yet. They're an investment, but you'll appreciate these headphones more each day, as you rediscover favorite songs and fully appreciate new ones.
Koss' Porta Pro headphones are a great budget option, Plantronics' Backbeats 500 are incredibly convenient, Bowers & Wilkins' P5 headphones are beautiful, and Grado's SR80 headphones are a little different than what you're used to.
The best headphones under $100
If you don't mind wires, Status Audio's CB1 headphones offer the best audio quality I've heard in headphones costing less than $100. The headphones themselves are comfortable when listening for extended periods of time, and unlike most studio monitor-style headphones, the cable is manageable.
You should also consider the Sony MDR7506 Professional headphones, the iFrogz Impulse Duo earbuds, the Plantronics BackBeat 500 headphones, and the Grado SR80e headphones.