When I picked 2019’s best gaming headsets, I was able to break it down into different price categories, selecting favorites for every budget and some solid second choices.
For good old-fashioned wired headphones released this year, there’s no reason to go to such lengths.
There’s one clear pick, and one clear runner-up.
These two headphones are so good for my personal needs that they slowed down my rampant headphone buying, changed my internal grading benchmarks, and re-excited me about studio headphones around a certain price when I thought the segment was all but dead in terms of innovation.
If you’re in the market for wired studio headphones around $100 that will work perfectly for monitoring, critical listening, home listening, or gaming purposes, the two pairs listed below are excellent choices that outshine the current competition.
BEST WIRED HEADPHONE OF 2019: AKG K361
Whoa whoa whoa Alex, the K361 and not the K371? Yes. I’ll explain why.
