Hunting for a pair of headphones that won’t break the bank? These sub-$70 / £65 pairs all punch above their price tag
On the hunt for a pair of headphones that will deliver satisfying sound without clearing out your bank account? Good affordable headphones are tricky to come by, but they do exist — you just need to know where to look.
Here at TechRadar, we test dozens of pairs of headphones every year, and in amongst them we’ve unearthed some wallet-friendly wonders. I asked TechRadar’s audio specialists which headphones they’d recommend to buyers on a budget, and rounded up their suggestions for this article.
If it’s true wireless in-ears you’re after, you’d struggle to do better than the Nothing Ear (a) buds, which Audio Editor Becky Scarrott awarded a perfect five stars, calling them “a resounding home run” for the British startup and praising the noise cancellation, sound quality and battery life in particular. In the over-ear arena, Becky loves the CMF Pro. In her tests, she was impressed with the “superb” sound quality, and pleasantly surprised to discover “the sort of… personal sound profile curation [we’re] more used to seeing in headphones much higher up the food chain”.
Read on for more budget-maximizing buys — and hit the ‘View details’ button for a summary of what we thought of them in our tests, plus links to the full reviews.
Top cheap earbuds and headphones
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On the hunt for a pair of headphones that will deliver satisfying sound without clearing out your bank account? Good affordable headphones are tricky to come by, but they do exist — you just need to know where to look. Here at TechRadar, we test dozens of pairs of headphones…
