These over-ear Creative headphones are sleek, functional, and sound great for the price – if you use its SXFI spatial audio tech, that is.

The Shokz Openfit 2+ are a stable, comfortable wear for runs and commutes.

The bass is a different story, but for emotive mids you'll struggle to better them

The stamina saves the day

Want to enter into the audiophile world? I reviewed Meze's cheapest ever IEMs and they're an awesome option.

Fun, comfortable, smart, portable and phenomenal-sounding… the Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones are so close to perfect.

These wireless neckband earbuds are certainly cheap – but do they live up to their wired siblings?

Shokz OpenSwim Pro promises versatile, good-value audio, and it delivers with aplomb.

If you want great noise-cancelling, a supremely comfortable fit and zero fuss, and don't mind the few missing flagship features, these Bose over-ear headphones are for you.

Grado originally released its Reference Series Hemp headphones as a limited edition – but obviously the lure of the Hemp was too great for people to resist…

There’s ‘AirPods clones’, and then there’s the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro… but what they lack in originality, they make up for in top features and stellar ANC.

The Earfun Wave Pro are fantastic headphones for their low price, with some fantastic extra features that exceed the price.

The Sennheiser HDB 630 are a great-sounding pair of wireless headphones that bring on-the-go aptX audiophile sound to everyone – yes, even iPhone owners.

The Apple AirPods Max come close to audio perfection, but will let down audiophiles and Android users.

The Sony Inzone H9 wireless gaming headset, is big, beefy, and beautiful, with noise-cancelling plus a chunky 32-hour battery life.

The SoundMagic P58BT ANC are cheap and barebones noise cancelling headphones that offer respectable audio chops, but an almost-staggering lack of features in this day and age.

The Austrian Audio Hi-X20 continue the brand’s extraordinary strike-rate in the affordable wired over-ear headphone market

Beats' successor to the Solo 3 on-ear wireless headphones offer extended battery life and extra features – but are the improvements enough when other headphones are so good?

The Beyerdynamic Aventho 300 have great sound quality, battery life, and just about every feature you could want.

Sonos's first headphones are class-leading in some ways, but not the one that matters most

As the second pair of wireless over-ear headphones from Final Audio to arrive, the UX2000 pack all the essentials you'd need.

Affordable Sennheiser open-backed headphones with rich sound and a comfortable fit.

Few products are perfect, but the Sony WH-1000XM4 wireless headphones might just be among the chosen few.

Evolution, not revolution: the second generation flagship Bose noise-cancellers are the same as the first, except where they're not (because they're better)

Some of the best headphones on the market for audiophiles / The Noble FoKus Apollo sound fantastic but the design and price will alienate some fans

Fairly stylish and incredibly comfortable, the budget-friendly Happy Plugs Play Pro headphones sound good but the noise cancellation isn’t great.

Top-tier cans that go some way to justifying the price

Sony fills a mid-range gap in its headphone lineup with the ULT Wear, which offers good sound and plenty of features but isn't quite best-in-class.

Sound quality, comfort and pricing issues mean Dyson is way off track from the competition.

Astell & Kern's hi-res player now has matching high quality headphones that won't break the bank – joy!