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Noble Katana Universal-Fit and Custom-Fit In-Ear Monitors
|Over the years Hi-Fi+ has covered a number of multi-driver-equipped, custom-fit in-ear monitors (CIEMs) from Noble Audio, including the then flagship Kaiser 10 (issue 119), the 4S (issue 127), and the Savant (issue 137). The ...read more -
Hi-Fi+ Awards 2016: Earphones and Custom-fit In-ear Monitors
|Value-Priced Earphone of the Year 1More E1001 Triple-Driver The value end of the earphone market is hotly contested, but 1More’s flagship E1001 Triple-Driver has more than made a space for itself. The design employs a ...read more -
Headroom Show 2017
|Metropolis Studios in West London is one of the last great recording studios in the British capital, and in the early months of the year it is home for a weekend to the Headroom Show, ...read more -
Hi-Fi+ Visits CanJam NYC – Part 3
|This is Part 3 of Hi-Fi+’s three-part photo-essay covering the recent CanJam NYC event. Noble At CanJam London 2016, Noble Audio introduced its Katana universal-fit earphones and CIEMs to favourable critical response. In fact, Hi-Fi+ ...read more -
Hi-Fi+ Visits CanJam NYC – Part 2
|This is Part 2 of Hi-Fi+’s three-part photo-essay covering the recent CanJam NYC event. Dekoni Dekoni is a firm I met for the first time at CanJam NYC and whose mission is to offer extremely ...read more -
Hi-Fi+ Visits CanJam NYC – Part 1
|On the weekend of 4-5 February 2017, Hi-Fi+ was pleased to attend the first ever CanJam event held in New York City, and what an event it proved to be. Held in the Marriott Marquis ...read more -
Chris Martens’ Best of CES 2017: Personal Audio
|In a break with past practice, where Hi-Fi+ coverage efforts at CES and other shows have been both exhaustive and, to be honest, exhausting (as is, “Man, that’s a lot of gear to cover in ...read more -
Westone ES60 Custom-Fit In Ear Monitor
|When asking non-audiophile friends and colleagues for their impressions, if any, of Westone Laboratories, I have discovered many think the firm focuses primarily on selling components and supplies for the global hearing aid industry. This ...read more -
Noble Audio Savant Custom-Fit In-Ear Monitors
|In the world of high performance personal audio there can be no more ‘personal’ a product than a fine set of custom-fit in-ear monitors (often abbreviated as ‘CIEMs’). I say this because CIEMs are the ...read more -
CanJam at RMAF 2016 – Part 4 of 4
|Part 4 of our report covers: Onkyo, Oppo Digital, Pioneer, Questyle, RHA Audio, Rupert Neve Design, Schiit Audio, Sennheiser, Sonoma, Sony, Stereo Pravda, Ultrasone, Unison, Wells Audio. Westone Laboratories, and ZMF. Find Part 1 of ...read more -
CanJam at RMAF 2016 – Part 3 of 4
|Part 3 of our report covers: HiFiMAN, Holo Audio, iFi Audio, Jays, JDS Labs, JH Audio, Koss, Labkable, Little Dot, Lotoo, Meze, MrSpeakers, Noble Audio, and oBravo. Find Part 1 our CanJam report here: http://www.hifiplus.com/articles/canjam-at-rmaf-2016-part-1-of-4/ ...read more -
WIN! One of 10 Pairs of 1MORE C1002 Dual-Driver earphones worth £89.99
|We have teamed up with those clever people from 1MORE UK to bring you our latest superb competition. No fewer than 10 lucky winners will each receive a pair of the excellent C1002 Dual-Driver earphones. ...read more -
Echobox Finder X1 Universal-Fit Earphones
|I first encountered the relatively new-to-the-market brand Echobox Audio when I visited the firm’s stand at the CanJam London 2015 event. What initially caught my eye was the distinctive Echobox Explorer streaming-enabled, audiophile-grade personal audio ...read more -
CanJam at RMAF 2016 – Part 1 of 4
|Both the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest and CanJam, the well-loved personal audio-centred show-within-a-show faced physical plant obstacles and setbacks that might have stopped lesser shows in their tracks. What happened? Well, in simple terms, the ...read more -
WIN! A fantastic “Audiophile Starter Kit” from Echobox Audio worth over $800!!!
|We have collaborated with the smart guys at Echobox to bring an fantastic competition with the chance to win a complete Audiophile Starter Kit, comprising the exciting new Explorer DAP (in one of a choice ...read more