# Best headphones for development?

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/best-headphones-for-development/1520>\
**Category:** General Dev Chat\
**Tags:** opinions, workspace, headphones\
**Created:** [4 September 2020 18:24 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/best-headphones-for-development/1520 "2020-09-04T18:24:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![chasekaylee](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/chasekaylee/32/748_2.png) [@chasekaylee](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/chasekaylee)\
**Post date:** [4 September 2020 18:24 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/best-headphones-for-development/1520/1 "2020-09-04T18:24:09Z")

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Hi there! I have some old Bose in ear noise cancelling headphones that have worked like a champ for the past 3 years and was maybe due for an upgrade to treat myself 😃

Since I haven’t purchased headphones in a while I was wondering which ones you guys recommend. I use headphones almost everyday so music quality is pretty important for me as well as noise cancelling abilities (working in a studio with my partner and those dang open offices). Thanks for the help and look forward to hearing from you guys!

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**Author:** ![AstonJ](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/astonj/32/7_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/AstonJ)\
**Post date:** [4 September 2020 20:21 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/best-headphones-for-development/1520/2 "2020-09-04T20:21:41Z")

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If you don’t need them for reference (i.e music/audio production) any relatively high-end headphones from Sony will be a fantastic choice imo. Their DSPs and digital amps are amazing.

I have the Sony WI-H700 - though I don’t use headphones for dev as I prefer a good pair of speakers, amp and subwoofer 🤓

Check out this thread too:

> [@Headphones for developers - what do you use?](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/headphones-for-developers-what-do-you-use/793):
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> In ear? Over? Noise Cancelling? Brand and model numbers please nerd_face Pics always welcome too!

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**Author:** ![chasekaylee](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/chasekaylee/32/748_2.png) [@chasekaylee](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/chasekaylee)\
**Post date:** [8 September 2020 19:45 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/best-headphones-for-development/1520/3 "2020-09-08T19:45:51Z")

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Ahh cool I’ll check that thread out! 😃