Nowadays,we can see the headphone every where, like in ear wireless earbuds, neckband sports Bluetooth earphones, wired gaming headset and etc. But how to choose a good headphones? In addition to the sound quality judgment, what other earphone related knowledge should we know?

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Choose according to your personal preferences and suitability.

In addition to materials, color factors, some people like headphones, some like in-ear earphones, earbuds and etc. The preference for the appearance of headphones has sometimes become a more important choice than sound quality.

Headphones

In-ear earphones

Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds

Sound quality

Sound quality is almost a factor that must be considered when purchasing headphones. The earphone with excellent sound quality not only has a high degree of sound reproduction, but also can bring us an amazing music. It is not tired for listening a long time, and there is no feeling of exhaustion.

★Triple frequency is the most important

The frequency of the sound that the we can generally hear is 20HZ (low frequency) ~ 20000HZ (high frequency). Although people can't hear more than this range, they can be perceived by the body. Therefore, some people believe that the wider the audio range (frequency response range) provided by the headphones, the better the sound quality of the headphones.

In fact it is not the case. Compared with the frequency response range, when the headphones reproduce sound, whether the performance of the tri-band (high-frequency, medium-frequency, low-frequency) is balanced is the most important criterion for judging the sound quality of the headphones. For example, the classic earphones-the ER4, have a frequency range of 20HZ-16000Hz, which is smaller than the range of many headphones on the market today, but this does not affect the excellent balance of the tri-band and the resulting Excellent sound quality experience.

In the tri-band, the low frequency can be understood as the feeling of the sub-woofer. The sound quality of earphone is high-quality low-frequency, deep dive, texture and does not feel the squeaky. The Sennheiser MX500 earbuds with a price about 100USD are due to their texture and bass, and are still regarded as classics by many enthusiasts after the production is stopped;

If the high frequency (high-pitched part) of the earphone is well extended, delicate, translucent and not harsh, than the high-frequency sound quality is very good;

On the basis of the first two points, the high-frequency, medium-frequency and low-frequency of headphones are clearly distinguished, and the over-and-integration is very natural. The sound quality of this earphone is absolutely high.

★The headphone cable

Nowadays, the common in-ear headphones often have a “stethoscope effect” during use: due to the shaking of the earphone cord, the earplugs are shaken, which may cause uncomfortable friction sound. In general, the longer the line of the in-ear headphones, the more likely this frictional sound will be produced.

Therefore, many people feel that the longer the earphone cable, the better, buy 2 meters, or even 3 meters long, it is very likely to lead to the flexibility and comfort of the headset is not satisfactory.

★High degree of reduction and clear sound field

A good sound quality of headphone, the degree of sound reduction is very high: the closer to the natural sound, the better the sound quality of the headphones. For the high-reduction sound, we will not easily feel fatigue when using headphones for a long time, which is the HIFI-quality sound that we often mention.

At the same time, whether the sound field is clear or not is also an important criterion for judging the sound quality of headphones. When listening to songs with headphones, if the vocals and music (accompaniment) can be clearly distinguished, and the position of the music can be clearly distinguished, it means that the sound field of the headphones is clear and the sound quality is good.

Therefore, headphones with excellent sound quality cannot be judged by price, appearance (line length), product parameters (frequency response range, etc.), and the judgment based on factors such as tri-band, sound field, and reduction degree is the most important for judging.

Now,Do you know how to choose a good headphones?