So, you may have already seen the pictures or the tweets, but after spending considerable time testing the Sony WH-1000XM3 during a trip to Seattle, including a five-and-a-half-hour flight, I can confidently say that these are now my all-time favorite pair of wireless noise-cancelling headphones. Yes, even over the Bose…
If you have been wondering whether the Bose QC35 II still holds up in 2026, the short answer is yes, absolutely. I have owned these headphones four times, twice personally and twice through work, and I still use them at work to this day. As someone who is deep into…
There’s a reason the HiFiMAN HE400se keeps showing up in nearly every “best budget audiophile headphone” conversation online. It’s a full-size, open-back planar magnetic headphone that typically sells for somewhere between $100 and $150, and it manages to compete with headphones that cost two or three times as much. For…
Choosing between HiFiMan’s budget-to-midrange planar magnetic headphones can be confusing, since the HE-400S, HE-400i, HE-4XX, and Sundara all share a family resemblance in both design and sound. Having lived with all four models, the HE-400S and HE-4XX on hand for direct testing, the HE-400i sourced from a friend, and the…
Regular speakers just weren’t made for life on the water. Between the sun beating down, salt in the air, and the constant vibration from the engine, it doesn’t take long for standard audio gear to start falling apart. Marine speakers are built differently from the ground up, made to handle…
The best car speaker brands in USA for premium quality in 2026 are Pioneer, JBL, Rockford Fosgate, JL Audio, Alpine, Kicker, Kenwood, Focal, Infinity, and Hertz. Each brand brings a different strength to the table, whether that’s clean bass, detailed highs, rugged build quality, or overall value for the price.…
If you’ve been circling the entry-level planar magnetic headphone market, you’ve probably landed on the same name over and over: the Hifiman HE400i. It’s one of the few headphones that regularly gets recommended by people who’ve owned gear costing ten times as much, and that reputation isn’t an accident. In…
Sometimes it feels like Sony are a victim of their own success. It’s been four years since they released the WH-CH510, the older version of this headphone, and that’s largely because the CH510 could still compete with, and even beat, a lot of headphones in the sub £50 price category.…
What is up, guys! Today we have a battle that has been highly requested, and that is the showdown between the two heavyweights of the noise cancellation world, the Bose QC35 II vs Sony WH-1000XM3. Bose has been at the top of the noise cancellation headphones game for years now,…
