Gadgetory

wireless headphones are awesome of all the gadgets I use on a daily basis they are the ones that make me most feel like I'm living in the near future that may sound like hyperbole but putting on headphones and having music pump directly into my ears without any wires getting in the way is just fantastic it's the freedom and convenience of wireless headphones that draws me and countless others to them there are lots of wireless headphones out there but for this guide we focus on the on ear and over ear styles the best wireless headphones do four things they connect your phone reliably they're comfortable to wear for a long period of time they're compact enough that you can shove them in most any bag and most importantly they sound nearly as good as wired headphones they also should last a long time between charges nobody wants to have to charge their headphones as often as they charge your smartphone out of all the headphones that we tested one model stood out from the rest the Sennheiser mm 550 X the mm 550 X satisfy all the things we're looking for in wireless headphones gave a strong Bluetooth connection they're comfortable to wear for a long time they fold up into a really compact shape and slip into your bag and they have a great balance sound that doesn't favor too much bass or too much trouble the MM 550 X have active noise cancellation built-in media controls the option to use them wired if you're on a plane and a battery that's rated for 20 hours of use I was able to go multiple days of wearing them on a long commute without having to recharge them in between the MM 550 X also offer the option to swap the battery for spare when it dies which no other brand of headphones we looked at provided but as you may have noticed the MM 550 X aren't really the best looking headphones and they kind of look goofy on your head they can also be difficult to pair to your device the first time you use them but fortunately you only have to do that once the MM 550 X are also expensive sitting at the top of the field in the headphones we tested but a sound comfort and performance are what you're looking for in a wireless headphone the MM 550 X can't really be but if they're too expensive for your tastes and you're not a fan of their retro done wrong aesthetic you should check out our runner-up pic the Bose Soundlink the sound links are an on-air design but they are the most comfortable headphones I've ever worn pillowy soft ear cushions and a compact lightweight design fold it up they're even more compact than the MM 550 X and they're significantly less expensive than the Sennheiser's the boses also have a great sound though they're a little heavier in the base than the sentence they also have a 15 hour battery and a voice guided hearing system my only real complaint with the sound links is the lack of active noise cancellation and a weaker Bluetooth radio that had more interference and dropouts than the Sennheiser's the rest of the field has some really good headphone options but none are as great as the top picks the new beats solo2 wireless sound great and they last a long time between charges but they're not nearly as comfortable to wear for long stretches as the Bose Soundlink sanitizers mm 450 X are the smaller cheaper on your versions of my top pick they sound great and offer many of the same features as the 550 X but they're not as comfortable to wear as the Bose Soundlink and also the same problem of being as ugly as sin Heiser's larger headphones samsung's level overs have great sound quality but they're huge and not very portable their touch space controls can also be kind of finicky to use similarly the parrot Zik to have clumsy touch-based controls on their ear cups z2s offers some innovative ideas but in order to control those features you need to use the app which is annoying and they just don't sound as good as other things Jabra is Revo Wireless are adorable good-looking set of on-ear headphones they sound good but they're a bit too bassy and they're not nearly as comfortable to wear as the bose sound waves but if you can't find the bose is in stock the Jabra Rivas are a good alternative pick if you're looking for a solid on your headphone sony has a whole range of wireless headphones but none of them really stood out compared to the rest of the field of the sony's the mdr-1r dt sound the best but they're larger and clumsier than the Sennheiser's at the same price wireless headphones are all about freedom freedom from tangles freedom from accidents freedom from wires they're great and eventually everyone will be using wireless headphones instead of Wired ones but if you want the best wireless headphones today the Sennheiser mm 550 X are the ones you should buy you