The headphone stand might be the most underutilized desktop accessory of 2020. That might be hyperbole, but I also tend to believe it to be true. We’re living in an era of open workspaces where more professionals are wearing headphones throughout the day — listening to music, taking calls or just tuning out the rest of the office cacophony. But where do those headphones go when the day is done? Tossed in a drawer, discarded on the desk or flung over your desktop monitor. No, it’s time to act like a professional and invest in a proper desktop stand.

Declutter your desk space and improve productivity.

It’s no huge secret that a clean and organized workplace can improve overall productivity. And this is exactly what a headphone stand can do: it can help declutter. It provides a place to rest your headphones, off your desk’s workspace, and a headphone stand just looks nice and sophisticated.

They’re pretty inexpensive.

In general, headphone stands are a pretty affordable desktop upgrade. You can of course go out and buy a headphone stand that costs as much as a nice pair of headphones. Case in point: the Focal Headphone Stand ($249). But you can also get a pretty nice headphone stand for as low as $20.

It’s all about variety.

Lastly, headphone stands come in all different shapes, styles and materials. There are headphone stands that are minimalist, stands that have ergonomic designs to help preserve the shape of your headphones, stands that stick to the bottom of your desk (out of sight, out of mind), and stands that are full-on statement pieces. Whatever fits your style and budget, there’s a headphone stand for you.

The two headphone stands in the lead image are, from left to right, the Master & Dynamic Headphone Stand ($59) and the SilverStone Headphone Stand ($87).

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