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AudioQuest NightOwl headphones
|AudioQuest used to be best known for a vast range of high-performance audio cables. It still makes those cables – covering every base from ‘cheap as chips’ to ‘I’ll collect them in my Friday helicopter’ ...read more -
Noble Audio Kaiser Encore universal-fit earphones
|I first encountered Noble Audio a number of years ago when the firm’s reigning flagship was the Kaiser 10 custom-fit in-ear monitor, which I reviewed in Hi-Fi+ issue 119. As it turns out, the Kaiser ...read more -
Meet Your Maker – Westone Laboratories
|It’s a mistake to underestimate Westone. On the face of it, to the untutored audiophile eye, Westone comes across as a relatively small, if powerfully professional company making high-quality earphones and custom-fit in-ear monitors. Westone ...read more -
Oppo Digital Sonica DAC
|Many enthusiasts recognise Oppo Digital as a manufacturer of overachieving universal disc players, high performance planar magnetic headphones, and related personal audio electronics. But, over the past year or two, Oppo has begun to explore ...read more -
Sonoma Acoustics’ Model One electrostatic headphone
|Early last year, at the CanJam SoCal event, I met up with a spokesperson from Warwick Audio Technologies—a spin-off from the University of Warwick in Coventry. What Warwick Audio Technologies had created, the gentleman explained, ...read more -
Moon Audio Dragon Inspire IHA‑1 headphone amplifier
|This review centres on the Dragon Inspire IHA‑1 valve-powered headphone amplifier, which is produced by the Cary, North Carolina-based firm Moon Audio (www.moon-audio.com). Those of you already familiar with Moon Audio may know of the ...read more -
MrSpeakers ÆON planar magnetic headphones
|The San Diego-based firm MrSpeakers has earned a reputation as a manufacturer of world-class headphones and not – as the name might suggest – loudspeakers. Over the past two years MrSpeakers product design efforts have ...read more -
1More Quad Driver universal-fit earphones
|Not long ago Hi-Fi+ favourably reviewed two significant earphones from the Chinese firm 1MORE: the Triple-Driver and Capsule-Type Dual-Driver earphones. The common denominator between these two different designs involves the fact both are keenly priced ...read more -
CanJam London 2017 – Introduction
|Across the last weekend of Wimbledon fortnight, the heart of London buzzed to the sound of personal audio, as CanJam came to town. In the same venue as last year – the Park Plaza hotel, ...read more -
CanJam London 2017 show – part five
|In the final part of our definitive multi-part round-up of the best personal audio products on show at CanJam London, 2017, Chris Martens and Alan Sircom feature Stereo Pravda to Westone! StereoPravda Who? Micha Kucherenko, ...read more -
CanJam London 2017 show – part four
|In the penultimate section of our definitive multi-part round-up of the best personal audio products on show at CanJam London, 2017, Chris Martens and Alan Sircom run from Noble to Sony! Noble Audio Who? Brannan ...read more -
CanJam London 2017 show – part three
|In the third part of our definitive multi-part round-up of the best personal audio products on show at CanJam London, 2017, Chris Martens and Alan Sircom cover everything from HeadAmp to Mr Speakers! HeadAmp Who: ...read more -
CanJam London 2017 show – part two
|The second part of our definitive multi-part round-up of the best personal audio products on show at CanJam London, 2017. Here, Chris Martens and Alan Sircom cover everything from Cardas Audio to Flare Audio! Cardas ...read more -
CanJam London 2017 show – part one
|The first part of our definitive multi-part round-up of the best personal audio products on show at CanJam London, 2017. This time, Chris Martens and Alan Sircom run through all the products up to and ...read more -
Headphones & Personal Audio at the L.A. Audio Show 2017
|The inaugural L.A. Audio Show 2017 featured an extensive HeadGear showroom, plus something new and valuable: namely, an XTREME HeadGear room reserved exclusively for top-tier models of proven performance capabilities. Since the L.A. Show followed ...read more