IEM & Earphones

8.1Our Score

The Spark Wireless By Focal

September 22, 2017

Focal has landed themselves in a comfortable place. I think we all can agree to that, right? With their 2016 release of the Elear, which is still probably the best headphone sub-$1k, Focal is now setting their ...

8.8Our Score

The ME.1 By Unique Melody

Marcus

September 20, 2017

$1000+, IEM & Earphones, Planar Magnetic

Two interesting themes have developed over the last year or so but not necessarily intertwining until now. The first has been the gradual introduction of planar technology into IEMs. Bravo says I because thus ...

8.5Our Score

The Sage Wizard Edition By Noble Audio

Marcus

September 17, 2017

$501-1000, Balanced Armature, IEM & Earphones, Search By Price

Noble's Classic line got a fairly substantial revamp last year and we have been working our way through them steadily since then. The Sage sits somewhere in the middle of the range priced at $599 and after spe...

7.5Our Score

The M1 & BK50 IEMs By MaGaosi

Donunus

September 15, 2017

Dynamic, IEM & Earphones, Search By Price, Up To $100

Let me start this review by saying that I was never a fan of in ear monitors (IEMs) due to my past experience of them just either falling out of my ear or just plainly due to having a typical unnatural tone. I...

8.3Our Score

The VS-4 By Clear Tune Monitors

Marcus

September 6, 2017

$501-1000, Balanced Armature, IEM & Earphones, Search By Price

This is our first collaboration with Clear Tune Monitors though they have been around for quite a while now (2010). CTM, (going forward), hail out of Orlando, Florida and are essentially a family business (Sand...

7.6Our Score

The Evo X By Advanced

Marcus

September 1, 2017

Dynamic, IEM & Earphones, Up To $100

Advanced (formerly known as ADV) have cropped up on our radar before with the M4 single DD IEM. We reviewed it last year and gave it a healthy 8.0 overall score given its price to performance ratio was quite go...

8Our Score

The E-Series by Final

Klaus

August 25, 2017

Dynamic, IEM & Earphones, Up To $100

Last year I reviewed the Final Sonorous III closed-back headphones that left a very positive impression on me. If you want an introduction to the Japanese company also known as Final Audio Design, I suggest rev...

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 offerings All of these seem to have gone down reasona...

7.4Our Score

The HP-650 By TY Hi-Z

Michael

July 19, 2017

$101-200, Dynamic, IEM & Earphones

I can feel my addiction to earbuds already creeping back into my life. Alright, I submit. You win, Earbud Deities! I am fresh off of another High-End earbud during my last review and can't wait to start this ne...

8.5Our Score

The iSINE 10 By Audeze

Marcus

July 16, 2017

$301-400, IEM & Earphones, Planar Magnetic

CanJam Singapore 2017 was when I finally got to hear the iSINE range for the first time and to be honest, even with a noisy environment I knew it had a little something that was 'oh so easy' on the ear. It is ...