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    The 10 Best headphones

    1. Denon AH-D400

    £250, Selfridges.com

    A cool pair of cans – they deliver an earthy bass from the battery-run amp and a tight treble. An integrated volume control in the headphone is handy, too.

    2. Atari Gear4

    £19.99, gear4.com

    As well as the Atari computer styling, this pair are fold-away and stand up relatively well to school-bag bashing. Not bad for under £20.

    3. Aiaiai Capital Midnight Black

    £79.99, amazon.co.uk

    This pair compresses down to fit in your handbag. They may be light as a J cloth, but they also pack some pretty punchy audio.

    4. Fanny Wang 2000

    £199, fannywang.com

    Fanny Wang obviously set out to make a pair of headphones as accessories, but it has managed to do it while giving cracking sound quality.

    5. Motörhead Bomber

    £79.99, superfi.co.uk

    It’s easy to dismiss these phones as a bit of deft marketing by the band but they are surprisingly good. Features clear highs and a bass that could raise the dead.

    6. Focal White Spirit One

    £199, focal.com

    Focal have created these as an antidote to celeb-endorsed cans which, it says, give too much emphasis to bass and treble – the sound here is crystalline.

    7.  RHA SA950i

    £49, Rha-audio.com

    This sleek black and leather pair from Scottish firm RHA look good and offer a very decent sound for their price. An iPod-friendly volume control is cool, too.

    8. Bowers and Wilkins P3

    £169, bowers-wilkins.co.uk

    The Sussex-based firm is known for two things: audio detail and chic design. The P3s excel at both. They’re foldaway, small and in a silky black fabric.

    9. House of Marley Exodus Harvest

    £89.99, hmv.com

    The Marley family’s cans are made from a very cool (and comfy) leather and birchwood, giving things a pleasing 1970s vibe.

    10. Sennheiser HD219

    £30, johnlewis.com

    A dinky pair of “closed back” cans with a nice minimalistic design and sound quality no worse than you’d find in any of the under-£50 range of headphones.

    David Novak
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    For the last 20 years, David Novak has appeared in newspapers, magazines, radio, and TV around the world, reviewing the latest in consumer technology. His byline has appeared in Popular Science, PC Magazine, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Electronic House Magazine, GQ, Men’s Journal, National Geographic, Newsweek, Popular Mechanics, Forbes Technology, Readers Digest, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Glamour Magazine, T3 Technology Magazine, Stuff Magazine, Maxim Magazine, Wired Magazine, Laptop Magazine, Indianapolis Monthly, Indiana Business Journal, Better Homes and Garden, CNET, Engadget, InfoWorld, Information Week, Yahoo Technology and Mobile Magazine. He has also made radio appearances on the The Mark Levin Radio Show, The Laura Ingraham Talk Show, Bob & Tom Show, and the Paul Harvey RadioShow. He’s also made TV appearances on The Today Show and The CBS Morning Show. His nationally syndicated newspaper column called the GadgetGUY, appears in over 100 newspapers around the world each week, where Novak enjoys over 3 million in readership. David is also a contributing writer fro Men’s Journal, GQ, Popular Mechanics, T3 Magazine and Electronic House here in the U.S.

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