5 best headphones and earbuds of CES 2025

From magnetic fluid earbuds to wireless-charing over-ears, these stood out above the rest

Features By Ural Garrett published 12 January 2025

(Image credit: Future / Simon Lucas)

The best earbuds and best headphones are perhaps the second biggest modern essential piece of tech after our phones for day-to-day life. Over the years, they’ve managed to become more sonically powerful, clearer, longer lasting in battery, and even fashion-forward in some respects. This is just an era where it’s nearly impossible to leave without them.

Dozens of audio manufactures had numerous headphones and earbuds on display at CES 2025 from simple refreshes to new reveals. Here are some of the best that I saw on the show floor.

Breggz Zohn-1

When Dutch singer Xander de Buisonjé founded Breggz, he hoped to create the Ferrari of earbuds. These custom-made $2,200 Bluetooth headphones can’t simply be bought in stores. Buyers' ears have to be scanned through the Breggz mobile app before they arrive at their doorsteps, specified to your anatomy. Even the charging cases can be customized with solid gold trims.

Thankfully, Buisonjé and I have similar ear shapes, so I could try them at CES – and the Breggz Zohn-1 are definitely worth the money. When it comes to design, audio quality and feature set, everything about these earbuds oozes premium to a high level. The Zohn-1 may be the start of a personalized luxury audio revolution.

Creative Aurvana Ace Mimi

During my time with solid-state audio specliast xMEMS, I got to try out the first application of its latest dual-driver technology in Creative’s Aurvana Ace Mimi earbuds, where a solid-state tweeter is paired with a traditional driver for mids and bass. Available now for $129.99 / £109.99 / €129.99 (about AU$218), sound quality for these was fantastic thanks to LDAC hi-res audio, personalized sound tuning and active noise cancellation.

Other features include Bluetooth 5.3 with Auracast support, six microphones for clear calls and up to 28 hours of battery life. When it comes to features, they rival the ANC equipped AirPods 4, which cost significantly more. Don’t be surprised if xMEMs dual-drivers really become a thing in the coming years as the tech improves.

Technics EAH-AZ100

During CES 2025, Technics revealed the EAH-AZ100 earbuds which sounded like an evolved take on their EAH-AZ80. The highlight update is the Magnetic Fluid driver for ultra-low distortion and rich bass. On top of that, the EAH-AZ100 also has Dolby Atmos and LDAC capabilities packed into these earbuds as well.

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