“If you’re still using the free earbuds that came with your phone or other gadget, you may want to consider an upgrade to a better model,” says Consumer Reports. “Headphones come in all sizes and types, from tiny earbuds you can stash in a shirt pocket to big, padded, over-the-ear ’phones that make you look (and maybe feel!) like a DJ. If you’ll be listening to music or videos on a crowded plane or in other noisy places, consider headphones that can reduce ambient noise.”
Here is the Consumer Reports’ selection of recommended headphones. The maximum overall score is 100, and “Best Buy” models offer more value.
- Home/studio style
- Wireless home/studio style
- Portable
- Wireless portable
- Noise-cancelling home/studio style
- Noise-cancelling wireless home/studio style
- Noise-cancelling portable
- Noise-cancelling wireless portable
Home/studio style
Wireless home/studio style
Portable
Wireless portable
Noise-cancelling home/studio style
Noise-cancelling wireless home/studio style
Noise-cancelling portable
Noise-cancelling wireless portable
Consumer Reports is an American magazine published monthly since 1936. It features reviews and comparisons of consumer products and services based on reporting and results from its in-house testing laboratory and survey research centre. The magazine accepts no advertising, pays for all the products it tests, and, as a not-for-profit organisation, has no shareholders. It also publishes cleaning and general buying guides. (Wikipedia.)
Source: Consumer Reports
Last checked on: 23 March 2016
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