Headphones

headphones 9/30/2025

The 10 Very Best Wireless Earbuds We tested many pairs, and these are our favorites.

By Jordan McMahon

prime day 7/11/2025

The Comfiest Noise-Canceling Headphones Are the Cheapest We’ve Ever Seen They sound as good as other high-end models, block unwanted sounds well, and don’t hurt my head.

By Michael Zhao

sleep gear 6/5/2023

I Haven’t Slept a Night Without My Headphone Headband in Three Months The flat speakers inside mean that nothing is jamming against my ear or poking me in the night.

By Chelsey Pippin Mizzi

headphones 4/8/2022

These Wired Headphones Are Too Fugly to Lose (and Sound Good, Too) They are so strangely retro that to wear them is to humbly whisper a fashion statement — and they won’t get lost in the wash.

By Brenley Goertzen

headphones 3/10/2022

The AirPod Adapter That Blew Up This Jet-Setting Food Stylist’s DMs “I just couldn’t believe how many people had never heard of it. I got literally hundreds of responses.”

As told to Emma Wartzman

headphones 12/14/2021

I’ve Listened to Over 100,000 Minutes on Spotify — Mostly With These Headphones Music is such an integral part of my everyday life that these headphones, which I used for most of those minutes this year, became essential, too.

By Chloe Anello

headphones 11/4/2021

The Best Headphones for Kids, According to Pediatric Ear Experts They’re comfortable, cute, and much less likely to damage their hearing.

By Lori Keong, Stacey Dee Woods, and Jordan Bowman

headphones 8/30/2021

I Ditched My AirPods for These Better-Fitting (and Longer-Lasting) $45 Earbuds After a year of using them, I am happy to report that they’ve outperformed my AirPods in almost every situation.

By Maggie Slepian

headphones 7/26/2021

We Tested 24 Headphones, and These Are Our 12 Favorites There are earbuds and headphones, noise-canceling and on-ear options, and even the best pair to use when riding your bike.

By Jordan Bowman

headphones 7/21/2021

I Have a New Favorite Pair of Earbuds, and for Once They’re Not AirPods The Sony XM4s are the Dikembe Mutombo of noise-canceling earbuds, blocking out sounds so efficiently I had a hard time hearing my own breathing.

By Jordan Bowman