The mid-range wireless headphones market is very crowded to say the least, but it's worth paying attention when Japan's Audio-Technica serves up a new offering. The ATH-S300BT gets the mid-range balance right, favoring great sound and extraordinary battery-life – to the tune of a whopping 90 hours – while paring back some other luxuries, such as looks and build robustness.
The ATH-S300BT is quite distinctive in Audio-Technica's wireless range. Whether high-end (see the ATH-M50xBT2) or low-end (the ATH-M20xBT) the company's designs tend to mirror their very popular and very chunky wired monitor headphones. With the exception of the very-budget ATH-S220BT, this new Audio-Technica set is quite elegant by comparison, befitting the way it straddles both music-first units and work / productivity devices. There's really no reason why the ATH-S300BT couldn't double as an admirable gaming headset either, provided you're not after modern wireless capability.
