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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 -
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 -
Beyerdynamic Aventho Wireless headphones
|Beyerdynamic is a German company with a long history of headphone manufacturing. It has a strong position in the pro headphone market, but has always offered consumer models that are worth checking out. Beyerdynamic has ...read more -
HiFiMAN Ananda open-back planar magnetic headphone
|HiFiMAN is arguably the most prolific producer of high-quality headphones in the world with several new designs introduced each year. In the previous Ultimate Headphone Guide (Summer 2018), I had the pleasure of reviewing HiFiMAN’s ...read more -
Ultrasone Pro 900i headphones
|Ultrasone is a veteran in the personal audio community. Based in Germany, its been building high-performance headphones for over twenty-seven years. Its Edition 7, introduced in 2006, became an instant classic among headphone enthusiasts due ...read more -
Campfire Audio Equinox custom-fit in-ear monitors
|One driver… While many custom-fit in-ear monitors use two, three, four, or more balanced armature drivers, Campfire Audio has forged a different path, choosing to refine and perfect a single full-range dynamic driver design. The ...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 -
Sony DMP-Z1 Signature Series Digital Music Player with headphone amp and DAC
|When Sony unveiled the DMP-Z1 it drew the attention of the audiophile press like a perfectly cooked steak in a room full of starved Paleo dieters. But it was not so much its looks or ...read more -
Brainwavz B400 earphone
|For the past couple of years, the Brainwavz B200 universal in-ear monitors have been one of my go‑to earphones for the gym due to their compact footprint, excellent fit, and good all-around sound. When Brainwavz ...read more -
WIN! One of three pairs of 1MORE Triple Driver BT earphones worth £109.99/$150
|We have teamed up with our friends at 1MORE to bring you an exciting competition and a chance to win one of three pairs of their superb Triple Driver BT earphones worth £109.99/ $150. Tom ...read more -
Advanced Sound GT3 universal-fit earphones
|The Advanced Sound Group is not necessarily a well-known brand in earphone circles, but with the GT3 earphone the company shows it is ready to make its name and is jumping right in the ring ...read more -
Westone WX1 universal‑fit earphone with Bluetooth dongle
|I know one audio industry pundit who is convinced that wireless Bluetooth earphones will become so pervasive that you will be hard-pressed to find wired models in a few years. That could well be. Even ...read more -
Audeze LCD-4z planar magnetic headphone
|A few years ago, I got a call from the late Arnie Nudell, perhaps the best designer of high-performance loudspeakers in history. He raved about how good the Audeze LCD-4 planar magnetic headphone was and ...read more -
AudioQuest DragonFly Cobalt DAC/headphone amp
|Note: this is the first of a two-part review, concentrating on the DAC in its home audio capacity. The second part – as a headphone DAC/amp in its own right – will be published in ...read more