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Headphones: How-To, FAQ, and Shopping Guides

Headphones: How to Choose the Best for You

David Brown
12/5/2012

Learn how to find the headphones for every purpose.

 

The Best Headphones for the Job

Ralph Graves
9/21/2011

Which headphones are the best? There's no one answer. Here are our recommendations for "the best" based on general usage and situations.

 

Headphones Glossary

Crutchfield Writing Team
11/5/2010

Learn about the different types of headphones and popular features.

 

Portable Audio: Safe Listening Out of the Box

Ralph Graves
8/4/2010

Keeping your portable player or smartphone at safe volume levels not only protects your hearing, but can also improve your listening experience in the process.

 

Sennheiser HD 650 headphones

Ralph Graves
3/2/2011

I spent some time with the Sennheiser HD 650 high-performance stereo headphones recently. I think I was most impressed with the impression they didn't leave. Sometimes headphones color the...

 

Video: Sennheiser HD 800 headphones

Video Guest
8/19/2011

Eric Palonen from Sennheiser was at Crutchfield for a training session, and showed us the Sennheiser HD 800 headphones, stereo headphones designed for audiophiles.

 

Video: Crutchfield Listening Station: Sennheiser HD 598 headphones

Video Guest
4/13/2011

Crutchfield Advisor JR shows us the listening station, a place where our advisors can learn more about the headphones we carry. JR talks about a pair of his favorites, the Sennheiser HD 598 around-the-ear headphones.

 

Video: Crutchfield Listening Station: AKG K 272 HD headphones

Video Guest
4/13/2011

Crutchfield Advisor Ringo talks about the AKG K 272 HD around-the-ear headphones and why the AKG name is so well-known to professional musicians.

 

Video: Bose® QuietComfort ®15 Noise Cancelling® Headphones

Ken Nail
11/3/2009

Learn about what makes Bose's QuietComfort 15 Noise Cancelling Headphones different from the crowd, from their advanced technology to their travel-friendly design.

 

Video: Bose® QuietComfort® 3 headphones

Video Guest
8/16/2010

Bose® QuietComfort® 3 Acoustic Noise Cancelling® headphones use patented Acoustic Noise Cancelling® technology to minimize unwanted sounds.

 

Video: Beats™ by Dr. Dre™ Studio headphones

Video Guest
12/19/2011

The Beats by Dr. Dre Studio are headphones designed to replicate studio sound and reduce external noise so you can focus on your music.

 

Video: Upgrading Computer Sound with Headphones

Tara W.
4/13/2011

Find out how to get better sound from the music on your computer using headphones in this short video.

 

Headphones Shootout #2 - Noise-reduction headphones: AKG, Bose, Beats, Sennheiser

Ralph Graves
4/19/2011

Our second headphone shootout using the Crutchfield Listening bar focused on noise-cancelling headphones. The noisy call center (where the listening bar is located) was an especially apt...

 

Headphone Shootout #2 - The Details

Ralph Graves
4/19/2011

Our second headphone shootout using the Crutchfield Listening bar focused on noise-cancelling headphones. It featured a three person panel: Dave Bar, audiophile and headphone expert; Marshall...

 

Headphone Shootout #1 - AKG, Bowers & Wilkins, Monster Beats, Sennheiser

Ralph Graves
4/5/2011

Our first headphone shootout using the Crutchfield Listening bar can be summed up as 5-4-3. Five tracks, four sets of headphones, three reviewers. Each reviewer listened to every...

 

Comfortable acoustics: relaxing with the Sennheiser HD 598 headphones

Ralph Graves
4/11/2011

Some people might think that it's fun to review headphones. OK, it is. Generally. But sometimes I need a break. I've been wearing headphones pretty much eight hours a day five days a week...

 

Beats Pro Headphones from Monster -- Listen to the Doctor

Ralph Graves
3/28/2011

Why are there so many makes and models of headphones? Because people make different demands on them — and because people listen to music differently. When hip-hop producer Dr. Dre teamed...

 

Review: Sennheiser HD 800 headphones

Ralph Graves
10/29/2010

When I received a pair of Sennheiser HD 800 headphones to try out, I knew right from the outset this would be a different kind of listening experience....

 

Two ways to amp up headphone listening

Tara W.
10/19/2010

Whether you're in an office cubicle where blasting your own music isn't appreciated or you're at a home with little kiddies asleep in the...

 

Video: NuForce Icon 2, Icon HDP & uDac-2

Dave Bar
1/29/2011

More of us are listening to our music on computers these days. The NuForce Icon amps and uDac digital-to-analog converters improve the quality of the music you hear through your headphones and computer speakers.