The 99 Neo By Meze
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 and had a price tag that was more than reasonable ...
The AP200 By Hidizs
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 popularity is ever wavering. Such is now the case ...
The New Primacy By Oriveti
It has almost been exactly a year since we reviewed the original hybrid Primacy from Chinese manufacturers, Oriveti and since then it's largely been a critical success with its musical but relaxed tuning, slick...
The Nightingale YK1 By Aya Audio
The portable audio scene in Vietnam is growing and more importantly, it is growing organically with indigenous manufacturers putting out good quality IEMs onto the local and international markets. We touched u...
The HPX-1 Headphone Cable Series by Audio Art Cable
Truth be told I am cable agnostic which is not anti-cable but more of a doubting Thomas scenario. Often personal confirmation through my own ears is the only way to be able to say with any confidence that the a...
The ES-2 By Earsonics
We reviewed the ES-3 in the last quarter of 2016 and I gave it a healthy 8.5. I wasn't sure what to expect as I had not reviewed Earsonics before but the sound blew me away for the price. The ES-3 is an outstan...
The HA-2SE By Oppo
Oppo Digital nailed it for me in terms of form factor and pricing for the original HA-2 DAC/Amp combo back when we reviewed it in April 2015. Â Its slim profile was a perfect match for smartphone users to strap ...
The Massdrop X By Noble Audio
Massdrop has a penchant for inciting an audiophile stampede at the "drop" of a pin with their fantastic prices and interesting tweaks to existing product ranges. 2016 may just have been their most high profile ...
The M400 By KEF
Following the M500, KEF released the M400 on-ear headphones last year. They are smaller and cheaper. It's about time we took a closer look to find out if the face-lifted M400 are more than a fashion headphone. ...
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The NS-U1 V2 IEM By LEAR
Last year Lear sent us their all new NS-U1 NatroSound IEM for around $200Â which was their first attempt at recreating a more natural sound field in which they felt better represented that loudspeaker sound, par...
The Q In-Canal Monitor By Advanced AcousticWerkes
This will be my 3rd encounter with AAW products, the first being the musical W300AR custom and the second being their first universal IEM, the budget friendly Nebula One. In each of these releases, I got a clea...
The IT03 By iBasso
iBasso have this knack of churning out new products without much initial fanfare and slowly but surely it sort of just creeps into the audiophile consciousness before suddenly it becomes a cult hit or a referen...
The Wireless & Diva Headphones By FIIL
FIIL is a relatively new company that really broke the walls of the Audiophile palace with their latest DIVA on-ear and Wireless over-ear models. I've not heard such nice sounding headphones that packed this ma...
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The Talos By Cascadia Audio
The T50RP, perhaps the most modded planar headphone in the history of modding. People have gone beyond modding now and created businesses behind them like ZMF, Enigma, and MrSpeakers. Dan's team have gone from ...
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The FSM-02 V2 By Lear
The FMS-02 V2 portable amp from Lear has been out for quite some time, 3 years to be exact. However, given the MSRP has dropped by over HK$1000 to a very enticing HK$1,998 and Lear has very kindly sent me a sam...
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The Edition S By Hifiman
The release of a dynamic headphone from a planar specialist. It has been done before but to a different standard and in a different period of growth for Hifiman. Back in 2011, it was the HE300, which was crafte...
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The Plenue D DAP By Cowon
October of 2015 was a sad month for me...it was around that time that my Cowon J3 finally kicked the bucket after years of strenuous usage. Despite owning numerous higher end DAP's at the time, like the Astell ...
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The Alien DAP Gold Edition By Shozy
The Alien DAP by Shozy is a DAP I should have given a dedicated review to ages ago. Instead, you have been seeing it pop up in comparisons to other DAPs as well as matchability ratings for IEMs. So when Shozy a...