Before coinciding with the news that the iPhone 12 line will no longer ship with headphones, Apple’s new $ 50 Beats Flex is the company’s cheapest wireless earbuds – but they aren’t completely wireless, and they aren’t so cheap. Skullcandy’s new Jib True Wireless earbuds truly make Beats easily the best with a wireless wireless … Read more
Jabra’s Elite lineup of Bluetooth earbuds has been my favorite for years. But as competition has become more intense and earbuds are packing in more features for less, Jabra was missing one big thing: active noise cancellation. The $ 230 Elite 85t with ANC is here, and after using these earbuds for a few weeks, … Read more
Bose QuietComfort earbuds slip into my ears relatively easily. They connect to my phone, and the moment they do, that silent Bose brand washes over me. I can’t hear the compressor of the fridge or the static gun-only silence of my server. Then, because Bose Quitkfort is too big, one pops out of my ear … Read more
The carbon fiber, high-tech material that now makes everything from car hoods to iPhone cases, is lighter and stronger. When Bowers & Wilkins designed a carbon version of their PX7 headphones, the goal was to create a pair of headphones that were rugged and streamlined with solid audio quality. They pulled it off. B&W is … Read more
I have been using a pair of Bose Quietcomfort 35 II headphones for years. They were with me on long flights to Europe and Japan, they quelled the noise on the stacks of trade show floors, and helped me stop my neighbor’s weed to work at home. But there are a slew of new premium … Read more