Best wired headphones 2021

Product of the year

Best wired on-ear headphones £200-£400

Grado SR325x review

Grado SR325x

These open-backed headphones are the ones to beat at this level

Best buys

Best wired on-ear headphones under £100

Best wired on-ear headphones under £100: Austrian Audio Hi-X15

Austrian Audio Hi-X15

Talented and affordable wired headphones for the home

Best wired on-ear headphones £100-£200

Wired headphones: Grado SR80x

Grado SR80x

Frontrunners in the budget wired headphones field

Best wired on-ear headphones over £400

Best wired on-ear headphones over £400

Beyerdynamic Amiron

Comfortable over-ears with sound of the highest quality

Best wired in-ear headphones under £50

SoundMagic E11C review

SoundMagic E11C

These remain a great pair of budget headphones

Best wired in-ear headphones £50-£100

Klipsch T5M Wired review

Klipsch T5M Wired

An affordable and talented pair of earbuds

Best wired in-ear headphones over £100

what hifi awards - Best wired in-ear headphones over £100

Shure Aonic 3

Sensational wired in-ear headphones

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  • BrockLee
    Sound quality, durability, and, the sound balance of a headphone are the main factors to be considered. According to my research and experience, these are the best headphones that produce quality sounds. Also, all these 5 headphones are suitable to use in studios. I also mentioned the approximate prices in USD. Please note that all of these details are taken from the article on the best Tv headphones on website.

    1) AKG Pro Audio K702 Studio Headphones

    This headphone is lightweight and durable due to its build quality. The approximate price is $349. It has a very good balance flat sound.


    2) Neumann NDH20 CloseBack Monitoring Studio headphones

    This headphone has very good bass, noise isolation, and, foldable. Also, it has very good user reviews on Amazon. The approximate price is $498.


    3) Sennheiser HD 650 Open Back Professional Studio Headphone

    This headphone is lightweight. The approximate price is $346.61.


    4) Sennheiser HD 800 S Reference Studio Headphone System

    This headphone has an excellent sound quality which is almost close to the sound of studio monitors. The approximate price is $1651.93.


    5) Beyerdynamic DT 1770 Pro Studio Headphone

    The special feature of this headphone is noise-isolation. The approximate price is $428.99
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