A walk into Best Buy (or more realistically a poke through Amazon) to find a pair of headphones is a daunting task. Â With hundreds if not thousands of options to choose from, clueless consumers (myself included) go with what they see the most or what is advertised the best. Â Maybe that isn’t the best plan of attack.
Time did an exhaustive review of over 3,000 pairs of headphones, giving each one a score out of 100, factoring in expert reviews and their specs.  Their results may surprise many of you who have walked around a city, college campus or anywhere people walk around listening to music.  Coming in 17th out of the 18 most popular headphone brands was Beats by Dre, scoring a lowly 58.  Other notables included Skullcandy, which came in 16th, Bose, which came in 12th and Apple which came in 11th.  The full list can be seen below.
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18 – Plantronics
17 – Beats by Dre
16 – Skullcandy
15 – Koss
14 – Creative
13 – Philips
12 – Bose
11 – Apple
10 – Panasonic
9 – Audio-Technica
8 – JVC
7 – Sennheiser
6 – AKG
5 – Sony
4 – Pioneer
3 – Klipsch
2 – Grado
1 – Shure
via Time // Photo Credit headphone.com