Most Innovative Headphones

Most Innovative Headphones With the ety8, Etymotic has created an unlikely pairing of in-ear-canal headphones (canalphones) and Bluetooth. The only cable for these canalphones is the one connecting the left and right sides behind your neck.
Instead of bulky earpieces, the ety8 has small enclosures on each earpiece the right side houses the Bluetooth components; the left side contains a rechargeable battery.

A small Bluetooth transmitter connects the ety8 to your iPod’s dock-connector port, and buttons on the right-hand earpiece let you control playback and volume ($260).

Best High-End Headphones
I’ve seen a ton of canalphones, but that didn’t stop us from getting excited about Shure’s new flagship model, the E500PTH. Using three separate drivers

in each earpiece, the E500PTH offers stunning sound quality in the lightest and most comfortable design we’ve tested. The E500PTH package comes with an impressive list of accessories, which includes Shure’s new Push-To- Hear Control module—a feature that lets you hear the outside world without having to remove the canalphones themselves ($440)