Headphone Critics

The headphones that come with a standard iPhone nowadays are not like most headphones. As you already know, they use Apple's proprietary lightning connector. While this makes it easier to waterproof the iPhone, and you will be able to use your headphones with your iPhone effortlessly, it makes it so […]

With a decent sub-woofer or the best bass headphones, you can experience the unmistakable boom that comes from bass-heavy music with these great tracks.  If you're testing the bass response of your new sound system or headphones, make sure to start at lower volumes before you crank it up with songs […]

Whether you're attending a music festival, concert, or blaring your music through a pair of bass-heavy headphones, you've probably wondered the cost of listening to bass-heavy music at high volumes.  While it's been proven that listening to music at high volumes can damage your hearing, does it matter how much bass […]

We have all been there.You need to record something, talk to a friend on Skype, or make an announcement but you're without a mic. You've likely heard of people being able to use headphones as a microphone and wondered how it works. Well, headphones and microphones are very similar in […]

To some people, headphones are headphones. Not us.Here at Headphone Critics, we love audio, and we love helping our readers understand the intricacies of their audio experience. One of the biggest questions we get from readers is "what headphones should I buy?" There is a lot that goes into determining […]

Mic monitoring wasn't always a thing. In fact, it has only become prevalent in video games within the past decade. In short, mic monitoring gives the player the ability to hear themselves while playing. This has a few key benefits. The first benefit of mic monitoring is the reason why […]

Many of our users have come to us asking for help with their Turtle Beach headphones having the same annoying issues -- the mic not working. If you are experiencing the same issue, rest easy because we found the solution that works almost every time. If you can still hear audio […]

If you don't use headphones, you're living under a rock.Odds are, if you work a desk job, go to the gym, talk on the phone, or simply exist in this day and age, you've got a decent set of headphones.When it comes to finding the "best" pair of headphones, a […]