Price: $199.95 per pair

Website: www.jbl.com

Brent said: Their flat, neutral frequency response reminds me of such great studio headphones as Sony’s MDR-7506es, and they’re competitive with, though substantially different from, the best $300 headphones I have, for $100 less.

Read the SoundStage! Xperience review.

The gist: Celebrity-endorsed headphones that live up to their billing.