Category Archives: Headphones

Buyer Education Your Headphone Warranty Lasts 12 Months. Your Rights Last 6 Years. The Difference Costs You Money. Fewer than 30% of UK buyers know they have legal protection that outlasts the manufacturer warranty by five years. Retailers do know. They count on you not knowing. Here’s exactly what the Consumer Rights Act 2015 actually […]

Trend Why Wired Headphones Are Making a Comeback — And Why It Makes Complete Sense Wired headphone revenue jumped 20% in the first weeks of 2026 after five straight years of decline. The industry called it a nostalgia blip. We’ve been selling wired earphones for 20 years — and from where we sit, this isn’t […]

Buyer Education 5 Signs Your Headphones Are Already Dying Headphones rarely die suddenly. They degrade over months — sometimes years — in ways that are easy to miss unless you know what to listen for. By the time most people replace theirs, they’ve been tolerating compromised audio for far longer than they realise. These are […]

Product Authority Sennheiser CX 400 II: The One They Quietly Killed No press release. No farewell campaign. No “thank you for 10 great years.” Sennheiser simply stopped making the CX 400 II one day, and the market moved on before most buyers even noticed it was gone. We noticed. Here’s why that matters. By Maibo […]

Product Review Bose SoundSport Wired: The Gym Earphone That Actually Stays In Most earphones that claim to be sport-ready fall out during your first set of burpees. The Bose SoundSport Wired doesn’t. Here’s why — and who should actually buy it. By Maibo Team · Product Review · March 2026 6 min read Bose SoundSport […]

Product Authority Beats vs Sennheiser: What 20 Years of Selling Both Taught Me We’ve sold Beats. We’ve sold Sennheiser. We’ve watched both brands evolve, pivot, and occasionally disappoint their most loyal customers. This isn’t a spec comparison — it’s what two decades of actually moving units taught us about what these brands are really selling, […]

Product Authority The Sennheiser MX 375: Last UK Stock and Why It Matters Most earphone guides don’t mention the MX 375. That’s because most earphone guides are written by people who’ve never sold one. We have — by the thousand. Here’s why this quiet, open-ear earphone from Sennheiser is one of the most underrated products […]

Buyer’s Guide Wired vs Wireless: The Honest Answer Nobody Gives You Every comparison you’ve read was written by someone with something to sell you. We sell both. That’s exactly why we can tell you the truth — including the parts the wireless industry really doesn’t want you to know. By Maibo Team · Buyer’s Guide […]

Product Authority Why the Sennheiser CX 300 II Is Still the Best Earphone Ever Made It was discontinued years ago. You can’t buy it in any high street shop. And yet we still get more questions about this one model than almost anything else we sell. There’s a reason for that — and it has […]

Buyer’s Guide Are You Paying for Fake Headphones Without Even Knowing It? The counterfeit audio market has never been more convincing. Here’s what the industry doesn’t tell you — and how to protect yourself. By Maibo Team · Consumer Audio · March 2025 5 min read £2.3B Fake audio products sold globally each year 1 […]