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Sony's WH-XB910N rely on a powerful bass boost and effective noise cancelling

With the MC-40BT, Mackie celebrate their successful debut in the Bluetooth headphone market. The quick pairing and balanced sound, as well as good speech intelligibility, have a positive impact. But are there also downsides?

As the successor to the tried-and-tested Shure SRH440 headphone model, the Shure SRH440A takes things to a new level of performance for home recording and podcasting.

With the YH-L700A, Yamaha offers wireless closed over-ear headphones with a unique design and integrated noise cancelling, 3D audio and head tracking.

Numark tailors the HF175 closed over-ear headphones to DJ ears, with sound and wearing comfort superior to their price class.

For Bluetooth headphones in this price range, the JVC HA-S91N's active noise cancellation meshes remarkably well with their sound image, which can be adjusted via three sound modes. In addition, they impress with a long playing time, convenient functions and extremely pleasant wearing comfort.

With their QuietComfort 45, Bose are committed to a consistent product: these new over-ears come with active noise cancelling (ANC, noise suppression), long battery life and great sound. Compared to the competition, however, they lack some important features. Will it be enough?

As circumaural DJ headphones, the new Ultrasone Signature Pulse delivers an impressive sound with high transparency. And that's not least because the manufacturer has come up with a third edition of its well-known S-Logic technology.

The Onanoff BuddyPhones Cosmos+ are kids' headphones that offer adjustable volume limiting via Bluetooth. They scored plus points for their long-lasting battery and stable Bluetooth range. They also earned a good score for their support of a high-quality audio codec and their impressive sound quality...

It was exactly seven years ago that the SMB-02 debuted from the then newly founded headphone company "Phonon". The founding trio of the company consisted of Isao Kumano, Yusuke Uchiyama and Alex Prat, all of whom are active musicians, producers, engineers and DJs – the...