From what I have been observing, The sound quality of headphones is pretty much at peak for the last 10 years or even more.
Most of the developments have been with portable stuff. A bit with IEMs and much more with Wireless headphones. Some of these wireless stuff is really worth looking into. The performance has got so much better that the convenience makes it very well worth to give up on the slight edge in sound quality that the wired ones still have. The wireless is still not at its peak though and is continuously evolving.
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Reply to Honest question, did we hit peak headphone a while back? by Yammy_Lyfe
From what I have been observing, The sound quality of headphones is pretty much at peak for the last 10 years or even more.
Most of the developments have been with portable stuff. A bit with IEMs and much more with Wireless headphones. Some of these wireless stuff is really worth looking into. The performance has got so much better that the convenience makes it very well worth to give up on the slight edge in sound quality that the wired ones still have. The wireless is still not at its peak though and is continuously evolving.