Headphones Comparison Chart

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Headphones vary in many ways. I have ranked 10 different headphones by price and identified other factors such as weight and sound quality. Each critieria has a different importance to to the wearer depending on their preferences, so it is important you identify what aspects you value in a pair of headphones. Do you want the highest sound quality? Lightest frame? Longest battery life? Let's take a look at some of the cheapest and most expensive headphones from the list.

Airpods Max

The most expensive headphones yet somehow also the heaviest and has the lowest battery life, also the only headphones without a wired option.
Name Brand Price Battery Life Sound Quality (frequency range) Weight Wired/Wireless Active Noise Cancellation Y/N Supports Spatial Audio Y/N
AirPods Max Apple $549 20 hours 48Hz - 20000Hz 384.8 g wireless Y Y

Anker SoundCore Life Q20 Plus

The cheapest pair on the list, out-does the Airpods in every category execpt for the fact that they do not support spatial audio.
Name Brand Price Battery Life Sound Quality (frequency range) Weight Wired/Wireless Active Noise Cancellation Y/N Supports Spatial Audio Y/N
Anker SoundCore Life Q20 Plus SoundCore $86 60 hours 16Hz - 40000Hz 280 g wired & wireless Y N

Not all headphones are the same and price doesn't determine the quailty of the headphones, many off this list are out-performed in various aspects by their cheaper option. However, the sound quality does tend to be better the more expensive the headphones get.