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Your top 10 in January
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What are the pros and cons of in-ear and over-ear headphones?
Which headphones are better? The small in-ears or the big over-ears?
Is noise canceling a must when buying new headphones?
Anyone who travels a lot or wants to work concentrated in an open-plan office should take a closer look at noise-canceling headphones.
Where is the headphone trend heading?
“Cable off” is the motto of almost all headphone manufacturers: From the powerful over-ear to the light true wireless model – Bluetooth is the transmission standard when it comes to wireless listening to music. But where is the trend in headphones actually going?
SBC, aptX and AAC: Bluetooth standards explained quickly and easily
What does AAC or A2DP actually mean? We all use Bluetooth every day as a matter of course, without knowing exactly what all these terms actually mean. Our guide wants to help you not to buy a pig in a poke when buying Bluetooth headphones.
Which headphone system is right for me: open, half-open or closed?
Headphones are built differently to meet different needs.
Why don’t bluetooth headphones sound as good as wired headphones?
In order to receive music via radio, it must first be reduced (compressed) before it is sent.
Why don’t bluetooth headphones sound as good as wired headphones?
In order to receive music via radio, it must first be reduced (compressed) before it is sent.
Which headphones disturb my immediate surroundings the least?
Clearly: closed and in-ears!
How does MP3 quality affect my sound?
A big! MP3s are artificially reduced files, meaning they are compressed.
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With regularity, and precisely at the beginning of the month, we present you here the most widely read headphone tests of the previous month.
You can find your most popular reviews of January here.Our best1st placeBluetooth
Dali IO-4
4.3
4.3/5
1st placeDJ
1. Platz
Gaming
4.1
4.1/5
1. Platz
Gaming
Razer BlackShark V2
4.3
4.3/5
1st placeHFI
Sennheiser HD 800 S
4.6
4.6/5
1. PlatzIn-Ear
Nura NuraLoop
4
4/5
1. PlatzKinder
JVC HA-KD9BT-A Tinyphones Wireless
4.1
4.1/5
1st placeMusiker
Kawai SH-9
4.9
4.9/5
Noise-Cancelling
Apple AirPods Max
4.6
4.6/5
1st placeSport
Electro-Harmonix EHX Sport Buds
4.9
4.9/5
1st placeStander
ROOMs Audioline FS Pro
4.8
4.8/5
1st placeStudio
Avantone Pro Planar
4.6
4.6/5
1. PlatzTrue Wireless In-Ears
Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2
4.4
4.4/5
1. PlatzTv
Creative SXFI Air
3.4
3.4/5
1. Platzamplifier
SPL Phonitor One
4.8
4.8/5
1st placeequipment
Anker USB-C to Lightning audio adapter
4.6
4.6/5
You can find your most popular reviews of January here.
Comparison test: True Wireless In-Ears
Which True Wireless In-Ears Are The Best?
In our comparison test, we clearly compare seven of the current models we have tested.
Here is a comparison.
The best noise-canceling headphones
Which ANC listeners are the best?
You can find all the models we have tested in our large leaderboard!
Click here for the best-of list.
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599
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517
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