When you think of audiophile headphones, you might think of those with four (or five) figure price tags – the very best-sounding available that benefit from expensive drivers and components, as well as the luxury design materials one might expect at the higher end of the market. This list offers many examples of them above. But affordable headphones worthy of the 'audiophile' label exist, too, due to their performance-first ethos and the fact they can also justify being connected to a sophisticated music source.