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iFi Audio PowerStation and AC iPurifiers
|iFi Audio is best known for its several successful families of high-tech and high-value personal audio electronics products, but what is perhaps not so widely recognised is that the firm also make a host of ...read more -
Wharfedale Linton 85th Anniversary loudspeaker
|Wharfedale’s first Linton loudspeaker was launched in 1965 and was, says the manufacturer, “bought in its millions right across the globe.” Successive and successful models followed, culminating in the Linton 3XP, which was a three-way ...read more -
Warwick Acoustics APERIO electrostatic headphone system
|It seems as if it was just yesterday that I received a review sample of Warwick Acoustics’ Sonoma Model One (M1) electrostatic headphone system (£4,995, or $4,995 US). I reviewed the system favourably for Hi-Fi+, ...read more -
Pangea Audio HPBDSS1 headphone hanger
|This review covers a product so useful and so intuitively right that it falls squarely in the ‘Why-the-heck-didn’t-I-think-of-that?' category. What is it? It is Pangea Audio’s simple, smart, and sturdy clamp-on headphone hanger—a device that ...read more -
Cleer FLOW noise cancelling Bluetooth wireless headphone
|Friends and colleagues often approach me with inquiries like this: “I’m looking for noise cancelling Bluetooth headphones and have tried the Bose QuietComfort models (hasn’t everyone?), but are there other good models I ought to ...read more -
HiFiMAN Jade II electrostatic headphone system
|I first became aware of HiFiMAN roughly eleven years ago, when I sought to review one of the firm’s earliest planar magnetic headphones. However, in the course of reaching out to the firm I learned ...read more -
YG Acoustics Hailey 2.2 floorstanding loudspeaker
|In Hi-Fi+ Issue 145 (March 2017) Editor Alan Sircom and I decided to review loudspeakers that were contenders for state-of-the-art honours. Alan chose the Wilson Audio WAMM Master Chronosonic, while I opted for the YG ...read more -
Stax SR-009S electrostatic earspeakers
|For many years Stax’s iconic SR-009 electrostatic headphone stood as an industry performance benchmark. The reasons for this included, among other factors, the SR-009’s accurate and absolutely neutral voicing, exceptional resolution, and extremely fast transient ...read more -
Sony IER-Z1R Signature Series universal-fit earphone
|At the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2018 Sony announced two Signature Series personal audio products: the DMP-Z1 digital music player/headphone amp/DAC and the IER-Z1R universal-fit earphone reviewed here. New Sony Signature Series models don’t come ...read more -
Final B Series earphones: Part Two
|Last time, I wrote the first section of a two-part review of the new B-series (B1, B2, and B3) earphones from Final. This is part two of that review and it focuses on the B1—the ...read more -
Final B Series earphones: Part One
|Final is a Japanese personal audio specialist with a reputation for offering products exhibiting very high build quality, innovative designs, and fine sound quality. Lately, Final has been pushing both the envelopes for performance (through ...read more -
Coming Soon (maybe): Magnepan's compact '30.7 for Condos'
|I have just returned from an audio pilgrimage to Magnepan headquarters in White Bear Lake, Minnesota (a small community on the northeast side of the Minneapolis/St. Paul 'Twin Cities' area). What was the reason for ...read more -
MrSpeakers VOCE electrostatic headphones
|MrSpeakers is led by its headmaster Dan Clark, a keen-eared headphone enthusiast and an engineer’s engineer. The company takes its name from an earlier phase in Clark’s career where he served as an accomplished loudspeaker ...read more -
Meze Audio Empyrean planar magnetic headphone
|Until now the Romanian firm Meze Audio has been best known for its excellent and affordable 99 Classics headphones, which offer incredible value for money. However, for over two years Meze has been hard at ...read more -
Cayin N5iiS digital audio player
|Cayin is a Chinese high-end audio electronics manufacturer best known for its full-sized amplification and source components. In recent years, though, the firm has worked to create an ever-expanding range of personal audio components, including ...read more