News Releases

September 8, 2018

News Releases, Features, Up To $100

KS Distribution today announces the launch of the SoundMAGIC E11 and E11C universal earphones; the long-awaited updates of the award-winning E10 and E10C. You can find out all about our thoughts on SoundMAGIC ...

beyerdynamic IFA 2018 BYRD & LAGOON Launch!

August 30, 2018

Beyerdynamic BYRD and LAGOON Press Release August 30th, 2018 Whenever one thinks of a bird, associations such as lightness and vibrancy come to mind. Be it jazz legend Charlie „Bird“ Parker or the term „free a...

Chord Electronics’ Hugo 2 is an EISA Award Winner!

August 18, 2018

News Releases, $1000+, Features

Chord Electronics’ ground-breaking Hugo 2 DAC/headphone amplifier has won Europe’s most prestigious DAC award: EISA DAC 2018/19. The award from the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) reflects the po...

Sony Expand Their One Signature Sound Series

August 17, 2018

On August 9th, 2018 at the Grand Hyatt in Hong Kong, Sony launched an expanded line up of their One Signature Sound Series and entered the In-Ear Stage Monitoring market for the first time officially. Unless y...

Hifiman HE1000se and HE6se Launched!

August 14, 2018

News Releases, Features

HIFIMAN will take center stage at the Hong Kong High-End Audio Visual Show when it debuts their new HE1000se and the HE6se headphones. These are new and important updates to two open-back planar magnetic models...

UBSOUND Launches The New FIGHTER PRO HD

August 3, 2018

The Italian company UBSOUND launch their new FIGHTER PRO HD aluminum in-ear earphones worldwide. As we’ve already stated in several previous articles and reviews on Headfonics, UBSOUND is a rare bird in the au...

UBSOUND SMARTER PRO IEM Launched

April 12, 2017

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, UBSOUND is an Italian consumer electronics company, ba...

The Headroom Show, London – Jan 29th 2016

January 25, 2016

London’s headroom show, which offers music lovers the chance to try the largest range of demonstrable headphones in the UK, will see the world’s leading audio manufacturers launch brand new products for 2016 H...

UBSOUND launch their first on-ear headphones: the DREAMER series

July 4, 2015

Features, News Releases, Up To $100

July, 2015. The Italian company UBSOUND launches the new Dreamer on-ear headphones worldwide. As we already said on Headfonics in a previous article, UBSOUND is an Italian consumer electronics company, based in...

UBSOUND has landed in the USA

February 11, 2015

The guys at UBSOUND reached out to me today just to keep in touch and let us know that they hit the US Market as of today. Below are some more details for those interested and want to know more straight from th...

UBSOUND to launch in the US 2015

November 23, 2014

UBSOUND I believe are the first wholly owned Italian manufacturer and designer of IEM's and recently launched their first units in the European market called "The Fighter". Their roadmap points out to an ambiti...

Tisbury Audio launch the Challenge Amp 1

May 23, 2014

News Releases, Solid State

Hailing from England the UK and a relative newcomer to the market, Tisbury Audio have just launched a rather visually fetching new headphone amplifier this week, the Challenge Amp 1. Backed by a 3 year warranty...

CES 2013

January 4, 2013

This is usually the time of the year when audiophiles and early adopters alike start drooling and checking their bank accounts as the CES Show rolls into town (that town being Las Vegas this year) highlighting ...

Ubuntu Goes Mobile

January 3, 2013

If this works as well as I hope it can then Ubuntu on the mobile could be an excellent audio device quite apart from its smartphone capabilities and a new player with a mature OS on the market that's not iOS or...

The Modi and Magni – Insane Schiit at $99!

January 1, 2013

Amplifiers, News Releases, Solid State

US amp manufacturer Schiit just recently announced the launch of the Modi and the Magni at a ridiculous price of $99 each. The Magni being a discreet AB power amp and the Modi being a USB DAC with 24/96 samplin...

Sennheiser finally lifts the lid on the all new HD700

January 10, 2012

Finally the rumors for once are not too far off and we have a new headphone in the mid-fi stakes called the HD700 from Sennheiser just recently announced at CES 2012. Sennheiser press statement: Las Vegas...

Aiaiai launch the Capital Headphone!

January 10, 2012

One of my favorite brands in the DJ headphone industry - Aiaiai have been busy with new product development and have just announced the launch this year of a new headphone, the Capital. The Capital looks to tie...

iBasso release the D-Zero

August 25, 2011

iBasso are known for their quality headphone amp's and DAC's but outside of the T-series have never been known as entry-level or cheap and with good reason. As an owner of the PB2 and Db2, I can tell you they c...

AmpCity launches the UK’s first Headphone Recabling Service