Features

March 16, 2018

Featured, Features, Up To $100

Today, UBSOUND of Italy just launched their new MAGISTER 'premium' HD aluminum IEM worldwide. This to me actually looks loaded with potential in the entry-level range For those how may be unaware, UBSOUND is a...

DSD Vs PCM – Real Competitors?

February 2, 2018

This article on DSD vs PCM was reproduced from the educational archives of Yuri’s Sample Rate Converter website with his kind permission. All copyright belongs to said website and any reproduction of this infor...

DSD Vs PCM – Commonalities

January 26, 2018

This article on DSD vs PCM was reproduced from the educational archives of Yuri’s Sample Rate Converter website with his kind permission. All copyright belongs to said website and any reproduction of this infor...

What Is DSD Audio?

January 19, 2018

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This article on testing was reproduced from the educational archives of Yuri’s Sample Rate Converter website with his kind permissions. All copyright belongs to said website and any reproduction of this informa...

Seven Keystones Of Accurate Audio Blind Testing

January 5, 2018

This article on testing was reproduced from the educational archives of Yuri’s Sample Rate Converter website with his kind permissions. All copyright belongs to said website and any reproduction of this informa...

What Is Jitter in Audio?

December 29, 2017

Featured, Features, Sound Science

You hear this term jitter quite a lot in audiophile discussions, particularly with reference to digital audio conversions or DACs. Yuri ends the year with a more detailed explanation of what jitter actually is,...

Our Top Gear for 2017

December 27, 2017

Annual Awards, Featured, Features

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It is our annual end of year review and awards season for the gear we rated top for 2017. Exciting! For us here at Headfonics it has been an incredibly successful year with some wonderful reviews. Mike, Klaus ...

CanJam Europe 2017 Show Report

Klaus

November 24, 2017

Berlin For the fifth time in a row, the annual CanJam Europe took place in Germany. However, the event moved from North Rhine-Westphalia to Berlin. This is a curious decision because not only was Essen a less ...

Where Is The Limit Of Audio Quality?

November 17, 2017

I have read many endless discussions about audio equipment. Topics include cables, lossless vs. lossy, compression algorithms, jitter, ultrasound, playback files from different places of a hard disk, power cond...

Power Conditioning For Audio – It’s Real Advantage?

November 10, 2017

A power conditioner is a piece of equipment whose electrical functionality is relatively simple to demonstrate. However, what is harder is measuring the conditioner’s impact on sound quality. This topic will lo...

Audio Physics For Beginners

October 27, 2017

Features, Sound Science

This is the first in what I hope will be an education series of features on the basics of audio from our guest writer, Yuri. Today's topic is really the building blocks of audio and that is all about audio phys...

HeadRoom London 2017!

February 14, 2017

The capital’s biggest headphone and personal audio event, headroom at Metropolis, is returning to Metropolis Studios in March with new product launches, the latest audio tech, plus London’s largest range of dem...

Our Top Gear For 2016

December 30, 2016

Annual Awards, Featured, Features

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In what has now become a traditional close to the Headfonics year we bring you what we consider to be the top gear we reviewed in 2016. Having read last years intro I might sound like a broken record but we hav...

CanJam Europe 2016 Report & Awards

Klaus

October 8, 2016

So it is the 4th year of CanJam Europe and our first as a media partner with CanJam Europe. As such we had k.e., a top lad from Germany, go down there and see what's what with the ol' audio business and what's ...

CanJam Europe 2016 This Weekend!

September 20, 2016

Try hundreds of headphones at CanJam Europe 2016 This year CanJam Europe 2016 was on Sept. 24th and 25th. Way more than 100 brands will present their new and highlight products in Essen, Germany. CanJam Europe...

CanJam Europe 2016 – Sept 24-25th

August 24, 2016

Headfonics is now an official media partner for CanJam Europe 2016! We will have our guy on the ground running around trying lots of headphones, desktop and portable media this September in Essen, Germany with ...

The Indulgence Show 2016

August 15, 2016

With just slightly less than two months to go until the start of The Indulgence Show, a major new audio and lifestyle event taking place at the Novotel Conference Centre in Hammersmith, 90 brands from the hi-fi...

Audio Sanctuary – The UK Launch

July 27, 2016

Phil Wannell and I have been mates for a while now and he has been a strong supporter of Headfonics for a few years under his previous brand, Custom Cables. Times change though and this week Phil and his hard w...

UBSOUND Launch The Ergonomic ‘Orchestra’ IEM

June 25, 2016