Wired Headphones
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These luxury headphones promise "the ultimate audiophile experience" – but can they beat their 5-star Focal rival?
By Harry McKerrell published
Shanling's HW600 promise to set a new benchmark for wired headphones at this price.

Austrian Audio’s new headphones aim to “fine tune” one of our favourite 5-star sets’ sound
By Alastair Stevenson published
Can Austrian Audio make lightning strike twice with its new Hi-X20 wired headphones?

Audeze aims to bring beefier bass to electrostatic headphones
By Tom Wiggins published
Audeze's CRBN2 electrostatic headphones include new driver technology that promises to elevate the bass performance to new levels.

Wired headphones are fashionable and buttons are back – is audio tech turning its back on the future?
By Joe Svetlik published
Weren't buttons and wired headphones supposed to be old news? What happened to the future?

Sony looks to master mixing and music listening with affordable MDR-M1 studio headphones
By Becky Roberts published
They sit between the MDR-7506 (also closed-back) and the open-back MDR-MV1 we recently awarded four stars.

My favourite headphones are the worst-sounding pair I own – but they have something special
By Esat Dedezade published
I've fallen in love with Bang & Olufsen's retrotastic Form 2 headphones, despite their less-than-perfect listening experience...

Fiio's wood-clad over-ear headphones strive for outstanding sonics without the sky-high price tag
By Harry McKerrell published
Fiio is expanding its FT range of over-ear headphones with the affordable, wood-clad FT3 cans.
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