When you’ve decided to use over-ear headphones, protecting yourself from noise can be challenging. Because with passive noise protection, it’s necessary to build a physical barrier against your ear canal and ambient sound. Doing so requires a fairly tight seal between your head and the headphones, which means using clamping force. If you’re only going …
There’s a big difference between different pairs of top-shelf headphones. It’s really a matter of what features you end up paying for. Sometimes, you’re paying for extra noise isolation or greater sound quality. Other times, you’re paying for higher quality materials, or you’re getting special calling features. That can make it tricky to pick from …
Good headphones do more than they used to. A couple of years ago, all anyone expected from their headphones was reasonably good sound quality. But these days, people are looking for noise cancelling features, wireless connectivity, voice assistant support, and a number of similar features. Which has really made picking a bit more difficult than …
It might feel like headphones are becoming harder to choose. That’s partially because there are more options than ever before, so your range of selection is just much larger than it used to be. But it’s also because you’re probably looking through far more features than you were a couple of years ago. Things like …
Maintaining comfort on wireless headphones can be tough. You don’t want to place some giant battery onboard because weight is the antithesis of long-term comfort, but you do want a large battery lifespan. You don’t want to skip on wireless connectivity features because few things can ruin your listening experience faster than some bad audio …