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JH Audio Lola hybrid custom-fit in-ear monitor
|JH Audio is led by its founder and chief technologist Jerry Harvey, and the firm specialises in one thing: namely, creating some of the world’s finest custom-fit in-ear monitors and universal-fit earphones. Harvey began his ...read more -
Sennheiser Momentum In-Ear Wireless earphones
|There has been a profound change in the portable audio market, thanks to Apple abandoning the headphone jack in the iPhone 7. The result is – understandably – sales of wired headphones have fallen away. ...read more -
RHA MA650 earphones
|From the RHA press release: GLASGOW, UK: RHA have launched a new headphone geared towards Android device users. Using a custom dynamic driver (model 380.1) to deliver RHA’s signature sound quality with intuitive functionality for ...read more -
CanJam at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2017 – Part 2, Earphones & CIEMs
|What follows is Part 2 in a four-part series of snapshot-style reports on new (or at least new-ish) personal audio products seen at CanJam RMAF 2017. For the sake of clarity, we have broken out ...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 -
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 -
Munich High End 2017 – Headphones & Personal Audio
|Most Promising Newcomers Abyss Diana planar Ever since launching its superb-sounding but also large and unorthodox-looking AB-1266 planar magnetic headphone, the Abyss team has had a vision of creating a smaller, lighter, somewhat less expensive, ...read more