Methodology
The Headphoneify score is a weighted aggregate of critic reviews, normalized to a common 100-point scale.
Headphoneify follows trusted audio and technology publications for scored headphone reviews. When we can match a review to a product, we record the score and link back to the original article. Scoreless but useful product-specific articles are kept as extra reading rather than converted into made-up numbers.
Different publications use different rating scales. Every score is normalized to 0–100.
Numeric
Stars
Letter grades
Percentage
Each source has a quality weight. Audio specialist publications receive high weight, and the final score is calculated with a weighted average.
Scores are refreshed as new reviews are found. We prefer direct product-review links, and we do not turn scoreless articles into made-up scores. If there is not enough verified evidence for a chart or score breakdown, Headphoneify hides that element until the page has enough real source depth to make it useful.