Balanced Armature

8.5Our Score

The Sage Wizard Edition By Noble Audio

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...

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...

8.5Our Score

The W80 By Westone Audio

Marcus

July 12, 2017

$1000+, Balanced Armature, IEM & Earphones

I remember reading a few times the concept of the Westone Audio product numbers being akin to the Star Trek movie franchise with the odd numbered ones never being as good as the even numbers. Certainly, I was ...

8.5Our Score

The Nightingale YK1 By Aya Audio

Marcus

June 21, 2017

$201-300, Balanced Armature, IEM & Earphones

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...

8.3Our Score

The Massdrop X By Noble Audio

Marcus

January 8, 2017

$201-300, Balanced Armature, IEM & Earphones

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 ER4XR by Etymotic

Klaus

January 4, 2017

$301-400, Balanced Armature, IEM & Earphones

Etymotic Research created one of the most iconic classic IEMs with the ER4S. It has ever since been the in-ear to beat in regards to neutrality. Hindering itself with a rather functional design that lacked the ...

8.5Our Score

The ES-3 By Earsonics

Marcus

December 11, 2016

$301-400, Balanced Armature, IEM & Earphones

Despite the fact our website is chock full of Earsonics reviews this is actually the first time I have personally reviewed an Earsonics IEM myself. Technically I have two in the office right now, the ES-2 and E...

7.4Our Score

The MR2 By Pai Audio

Marcus

August 8, 2016

$101-200, Balanced Armature, IEM & Earphones

Apparently, Pi was already registered by someone else and since "3.14159265359 Audio" didn't exactly set the world on fire as a catchy brand name, the resulting outcome was Pai Audio (with the 3.14 underneath)....

8.9Our Score

The Andromeda By Campfire Audio

Marcus

August 3, 2016

$1000+, Balanced Armature, IEM & Earphones

During the original launch of the first three IEMs, the Jupiter was pitched by Campfire Audio as their highest resolving of the range at that time. I am not completely sure if they came out and said this was th...

8.4Our Score

The Jupiter IEM By Campfire Audio

Marcus

January 24, 2016

$1000+, Balanced Armature, Gear Reviews, IEM & Earphones

So the guys at Campfire Audio released the Orion and Jupiter IEMS just before Xmas and true to form I took the Jupiter with me on my Xmas travels again to get a nice long listen to it before the festive period ...