Are you a fan of high-quality audio but don't want to put anything in your ear canals? These are our favorite on-ear and over-ear headphones. I've been a contributing editor for PCMag since 2011.

Price is a huge consideration. Calling out the $549 AirPods Max from Apple, which cost about as much as two last-gen Nothing phones, the team said it wants to produce cheaper headphones, ones that ...