

Bottom line: This is a solid gift for anyone who spends some or all of their time working remotely. For music listening, there's ample bass and clarity and a cable is included for wired use. I wouldn't call the sound quality for music listening and the headset performance stellar, but they're good, particularly for the price. You won't mistake these for premium headphones but the build quality seems fine.īattery life is rated at up to 45 hours at moderate volume levels, and you can mute calls using the multifunction button (an LED lights up at the end of the boom mic when the call is muted). They're also comfortable to wear, with a lightweight design. But if you don't want to spend quite that much, the Go Work is a solid pair of headphones, and headset, for its modest price. I'm more partial to the Jabra Elite 45h, which lists for $100 but usually sells for around $75.
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Known for its value headphones and earbuds, JLab has released a pair of on-ear headphones with an integrated boom microphone - it can be rotated up when just listening to music - and multipoint Bluetooth pairing so you can connect them to your phone and computer simultaneously. I tried the white color, but they also come in blue and black. But these definitely sound better than Sony's previous entry-level on-ear headphones and sound better than I thought they would. The bass has some punch to it but doesn't pack a wallop, and you're not going to get quite as wide a soundstage as you get from Sony's more expensive over-ear headphones.

The CH-520 offer overall balanced sound with decent clarity. Note that there's no wired option - these are wireless, Bluetooth-only headphones. Voice-calling performance is decent, though not up to the level of what you get with the CH-720N. Additionally, they have multipoint Bluetooth pairing, so you can pair them with two devices simultaneously (such as a smartphone and computer) and switch audio. They lack noise canceling and are pretty no-frills, but they feature good sound for their price, are lightweight and pretty comfortable for on-ear headphones, and also have excellent battery life - they're rated for up to 50 hours at moderate volume levels.

Sony's new entry-level CH-720N noise-canceling headphones came out this year and they're quite good, but if you can't afford them (they list for $150), the company's new budget on-ear CH-520 headphones are an intriguing option for only around $50.
