Reviews
Technics A800 Wireless Headphones
£299/$349
Key features Active Noise Cancelling • Bluetooth 5.2 with LDAC compatibility
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THERE’S A TIME AND A PLACE FOR BREAKING NEW DESIGN GROUND, and it’s emphatically not when designing a pair of over-ear headphones. If you thought Technics was about to tear up the rulebook, think again – the A800 headphones look, feel and (to a lesser extent) even smell like we all expect a reasonably expensive pair of headphones to look, feel and (to a lesser extent) smell.
They’re available in silver or black finishes and are built and finished with the sort of thoroughness Technics is renowned for. At 298g, they’re just about light enough for extended listening sessions, and they fold up sufficiently to fit into a quite compact, egg-shaped semi-hard case. The earpads and inner part of the headband are filled with memory foam and covered in faux leather. In conjunction with a nicely judged amount of clamping force, they make the A800 unburdensome to wear for hours on end. And the materials resist absorbing (and then returning) body heat for quite a while, too.