14 Best Cheap Headphones and Earbuds for $100 or Less (2024)

The Best headphones nether $100 are harder to find than you mightiness think. Here astatine WIRED, it's portion of our occupation to perceive to euphony each day, often connected exceedingly fancy and bonkers-expensive models. We person playlists for investigating bass, for assessing detail, for creation parties—we get mode into it. But judge it oregon not, we similar investigating the inexpensive worldly conscionable arsenic much. It's similar a treasure hunt to find the ones that battalion successful the astir tech for the money. And they're getting amended each year.

That doesn't mean our enactment is done; etailers are inactive overflowing with inexpensive headphones that sound cheap, truthful we'll support listening and updating our picks each fewer months. While you're looking for the adjacent large pair, beryllium definite to cheque retired our galore different buying guides, including the Best Wireless Headphones, Best Workout Headphones, and Best Phones With a Headphone Jack.

Updated October 2024: We've added the Soundpeats Capsule3 Pro+ and JLab Go Pop ANC, and removed immoderate older picks.

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