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by Jasmine France
CNET's Jasmine France lists her five top choices of headphones of various types; the list hasn't changed much since it was last updated in fall 2008. Reviews on CNET have good uniformity of testing, with… comparisons often made with other models. Bose QuietComfort 3 are the top noise-canceling choice. Koss PortaPro headphones are a reasonably priced portable set. Separate lists are maintained for top choices among various types of headphones, including full-size headphones, noise-canceling headphones and more.
by Editors of Which?
by Tim Gideon
This buying guide describes different types of headphones and earphones and offers general advice; links to individual reviews are included. Review quality has improved over the years, and most reviews from… the last few years compare models with others. The Sennheiser HD 650 headphones win the Editors' Choice award for full-size headphones. For noise-canceling headphones, the Bose QuietComfort 2 and Creative Aurvana X-Fi are Editors' Choice recipients.
by David Ramli
Good Gear Guide lists its top five headphones by category, with links to full reviews. The AKG K701 headphones are named best open headphones; the Sony MDR NC500D, the best noise-canceling headphones; the… AKG K272HD, the best closed headphones; and the very expensive Sennheiser HD 800 the best overall. Not included in this roundup is a top-rated model, the Koss KSC75, which gets five stars elsewhere on the site for "jaw dropping sound for the price" and comfort.
by Dan Frakes
by Editors of iLounge.com
iLounge.com reviews iPod and iPhone accessories, including headphones and earphones. Write-ups done by Editor-in-Chief Jeremy Horwitz are detailed, though some older reviews are less so, and site navigation… is tedious at times. It's especially difficult to find the most recent reviews by category. Reviewers take looks and sound quality into consideration. Several models get an "A" rating, including the AKG K701 for sound quality and comfort.
by Editors of What Hi-Fi?
by Editors of Laptop magazine
by Editors of Choice
Similar to ConsumerReports.org in the U.S., this Australian site rigorously tests 15 noise-canceling headphones. Editors give scores for comfort, ease of use, passive and active noise cancelation, and sound… quality. Unfortunately, the editors' two top choices have been discontinued, but both the Bose QuietComfort 2 and QuietComfort 3 are comfortable and perform well with active noise reduction. Testers frown on their prices, though.
by Editors of Consumer magazine
This New Zealand-based consumer site tests 12 noise-canceling headphones under controlled conditions. Editors evaluate noise-cancelation ability, sound quality, comfort and ease of use. Testing is well… documented, and there is a helpful description of how noise-canceling technology works; reviews are brief. The Bose QuietComfort 3 and QuietComfort 2 come in first and second place and are praised for their active noise reduction and audio quality, compared with models from Panasonic, Philips, Sennheiser and Sony. But Consumer doesn't like the Bose headphones' high prices.
by Contributors to Amazon.com
by Contributors to AudioReview.com
by Siddharth Bhatia and Laiq Qureshi
This Indian technology news and reviews site compares two popular noise-canceling headphones, the Sennheiser PXC 350 and the Bose QuietComfort 3. The reviewers prefer the Sennheiser for comfort, and they're… impressed with its passive noise-isolating abilities, although active noise cancelation exerted pressure that felt "weird." They admit that the QuietComfort 3 headphones give good, though not perfect, noise cancelation.
by Editors of HiFi Headphones
by Editors of ConsumerReports.org
by Editors of OnHeadphones.com
This online magazine gives ratings with pros, cons and a bottom line. Editors' Choice designations don't appear on summary pages; you have to pull up the full review to know if a model got picked. Editors… are impressed with the AKG K701's level of detail and the Sennheiser HD 650's bass response. They love the Grado SR60 for its value. The site does not seem to have been updated since December 2007.
by Bill Keyser
Bill Keyser sells headphones and has a clear bias toward the Grado brand. However, he provides multiple comparisons, which can be helpful when choosing between models. The Grado SR60 and SR80 are touted all… over the site as his favorite value headphones, though he prefers the SR80 for its stronger bass response. For budget portables, Koss PortaPro headphones are recommended over the Sennheiser PX 100, mainly because of comfort. It doesn't appear that new reviews have been added since our last update.
by Users of HeadphoneReviews.org
by Editors of HeadRoom
Although HeadRoom only rates headphones it sells, editors give useful overviews based on technical testing (though they tend to push other products they sell like amplifiers and cables). They're impressed… with the detail of the new AKG K702 headphones and the Denon AH-D1001K and AH-D2000, though the Sennheiser HD 650 also gets a five-star rating for sound quality. The Sennheiser PX 100 and Grado SR60i are also recommended because they offer great value for quality listening.
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Sennheiser PX 100 Collapsible Headphones
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Koss KSC75 Portable Stereophone Headphones
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Bose® QuietComfort® 3 Acoustic Noise Cancelling® Headphones
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Akg K702 Reference Class Open-Back Headphone
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