Best Buys Headphones

In-ear under £50

£30 The CX300s deliver a highly detailed, airy sound

In-ear £50-£100

Shure SE110
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£80 Shure's in-ear headphones are incredibly comfortable and a welcome return to form in the sound stakes

In-ear £100+

Klipsch Image
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£180 At just over 10 grams you may think your £180 won't buy you much here, but these 'phones are talented enough to give the best sound out

Hi-fi under £50

Grado iGrado
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£40 These chunky Grados offer more detail, range, sense of scale and sheer musicality than anything in this price-class

Hi-fi £50-£100

Grado SR60
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£90 No stranger to our Awards pages, these open-backed Grados may look old-fashioned, but they sound fabulous

Hi-fi £100+

Grado SR325i
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£310 The SR325is were built to celebrate Grado's 50th anniversary, and if you can afford them, they certainly won't disappoint

Noise-cancelling

£300 These aren't the cheapest noise-cancelling headphones on the market, but they are the best

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