I do the same reddit.com trick, but for TVs and headphones (and anything else they cover), I can wholeheartedly recommend rtings.com. They're in Montreal. They

I do the same reddit.com trick, but for TVs and headphones (and anything else they cover), I can wholeheartedly recommend rtings.com. They're in Montreal. They buy their products retail. They get their funding through subscriptions and affiliate links. Overall ratings are formulaic based on measurements applicable to the category. The formulas are available on the site. So are all the test designs. They're surprisingly thorough too--when I was shopping for some over-ear headphones I really appreciated that they measured the clamping force (when you wear glasses, something that clamps onto the arms too hard gets really uncomfortable pretty quickly) and breathability (temperature differential between your ears and ambient when wearing the headphones). These are pretty important for all-day comfort but don't really factor in most of the time. Their methodology is all available: Breathability: https://www.rtings.com/headphones/tests/design/breathability https://www.rtings.com/headphones/tests/design/breathability Clamping Force: https://www.rtings.com/headphones/tests/design/comfort#comparison_7849 https://www.rtings.com/headphones/tests/design/comfort#compa...