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your smartphone is the most advanced music player ever invented every song ever recorded by mankind is at your fingertips it's a miracle of human achievement and you're listening to it on the tin cans that came in the box how dare you you don't have to drop $300 on a pair of headphones just to hear your music and this top 5 were counting down the best headphones under $50 starting off at number 5 the Panasonic Peugeot fit this is your bare minimum upgrade and they'll only set you back ten dollars they come in a bunch of colors and yes they even come in white another in-ear headphone comes in at number four it's the Yi electronics a 151 now these ones will take you right up to that fifty dollar price but seeing its resident audiophile steve guttenberg calls the the best in ear headphones under hundred dollars that's high praise number three moves us into the world of on ear headphones we cost porta pro if the design looks like it straight out of the 80s it's because they are cost has been making these since 1984 they're around $40 they sound great they fold up and they come with a no-questions-asked lifetime warranty these could be the last headphones you ever buy but if you want even better value let's talk about over the ear headphones at number two the audio technica ath m30 they're not much to look at but the fact that we're even talking about quality full-size headphones for under $50 is amazing plus a design like this is like a big Do Not Disturb sign for your head now before we get to the best headphone value under $50 let's put this in some perspective on seeing this list of the best five headphones the number one pick goes to be sure se535 they get a nearly perfect score they're also $500 and now the best headphones you can buy for under $50 as selected by seeing that associate editor Justin you and executive editor David Carr know the Panasonic rph dx7 around $40 you're getting both sound quality and style compared to those audio Technica's you get a little more sonic detail and a lot less bulk so there you have it those are seen as best headphones for under $50 your ears and your music does better than those stock earbuds more like this check out top 5 cnn.com I'm Donald Bell thanks for watching