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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 -
Win! MrSpeakers' ETHER 2 planar magnetic headphones worth £1,900!
|We have teamed up with the clever folks from MrSpeakers to bring you a fantastic competition for a chance to win a pair of the company’s excellent ETHER 2 planar magnetic headphones, worth £1,900! Our ...read more -
Campfire Audio Atlas universal-fit earphones
|Campfire Audio entered the high-end earphone market in 2015 with three models (the Jupiter, Orion, and Lyra), which were followed in 2016 by four more models (the flagship Andromeda, Lyra II, Dorado, and Vega). Then, ...read more -
Final Audio Design E5000 universal-fit earphones
|Final Audio Design has been known for over 30 years as a company unafraid to challenge the status quo in terms of what can be achieved at any given price level for audio components. Final ...read more -
HiFiMAN Shangri-La Junior electrostatic headphone and valve-driven amplifier
|Many audiophiles and music lovers dream of owning the best audio components, but don’t want to shell out as much as a luxury automobile to get them. While no-holds-barred systems advance the state of the ...read more -
Benchmark Media Systems HPA4 headphone amplifier
|Benchmark Media Systems is a low-profile audio company, with its roots in professional electronics. In the past decade, Benchmark consumer products, especially its digital-to-analogue converters, have achieved acclaim for ultra-low distortion and clean sound. While ...read more -
Quad ERA-1 planar magnetic headphones
|Back in the day, the first truly great loudspeakers I ever owned were the Quad ESL-57 electrostats and ever since I’ve viewed the brand with respect and even reverence. Frankly, those loudspeakers were so far ...read more -
WIN! A pair of Meze Audio Empyrean planar magnetic headphones worth €2,999
|We have partnered up with the clever folks from Meze Audio to bring you an exciting competition for a chance to win a pair Empyrean planar magnetic headphones worth €2,999. Our Editorial Director, Chris Martens ...read more -
Woo Audio WA33 headphone amp/preamplifier
|The WA33 headphone amplifier is Woo Audio’s flagship amplifier for driving conventional (non-electrostatic) dynamic driver and planar magnetic headphones. It is a fully balanced, tube-based unit comprising two chassis that are permanently connected via a ...read more -
Ultimate Ears Live custom-fit in-ear monitor
|Ultimate Ears has a new top-of the-line custom-fit in-ear monitor dubbed Ultimate Ears Live, which was created for both serious personal listening and live on-stage performances. UE Live delivers several technical and ergonomic improvements over ...read more -
WyWires Platinum headphone cable
|Alex Sventitsky of WyWires has been hand crafting high-end cables for audiophiles for many years. They took the personal audio world by storm in 2014 with their RED series headphone cables. At a mere three ...read more -
Abyss AB-1266 Phi CC edition planar magnetic headphones
|The Abyss AB-1266 Phi edition planar-magnetic headphone represented an evolutionary improvement upon the original AB-1266 that first appeared in 2013. In fact my conclusion was that the AB‑1266 Phi edition took “an already superb headphone ...read more -
Questyle CMA400i headphone amp/DAC
|Good audio products are hard to find. However, that cuts two ways; there’s the “to find your prince, you have to kiss a lot of frogs” aspect that suggests there are a lot of mediocre ...read more -
Stax SRM-T8000 energiser
|Every Stax ‘earspeaker’ is an electrostatic design. Every electrostatic needs a specialist, dedicated high-voltage amplifier (Stax calls it an ‘energiser’). Stax makes more top-end earspeakers than it does energisers, so there’s call for a really ...read more