You might be thinking that a headphone stand is just one more thing to clutter your desk. But, in fact, they’re quite the opposite.

Whether through work, gaming, or media consumption, if you put your headphones to good use, there are a lot of advantages to having a headphone stand on your desk. 

Here are 7 great reasons to use a headphone stand.

Headphone Stands Present Your Headphones Nicely and Provide Easy Access to Them

If you have an awesome-looking set of headphones with your own or sponsored branding you want to show off, there’s no better way to do it than with a stylish headphone stand.

Even if you’re not a sponsored gamer and aren’t promoting your own brand, a headphone stand will keep your headphones within easy reach.

Some headphone stands are admittedly mundane, however, if you own a really sleek and innovative headphone set, in terms of overall aesthetics, it doesn’t matter what the stand looks like because you simply want to show those bad boys off. 

Plus, it’s nice to know that whenever you want to game, listen to music, audiobooks, or turn your smart TV into a theater surround sound experience inside of your personal space, they’re within easy reach. 

That thing about headset stands looking mundane? Well, that’s only partly true, as many of them do look pretty casual. The Just Mobile HeadStand for Headphones is nothing more than a metal stick perpendicular to a metal base. Yawn. It does have a little hanger on it, however. 

Of course, no one is going to notice your headphone stand if you’re rocking a Razer Kraken Ultimate RGB Gaming Headset or a classical Cosair Virtuoso RGB Wireless. The latter option just oozes class and money but retails at an affordable price. 

Either headset will substantially improve your overall desk aesthetic. Fortunately, not all headphone stands are yawn-inducing affairs. The AmoVee Black Acrylic Gaming Headset Holder looks like some curvy miniature out of some high-fashion art center. 

Then there is the Custom Personalized Headphone Stand which retains the same curvature of the AmoVee, with the exception that it is made out of dark and lustrous wood, rather than cold metal or acrylic.

The Industrial-Style Pipe Headphone Stand looks like a robotic arm made out of oak, with multiple hanging positions to accommodate your personal style preference. 

If you’re looking for something with a taste of goth aesthetic, you can go with the AMP3 Luxury Glass Skull Headphone Holder. It comes with a bronze finish and, despite the fact that it’s a skull, really makes your headphones stand out against its glossy, transparent surface. 

They Protect Your Headphones From Spills And Scuffs

If your headphones are left lying around on your desk you are constantly going to be moving them around as you organize and search for things numerous times each day. If one thing is for sure it’s that all that moving around is going to lead to scuffs and scratches.

A headphone stand keeps your headphones organized, in one place, and up off your desk.

If you’ve ever had to live through the horror show of watching, seemingly in slow motion, as a large glass of Hawaiian Punch tips over on your desk, with all of your most precious electronics laying around, then you understand the need to get some of your things elevated off the desk. 

And, maybe you shouldn’t drink Hawaiin Punch at your desk either, especially if it’s bright red because Hawaiin punch is always bright red when you have a white keyboard or white headphones.

Having a headphones stand keeps those gorgeous headphones out of danger. Another side effect of laying your headphones directly on your desk is the scuffs that seem to magically appear as time goes on. 

That’s because no matter how easy you pick them up, that glossy surface slides just a little bit against the surface of your desk. No matter what you do, it’s going to pick up some scuffs and scrapes over time, which is not in your best interest. 

Some, like the Avantree TR902, come with a small base that has a depression for holding your cable, assuming your headphones have a cable and aren’t entirely wireless. It’s a good idea to keep all of that stuff up off the desk if you can help it. 

Headphone stands are especially useful if you own a pair of headphones with a glossy or semi-glossy surface. Those things are like massive dust magnets and even the tiniest little scrape shows up like a gigantic pimple on clean, unblemished skin.

Related Article: Are Gaming Earbuds Better Than Headsets? (All You Need To Know)

Some Offer Additional USB Ports and Wireless Charging

There’s nothing more convenient than having a wireless charger and a few extra USB ports around, especially if they are USB-Type C or USB 3.0. If you have your set up next to your computer or workstation, there are too many uses to list without boring you to death, but here are just a few: 

  • Docking Stations
  • Expansion Hubs
  • Storage Devices
  • Charging Stations (If you have wireless headphones, it’s even more useful)
  • Webcams
  • Portable Speakers

Headphone stands, like the Asus ROG Throne Qi, come with 2 USB 3.1 ports and wireless charging so you can rest your phone at the base of your headphone stand for a quick charge as you game or listen to music.

It’s always nice to be able to multitask as much as possible, especially if you work from home or you spend a lot of time at the desk, gaming. Being surrounded by smart and useful technology is a boon and no one ever said that some additional USB ports turned out to be harmful. 

If you have wireless headphones, having some extra USB ports right there in your headphone stand is convenient. If you have more than one, that’s even better. 

You will also find that there are a lot of options as far as having your cake and eating it too. 

Because who said it was wrong to have some USB ports with an aesthetically pleasing headphone stand?

Of course, that’s just the tip of the iceberg, with more headphone USB stands than you can count on the marketplace.

Since a lot of top-of-the-line manufacturers don’t make these things, be sure to check the reviews over before you place an order. 

A Headphone Stand Saves Space On Your Desk

When your headphones are thrown flat on your desk with the cable curling all over the place, they’re going to cause clutter. A headphone stand will offer cable management and keep your headphones in an upright space-saving position.

Headphone stands may not save more than a few inches of space in reality, but when you take into account that the base plate of the thing is probably not much smaller than your headphones would be, laying on their sides. However, putting your headphones on a headphones stand saves space because it’s one less thing cluttering your desk up. 

Besides, you would be amazed at how the simple act of organizing and hanging up your headphones drives you to do a full and complete streamlining and cleaning of the rest of your desk. That’s especially true if your headphone set and headphones are particularly showy.

They Increase Productivity

Headphones themselves have been shown to significantly improve productivity at your desk so having those headphones nicely perched on a stand for you to access easily will only improve productivity further.

Purchasing a nice headphone stand also helps you save space, streamlines the aesthetic appeal of your work and gaming area, and naturally appeals to an improved work ethic. Just organizing a little part of your desk often gets you in the right frame of mind for overhauling everything else. 

When you start the organization process (most of the time, all it takes is adding a headphones stand to the mix) it just snowballs from there and, before you know it, your fingers will be flying across the keyboard, getting some serious work done. 

Increased productivity is a good thing and having your headphones near to hand helps just by having all of the best audio and music entertainment within arms reach. Listening to music does several things for you, according to science: 

  • Puts you in a good mood (can’t argue with that)
  • Improves your mood when doing repetitive tasks
  • Boosts overall productivity

The type of music you listen to can certainly be distracting, but you know what works for you better than anyone else. Having your best device next to you, ready to go, and you can use it to listen at any time, is going to do wonders for improving your overall mood. 

If you purchase a headphone stand with USB ports and wireless charging, it can improve your productivity in more ways than just aesthetics and improved mood, as wireless charging will allow you to charge your phone as you work or play and additional USB ports allow you to utilize more peripherals and change even more devices. 

Headphone Stands Are Pretty Cheap

If there is one thing that makes headphones stand more alluring than anything else, it’s how cheap the things are. By cheap, we don’t mean that they are made out of cheap plastic and will fall apart but just that they won’t cost you an arm and a leg. 

Since headphone stands don’t do much more than hold headphones, with USB ports in some, there is no need to charge consumers so much money that they might as well sell one of their organs on the black market. 

Of all of the useful things that you might find on a gamer’s desk or a workspace, headphone stands are liable to be the cheapest among them all. Now, you can probably do a little digging and find yourself a hand-carved, wooden masterpiece of craftsmanship designed for holding headphones. That might be expensive. 

But, for the most part, we’re just talking about headphone stands here and not anything more elaborate than that. The most expensive headphone stands that you will find on the market are going to be made out of wood. If you want to save more money, acrylic is definitely in your future. 

The most expensive of the bunch is the wood stand holder, which only holds one set of headphones. On the other hand, you have the Keljun 3-Tier Controller stand that holds 3 headphones, controllers, or a Nintendo Switch and still manages to be cheaper than the wood option.

They Come In Many Styles To Suit Your Setup

As you’ve probably gathered over the course of reading our first 6 reasons to buy a headphone stand, there is a lot of variety on the market to choose from. You have aluminum hangers, wood hangers, acrylic hangers, RGB hangers, and stainless steel hangers. 

You have all kinds of choices when it comes to height, the size and design of the base, whether they hang off the bottom of your desk or even headphone hangers that hang off the side of your computer. 

You also have a choice between headphone hangers that offer USB ports and ones that do not. It doesn’t end there either, as some feature AUX ports, and others have built-in Qi chargers so you can magnetically charge your smartphone as you work or game. 

It all boils down to what you prefer in your particular setup. You may have more than one set of headphones. In that case, it makes sense to purchase headphone hangers with multiple hangers. 

If you’re a gamer and you have a ton of peripherals, you can hang things up there right along with your headphones if you want to. Whatever it is that makes your workspace or gaming space more efficient, streamlined, convenient, or organized is available somewhere on the market. 

The best part is, no matter what you want the headphone hangers for, you’re not going to have to pay a pretty penny to find the one that you want.

All Things Considered

Well, there you have it. Seven excellent reasons to go out and purchase your own headphone stand.

Headphone stands certainly have their benefits. Just watch out for ones that put a lot of pressure on the earpads as this will compact the foam and could negatively impact sound quality and how comfortable they are to wear.

Also, watch out for a headphone stand that may create permanent indentations by putting too much direct pressure on the headband.

Other than that, they’re highly convenient, especially if you get one that comes with USB ports. And, it’s hard to find a better way to truly show off that nice set of headphones you just purchased.