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Meze Rai Penta universal-fit in-ear monitors
|Romanian personal audio experts Meze are known for making headphones. For good reason, as the excellent original 99 Classics and the no-compromise Empyrean are highly prized and extremely well-loved by personal audio enthusiasts. Now, it ...read more -
KLH Ultimate One headphones
|Some audio firms are forever written into the history of high-performance audio. Acoustic Research (AR) and Kloss, Lowe and Hoffman (KLH) are two that immediately come to mind. Over the years the trademark KLH has ...read more -
Etymotic Research ER2SE and ER2XR earphones
|The Elk Grove Village, Illinois-based firm Etymotic Research is arguably one of the oldest, if not the oldest, makers of high performance earphones in the world. Long before Apple created the iPhone or iPod and ...read more -
Dan Clark Audio ÆON 2 Closed closed-back planar magnetic headphones
|A few months ago, the firm formerly known as ‘MrSpeakers’ adopted a new moniker: Dan Clark Audio. All the good stuff we loved about the former brand stayed the same, but in my humble opinion ...read more -
Gold Note DS-10 PLUS
|Gold Note has announced the launch of the All-in-One DS-10 in its PLUS version. The existing DS-10 CLASSIC Streaming DAC/headphone amplifier remains a core part of the Gold Note line-up and is joined – rather ...read more -
64 Audio tia Fourté Noir universal-fit in-ear monitors
|The difference between an ‘earphone’ and an ‘in-ear monitor’ is often a semantic one. When it comes to the 64 Audio tia Fourté Noir, there is no question we are talking about something more than ...read more -
RHA TrueConnect wireless Bluetooth earphones
|Bluetooth earphones are among the most popular products in personal audio today. This trend has emerged thanks to Apple’s decision to build smartphones that no longer include 3.5mm headphone jacks—a step that made traditional wired ...read more -
oBravo Cupid hybrid planar magnetic/dynamic earphone
|David Teng is the founder of oBravo, a Taiwanese manufacturer specialising in high-end, high performance headphones and earphones. oBravo’s initial development efforts centred on full-size headphones, such as the HAMT-1 hybrid AMT/dynamic driver-equipped headphones reviewed ...read more -
Shure KSE1200 Electrostatic Earphone System
|Shure has been involved with the creation and production of music since 1925, but the reason it is still around while most of its competitors from that era have vanished is Shure’s ability to stay ...read more -
Manley Laboratories Absolute Headphone Amplifier
|Most pure analogue headphone amplifiers are simple affairs with a volume knob, some gain adjustments, and that’s it. And then there is the Manley Absolute Headphone Amplifier, which has so many controls and adjustments that ...read more -
iFi Audio xCAN portable headphone amplifier
|The British firm iFi Audio is widely considered one of the premier purveyors of small-chassis, ultra-fidelity audio products. iFi’s new xCAN is a uniquely styled portable analogue headphone amplifier in its primary use, but also ...read more -
Meet Your Maker: Warwick Acoustics
|Warwick Acoustics is based at MIRA near Nuneaton, in Warwickshire, England. Before MIRA became one of the most important automotive test facilities in the world, it was a short-lived WWII base called RAF Lindley. This ...read more -
Focal Elegia closed‑back headphones
|Since Focal began making headphones their roster of offerings has grown precipitously. Currently you can find Focal earphones such as the Spark Wired models for as little as £59/$69 or you can go big with ...read more -
Warwick Acoustics APERIO electrostatic headphone system
|It seems as if it was just yesterday that I received a review sample of Warwick Acoustics’ Sonoma Model One (M1) electrostatic headphone system (£4,995, or $4,995 US). I reviewed the system favourably for Hi-Fi+, ...read more -
conrad-johnson HVA-1 headphone amplifier
|The name ‘conrad-johnson’ is no stranger to traditional audiophiles, but the HVA-1 is the brand’s first venture into the personal audio world. It’s clearly a product derived from the high-end audio line, with styling cues ...read more