Best Headphones for the New Year
If you are tired of poor sounding headphones during your workout or music listening session, you have come to the right place.
It's time to get a new pair of phones for your ears. Don't worry, you don't have to spend $300 (or more) to get a nice sounding pair of headphones.
Let's take a look.
Portable Headphones (Best for travel and workout)
Klipsch makes a nice pair of in-ear phones, the Image X11i that Amazon is selling for almost $150 off. Klipsch sells these phones for $350 on their website, but if you go to Amazon you can get them for $200.17 and free two day shipping if you have Prime.
Consumer Reports puts out a "Gear of the Year" issue each year and rated the Image X11i as the top portable stereo headphone scoring an 80 out of 100. The magazine gave ratngs in sensitivity and sound quality. It gave these phones a very high senstivity rating and a very good rating (excellent is best) for sound quality.
If you can't justify spending $200, you can get a great pair for just $100 from Onkyo. The IE-FC300 was rated a 76, and has medium-high sensitivity and very good sound quality according to Consumer Reports.
Amazon is selling the Onkyo IE-FC300 for $99. According to their inventory, they only have 14 left in white.
Home/Studio Headpohnes (Best for home listening or studios)
A pair of Grado stereo phones will either cost you $300 or $80 and there is not that much difference. Spring for the $300 Grado Prestige SR325e and receive a 91-rated, excellent quality headphone for home listening. Save the money, and buy the Grado Prestige SR60e and receive a 76-rated, very good quality pair of phones. The choice is yours!
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