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A few days ago, I intended to give the featured spot in this oh-so-illustrious article to the Philips X2HR. However, what started as a delightful tribute turned into a eulogy, as I found out those wonderful headphones were quietly discontinued by their mega-conglomerate parents.
It wouldn’t do much good to write a whole article recommending headphones that you can’t even get anymore, so I went plunging back into the testing realm and combing through my small collection trying to pick a runner up. Although the two pairs featured in this article are technically my second-place picks, they’re still excellent performers for the money and importantly they are actually for sale on the market as of this writing.
I wasn’t paid or asked by any of the companies mentioned below to write this, and I don’t use affiliate links in my stories. I’m just a weird guy who spent the last several years reviewing audio gear, before shifting to cover more gaming stuff. Audio has been a hobby of mine for a very long time, and also a job thanks to almost two decades of freelance production work.
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