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The Hi-Fi+ Directory of High-End Audio Manufacturers, 2019
|We’ve selected and showcased the work of 32 of the finest manufacturers in high-end audio in our exclusive guide. Regardless of price, product type, or brand name, we’ve uncovered the most exciting and innovative companies ...read more -
Cleer NEXT headphone
|Cleer is an ambitious manufacturer of personal audio products that makes a point of keeping a finger on the pulse of contemporary mass-market trends. In practice, this means the firm presently offers two in-ear headphones ...read more -
Sennheiser HD 820 circumaural closed back headphone
|Sennheiser’s HD 800 series is ever-expanding. It began with the original HD 800 almost a decade ago. That model is still on sale, but a few years ago, the company launched an HD 800 S ...read more -
iFi Audio Pro iCAN, Chord Hugo2, Final D8000, and Campfire Andromeda system
|As high-performance personal audio systems have evolved, they have become more specialised. Some focus on top class headphones and electronics intended for use within the relative quiet of one’s home, while others centre on advanced, ...read more -
PSB M4U 8 wireless noise-cancelling headphones
|In 2012 the famous loudspeaker designer Paul Barton, founder of PSB Speakers, launched his first ever headphone, called the PSB M4U 2, priced at $400. The M4U 2 was versatile with a capital ‘V’, so ...read more -
Pioneer SE-Monitor 5 headphones
|Pioneer launched an ultimate flagship headphone called the SE-Master 1 a couple of years ago. Open-backed, hand-crafted, built to order, made of unobtanium-wrapped fantasticium, with ear-cups made of unicorn eyelids… that sort of thing. There’s ...read more -
Audeze LCD-MX4 planar magnetic headphone
|Many veteran headphone enthusiasts are familiar with the California-based firm Audeze and its famous LCD family of full-size planar magnetic headphones, the flagship model of which is the critically acclaimed LCD-4 headphone, which sells for ...read more -
Sennheiser HD 800 S headphones and HDV 820 DAC/amplifier
|Sennheiser’s ‘functional’ top end (as in, excluding the “give me your Amex Black and repeat after me… help yourself!” Orpheus) was rebooted with the HD 800. This remains a stunning headphone that was launched with ...read more -
MrSpeakers ÆON Flow Open planar magnetic headphones
|The $799 price point for a high end headphone can be a lonely rung on the performance ladder that you will see many manufacturers tend to shy away from when coming to market with a ...read more -
The world's best headphones converge at CanJam London 2018, the UK’s only dedicated headphone audio show
|4thJuly, London: CanJam, the world's premier headphone audio show with events in New York City, Singapore, Los Angeles, London, Denver and Shanghai, is returning to London this July. CanJam London 2018isthe UK’s only dedicated headphone ...read more -
Final D8000 planar magnetic headphone with air film damping system
|Final is a respected Japanese manufacturer of premium-quality headphones, earphones, and other audio products. Founded in 1974 by the late, great audio legend Kanemori Takai, Final Audio Design (as the company was first known) was ...read more -
Stax SR-L700 Lambda earspeakers/SRM-006tS Kimik 2 energiser
|While it’s not good to start a piece of writing in the middle and sum up a whole review in a single word in the opening paragraph, the Stax SR-L700 Lambda earspeakers coupled with the ...read more -
Focal Elear headphones
|In hindsight when Focal released its new pairing of Utopia and Elear headphones simultaneously in 2016 from Saint-Etienne in France, Focal seemed to have intentionally bound the lauded cost-be-damned Utopia and the oft overlooked Elear ...read more -
HiFiMAN Susvara planar magnetic headphone
|If we turned back the calendar to 2016 and took stock of HiFiMAN’s headphone offerings, we would see that the firm had moved forward from its critically acclaimed HE 1000 model to create the even ...read more -
WIN! A fantastic pair of Final D8000 headphones worth €3,499!!!
|We have teamed up with the innovative folks at Final to bring an exciting competition with the chance to win a fantastic pair of D8000 planar magnetic headphones. The Final D8000 were reviewed by Chris ...read more