THE FINAL WORD - Final Audio UX3000

Affordable wireless headphones for grown-ups that deliver hugely detailed and accurate music in an aggressively priced package

- Josh Russell

Tested - Final Audio UX3000

£119 snext-final.com

Final Audio has turned out everything from wildly expensive headphones to humble entry-level stuff that costs the same as a round of drinks. The UX3000 were worth the wait, though - the company has certainly taken its time to challenge the best noise-cancelling headphones, but it's done so while playing its own game.

Not much is new in the world of over-ear headphones, certainly not where design is concerned. So it's nice to find even a tiny point of difference here - Final Audio has deployed what it calls a 'shibo' finish over the fairly hard plastics that comprise most of the frame of the UX3000. An old Japanese word describing the wrinkles on the surface of paper or leather, ‘shibo' here basically means an interestingly mottled finish that (in some lights) makes your headphones look like they need a bit of a wipe.