---
title: "Headphone Hub at ORD: where, hours · ORD Airport Guide"
description: "Headphone Hub at Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Terminal 2, Concourse E · Gate E1. After security. Shops, news & gifts."
url: "https://ordairportguide.com/venues/headphone-hub/"
updated: "2026-10-31"
airport: "ORD"
type: "place"
---

> Independent guide, not the official ORD website. All pages: https://ordairportguide.com/llms.txt

# Headphone Hub

Headphone Hub at Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Terminal 2, Concourse E · Gate E1. After security. Shops, news & gifts.

Updated October 31, 2026

## Location & access

Headphone Hub shares gate E1 with CIBO Express Gourmet Market, Coach, MAC Cosmetics and Wicker Park Sushi Bar.

- Shop
- Electronics
- Accessories
- Chargers
- Travel essentials

- **Terminal:** Terminal 2
- **Where in the terminal:** Concourse E · Gate E1
Concessions move, so check the gate signs.
- **Security side:** After security
- **What it is:**
  - Shops, news & gifts

Source: O'Hare International Airport terminal map

## Next closest places to gate E1

Other places in Concourse E after security, sorted by how near their printed gate is to gate E1, where Headphone Hub is.

### Gate E2

- [Carry Out/Carry On](https://ordairportguide.com/venues/carry-out-carry-on/): Restaurants & bars · Every day, 5:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
- [Starbucks](https://ordairportguide.com/venues/starbucks-terminal-2-gate-e-2/): Restaurants & bars · Open 24 hours
- [Summer House Santa Monica](https://ordairportguide.com/venues/summer-house-santa-monica/): Restaurants & bars · Every day, 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

### Gate E4

- [Auntie Anne's](https://ordairportguide.com/venues/auntie-annes-terminal-2/): Restaurants & bars · Every day, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

## Lounges and services nearest gate E1

What the airport's facility lists place by a gate in Concourse E, nearest gate E1 first.

- [United Club](https://ordairportguide.com/lounges/united-club-e7/): Terminal 2, Concourse E, near Gate E7. · Daily 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- [Lactation pods](https://ordairportguide.com/amenities/nursing/): Terminal 2, Concourse E, Gate E1

## Getting to Headphone Hub

Headphone Hub is after security, at gate E1.

[Food and shops in Concourse E by gate](https://ordairportguide.com/dining/concourse-e/)

## When Headphone Hub is closed

- **Before 6 a.m. and after 8:30 p.m.**: [Starbucks](https://ordairportguide.com/venues/starbucks-terminal-2-gate-e-2/) (open 24 hours), [Hudson](https://ordairportguide.com/venues/hudson-terminal-2-gate-e-6/) (4 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.) and [Barbara's Bookstore](https://ordairportguide.com/venues/barbaras-bookstore-terminal-2/) (5 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.), in Concourse E, after security.

## Nearest other shops, news & gifts

- [Barbara's Bookstore](https://ordairportguide.com/venues/barbaras-bookstore-terminal-2/): gate E5 · After security · Every day, 5 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
- [Hoypoloi, An Uncommon Gallery](https://ordairportguide.com/venues/hoypoloi-an-uncommon-gallery-terminal-2/): gate E5 · After security · Every day, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- [Hudson](https://ordairportguide.com/venues/hudson-terminal-2-gate-e-6/): gate E6 · After security · Every day, 4 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.

## Questions about Headphone Hub

### Is there another Headphone Hub at Chicago O'Hare International Airport?

No. The airport's directory lists one Headphone Hub, in Concourse E. The nearest other place of the same kind is Barbara's Bookstore (gate E5).

### Can you get to Headphone Hub before going through security?

No. It is after security, so only travelers who have been screened can reach it.

## Before you make a detour

Check your gate and security area. A place elsewhere in the airport may not be reachable from your departure area.

[Terminal 2 guide](https://ordairportguide.com/terminals/terminal-2/)

## Opening hours

Published schedule, local time

- Every day, 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

[All places in Terminal 2](https://ordairportguide.com/dining/?terminal=Terminal%202)[2 lounges in Terminal 2](https://ordairportguide.com/lounges/#lounges-terminal-2)[Checkpoints in Terminal 2](https://ordairportguide.com/security/#security-terminal-2)