Headphones
REVIEW – Dan Clark AEON 2 Headphones
As you read into the Dan Clark website, about their new planar driver, they use the word knurly to their approach to this design. Read More >
REVIEW: The Technics EAH-AZ70 Wireless Earbuds
Ever since Apple got serious about wireless headphones, with their Apple Buds, everyone else making headphones has stepped up the game. Read More >
The Focal Utopia Headphones
Having lived with a number of Focal speakers over the last five years, the family resemblance between the Utopia headphones and their floorstanding speakers is unmistakable. Read More >
The RHA S500 Phones
Let’s cut to the chase, our first experience with RHA is fantastic. Their $39.95/pair S500 in-ears are incredible for less than a pair of Apple ear buds. Read More >
The New PS2000e from Grado!
We’ve just received the new flagship PS2000e headphones from GradoLabs.
These beautiful new phones, have not abandoned the familiar wood that makes
Grado’s famous, but now it is clad with a metal alloy, offering a more modern,
sleek look.
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The Stereo Pravda SB-7 Headphones
What do in ear monitor (IEM) phones lack? Big bass and dynamics. Am I right?
Much like the music of Dmitri Shostakovich, the Stereo Pravda SB-7 in ear monitors are bold, dynamic and almost scary – offering bass, dynamics and coherance I’ve always found lacking with other IEM’s. Read More >
Just in, From Stereo Pravda!
All the rage at last year’s Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, the Stereo Pravda SB-7 IEMs are here and our review is almost finished.
What makes these $2,500 in ear monitors so incredible? Quite a lot actually. Read More >
AudioQuest NightHawk Headphones
Staring at all the crappy headphones lined up next to the PlayStation games, I knew I had something cool waiting at home. The AudioQuest NightHawk headphones just arrived and yeah, I could listen to Kind of Blue and tell you how well they capture the texture of Miles Davis’s horn, or to Dark Side of the Moon and tell you that the stereo image they throw is psychedelic. Read More >
Master & Dynamic MH40 Headphones
It takes the growling bass line of “Bitch, I’m Madonna” just 10 seconds to convince me that the MH40 headphones are winners, but not just because of their sound. Read More >
OPPO PM-1 Headphones
Since I’m not much of a headphone guy, it takes something special for me to leave the comfort of my listening room and put a pair of cans on my head. Few ‘phones have ever given me big enough goosebumps to do so, and those that did have all been planar or electrostatic. Read More >
Musical Fidelity MF-100 Headphones
During my recent trip to the Sterling Sound mastering studio in New York City, where I visited with senior mastering engineer Greg Calbi, I had the rare privileged of listening to the new Beatles’ Yesterday and Today from Calbi’s chair. Read More >
Audio-Technica ATH-W1000X Headphones
The Audio-Technica ATH-W1000X, which was introduced in 2011, is not a celebrity-endorsed headphone, nor does it come in a rainbow of colors. For $699, you get a headphone designed and engineered for discriminating listeners and music lovers, with ear cups made from American black cherry wood finished in an elegant violin gloss. Read More >
KEF M500 Headphones
Though traditionally a loudspeaker manufacturer KEF has joined the likes of B&W and Martin Logan, extrapolating in-house expertise to the personal audio market. Read More >
Sennheiser HD700 Headphones
Founded in 1945 as “Laboratorium Wennebostel,” Prof. Dr. Fritz Sennheiser’s namesake company is now known around the world as a leading manufacturer of headphones and professional microphones. Read More >
Grado RS1i Headphones
Over the past few years, the world of high-quality personal audio has experienced an explosion, due partly to the success of Beats by Dre headphones, which seem to have inspired hope for an industry that previously failed to even attract a fleeting glance from the millennial generation. Read More >
Sennheiser Momentum On-Ear Headphones
The audiophile portion of Sennheiser’s headphone business has grown steadily over the last few years, due in part to the fanatical attention that its full-size HD 800s and in-ear IE 800s have received. Read More >
Headphones under $100: Grado SR80i & Pioneer SE-A1000
In the world of high-end audio, Benjamin Franklin generally doesn’t get you too far—no wonder his lips look pursed in his portrait on the $100 bill. There are some exceptions, including the Grado SR80i and the Pioneer SE-A1000 headphones. Read More >
The Phonon SMB-02 Headphones
Listening to the gentle, guitar and bass opening to Meshell Ndegeocello’s version of “Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,” the Phonon SMB-02 headphones instantly impress, with a nice, big, wide soundstage and natural sound. Read More >
Marshall Major Headphones
Go to just about any rock concert and you’re bound to see a stack of Marshall amplifiers onstage. Read More >
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