The V8 CIEM by 1964EARS
I really need to go to Oregon someday. A lot of my favorite audio gear is sold there by one vendor or another. There are amps from ALO Audio, decoders...
The ATH-A900X LTD by Audio Technica
Audio Technica have quite the habit of releasing "Limited Editions" down through the years with some hit and misses and some retaining value and other...
12 Flagship Headphones Compared – The TOTL Guide
I would like to thank everyone involved and every company who was gracious enough to trust me over the long years past. This was a serious undertaking...
7.8Our Score
The Sound Blaster E1 By Creative
I guess it was only a matter of time before there was enough search hits on "how can I improve on my onboard PC sound?" before one of those actual onb...
7.7Our Score
The A83 Hybrid IEM by Fidue
Chinese IEM specialists Fidue have just recently released their new flagship hybrid IEM, the A83, and Headfonics was lucky enough to be contacted by F...
The Maze Portable Headphone by I-MEGO
Late last year I came into contact with a Texan company called, I-MEGO and their brand new range of headphones called The Throne. I remember during th...
8.2Our Score
The DX90 by iBasso
The audiophile DAP race continues unabated with the release of the next step up from the DX50 by iBasso with the $419 DX90 DAP. It is almost as if iBa...
The F-35 ‘The Lightning’ Portable Amp by Ray Samuels
A few years ago, Ray Samuels created a line of portable amplifiers that became staples of the high-end portable rigs scene. His Protector and SR71B of...
The s301 by Perfect Sound
So we are back with Perfect Sound and this time it is their 'mid-tier' unit, the s301 closed portable headphone which retails at $420. I never got the...
The W50 IEM from Westone
Westone has been revamping a lot of their universal IEM lineup of late. Well in actual fact pretty much all of it from the UM10 upwards since last yea...
The UE900 by Ultimate Ears
I was one of the rare few who managed to get a nice fit on UE's classic and much loved TF10 IEM. I remember it was at the same time I acquired the Sen...
8.3Our Score
The HM-901 DAP from Hifiman
Hifiman can claim to have been one of the original proponents of the new wave DAP market when back around 2007 they launched the HM series with the ex...
The NS800 v2 Monitors by Nocs
I tried the NOCS brand before with the NS700 cans and although they looked suspiciously like the Platten range from Urbanears I was suitably impressed...
The HM-700 and RE-600 by HiFiMAN
HiFiMAN has been making DAPs since about 2009, but they’d always been hulking slabs of audio gear. The HM-801, while smaller than the iPod+amp stacks ...
The AK10 by Astell & Kern
Astell & Kern, along with Ibasso, FiiO and Hifiman have pretty much dragged the DAP market from out of its darkened sulky cave it has lived in for the...
The On1 by Thinksound
Almost exactly two years ago I was asked to review a rather unassuming and humble set of woody earphones called the Thinksound MS01 and I remarked tha...
The N4 by Miniwatt
It's Chinese New Year soon and Hong Kong audio specialists have reduced the price on their N4 USB powered DAC/Amp to a very tempting $199 as a special...
The VK-1 by Aëdle
With the VK-1 Aedle have got right first time round what other headphone companies have been trying to achieve for years - put out a mature and stylis...
The Mi-Performer Pro & Artist CIEM by Minerva
I am in a rare position this month of having more than one custom IEM on my desk thanks to the wonderful team at Minerva UK who kindly sent me their l...
Our picks from 2013 in review
2013 has been an interesting year for us at Headfonics in terms of product reviews. When I look back on our review catalog we did less headphones and ...