Headfonics – Headphone & Portable Audio Reviews

Headphones

8.5Our Score

The 99 Neo By Meze

August 20, 2017

The 99 Classic we reviewed last year came out of nowhere to be perhaps the 2016 sleeper hit in terms of enjoyable headphones. It sounded great, looked the part ...

8.3Our Score

The Amiron Home By Beyerdynamic

Marcus

July 26, 2017

$501-1000, Full-Size, Headphones, Open

8Our Score

The RockMaster Live By Encore

Michael

July 23, 2017

Headphones, Portable, Up To $100

9Our Score

The TH-X00 Purpleheart By Massdrop X Fostex

Michael

July 2, 2017

$401-500, Closed, Headphones

9.1Our Score

The LCD-4 By Audeze

Jacqueline

May 28, 2017

$1000+, Headphones, Orthodynamic

8.5Our Score

The HP-2 BY RBH Sound

Michael

May 26, 2017

$101-200, Closed, Headphones

Earphones & IEMs

8.3Our Score

The F5 By FiiO

Marcus

August 13, 2017

Dynamic, IEM & Earphones, Up To $100

FiiO has been dabbling a little bit over the last year with single dynamic driver IEMs with the launch of the EX1, more recently the even cheaper F1 and F3 offe...

7.4Our Score

The HP-650 By TY Hi-Z

Michael

July 19, 2017

$101-200, Dynamic, IEM & Earphones

8.5Our Score

The W80 By Westone Audio

Marcus

July 12, 2017

$1000+, Balanced Armature, IEM & Earphones

8.1Our Score

The Zen 2.0 By Venture Electronics

Michael

July 9, 2017

$101-200, Dynamic, IEM & Earphones

8.4Our Score

The New Primacy By Oriveti

Marcus

June 28, 2017

$201-300, Hybrid Universal, IEM & Earphones

Customs

9Our Score

The W900 By Advanced AcousticWerkes

Marcus

June 18, 2017

$1000+, Custom Monitors, Search By Price

It has been almost 3 years since I last reviewed an AAW CIEM, the W300AR. This was a promising mid-tier hybrid CIEM with a solid mid-centric sound, top notch st...

9.1Our Score

The VE8 By Vision Ears

Marcus

June 7, 2017

$1000+, Custom Monitors

9.2Our Score

The A18 Tzar By 64 Audio

Marcus

May 24, 2017

$1000+, Custom Monitors

8.6Our Score

The NF6i by NF Audio

Klaus

April 30, 2017

$501-1000, Custom Monitors

8.5Our Score

The SK1 By Soranik

Marcus

February 27, 2017

$501-1000, Balanced Armature, Custom Monitors

Digital Audio Players

7.8Our Score

The AP200 By Hidizs

Michael

August 9, 2017

$201-300, DAP's, Search By Price, Sources

Time seems to run faster in Audiophile years. Products come and go, market values swing vividly in either direction from season to season and headphone driver p...

9Our Score

The DX200 By iBasso

Marcus

June 11, 2017

$1000+, DAP's, Search By Price

8.3Our Score

The OPUS#3 By The Bit

Marcus

May 31, 2017

$501-1000, DAP's, Sources

7.7Our Score

The AP60 By Hidizs

Marcus

May 14, 2017

DAP's, Up To $100

8.5Our Score

The AM2A By FiiO

Marcus

May 12, 2017

Amplifiers, DAP's, Portable Amps, Sources, Up To $100

8.6Our Score

The N3 By Cayin

Marcus

April 5, 2017

$101-200, DAP's, Search By Price, Sources

8.7Our Score

The X5 3rd Gen By FiiO

Marcus

March 1, 2017

$301-400, DAP's, Sources

DACs

8.7Our Score

The HDACC By Essence: Part 2 – HDMI Audio

Marcus

August 16, 2017

$401-500, DAC's, Search By Price, Sources

We first published a standard review of the HDACC as an audiophile DAC/Amp using a 2.1 set up last December. We gave it ...

8.7Our Score

The iDAC-6 & iHA-6 By Cayin

Marcus

August 6, 2017

$501-1000, Amplifiers, DAC's, Solid State, Sources

Such has been the hype regarding their well received portable audio products in the last 18 months you would be forgiven...

8.3Our Score

The uDSD By NuPrime Audio

Marcus

July 30, 2017

$101-200, DAC's, Search By Price, Sources

The NuPrime uDSD was actually launched a while ago so my apologies for getting this one out a bit later than I expected....

7.1Our Score

The i1 By FiiO

Donunus

July 28, 2017

DAC's, Search By Price, Sources, Up To $100

After having owned and loved many other FiiO products before due to their outstanding sonic value per dollar, it looks l...

Solid State Amplifiers

8.7Our Score

The iDAC-6 & iHA-6 By Cayin

Marcus

August 6, 2017

$501-1000, Amplifiers, DAC's, Solid State, Sources

Such has been the hype regarding their well received portable audio products in the last 18 months you would be forgiven...

The Reference Series by Lake People

Klaus

March 4, 2017

$501-1000, Amplifiers, DAC's, Solid State, Sources

Sadly, Lake People is a brand that is not often covered on Headfonics. Depending on your location, maybe you haven't hea...

8.2Our Score

The M-03 & KS-H4 Electrostatic System By Kingsound

Marcus

February 12, 2017

$401-500, $501-1000, Amplifiers, Electrostatic, Solid State

It has been just over 3 years since we last reviewed the "process" of electrostatic product development from Hong Kong m...

9Our Score

The EMAC 535SE Amplifier by The Audio Guild

Michael

January 11, 2017

$1000+, Amplifiers, Solid State

The EMAC 535SE is the most recent offering from The Audio Guild, a California-based company run by Steve Eddy and Liam S...

Tube Amplifiers

8.7Our Score

The Continental V5 By ALO Audio

Marcus

January 15, 2017

$501-1000, Amplifiers, Portable Amps, Tubes

In some ways, the rise of quality DAP has helped bring a bit of focus into the portable amping market. Used to be there was a ton of portable amps in every stor...

8.8Our Score

The Elise By Feliks Audio

Michael

December 9, 2016

$501-1000, Amplifiers, Tubes

9Our Score

The Espressivo-E By Feliks Audio

Michael

March 23, 2016

$301-400, Amplifiers, Gear Reviews, Tubes

8.4Our Score

The Sustain84 By Cypher Labs

Marcus

January 11, 2016

$1000+, Amplifiers, Gear Reviews, Tubes

8.5Our Score

The Continental Dual Mono By ALO Audio

Marcus

November 15, 2015

$1000+, Amplifiers, DAC's, Gear Reviews, Sources, Tubes

Cables & Accessories

8.7Our Score

The Lionheart By Effect Audio

Marcus

July 5, 2017

$401-500, Accessories, Cables, Search By Price

I have had quite a few IEMs in the last two years that I have spoken about fondly. IEM's that have great potential only ...

8.4Our Score

The Class A NHB Pocket Amp By XRK Audio

Michael

June 3, 2017

$101-200, Accessories, Amplifiers, DIY, Portable Amps

It is possible, even highly probable, that we can eventually stray off the socially accepted path and end up finding ran...

8.6Our Score

The iEMatch By iFi Audio

Klaus

May 19, 2017

Accessories, Cables, Up To $100

Just recently iFi Audio released a small and affordable little accessory called the iEMatch. It’s basically an analog da...

8.6Our Score

The HPX-1 Headphone Cable Series by Audio Art Cable

Marcus

May 3, 2017

Accessories, Cables

Truth be told I am cable agnostic which is not anti-cable but more of a doubting Thomas scenario. Often personal confirm...

Hi-Fi

8.1Our Score

The HDP6 Passive Speakers By Audioengine

Michael

April 16, 2017

$401-500, Hi-FI, Speakers

Surprise! I enjoy speakers more than headphones...usually. Despite my self-proclaimed hefty experience in the headphone ...

8.1Our Score

The SP One Active Speakers By Celsus Sound

Marcus

November 23, 2016

$501-1000, Hi-FI, Speakers

I used to be a speaker guy about 20 years ago and went through the same GAS-induced ritual many of us did back in the da...

Features

UBSOUND SMARTER PRO IEM Launched

Marcus

April 12, 2017

Dynamic, IEM & Earphones, News Releases, Up To $100

The Italian company UBSOUND launches the new SMARTER PRO soft-touch ergonomic HD in-ear earphones worldwide. As we’ve already stated in previous articles, UBSO...