Headphone

8.4Our Score

The NightOwl Carbon By AudioQuest

August 23, 2017

Fast on the heels of the successful launch of AudioQuest's first foray into headphones, the NightHawk, in comes a new headphone, called the NightOwl. This closed back very cool Carbon designed headphone is pri...

7.5Our Score

The Edition 5 Unlimited By Ultrasone

Michael

January 27, 2016

$1000+, Full-Size, Gear Reviews, Headphones, Open

Ultrasone kind of dropped off the map during that Planar tidal wave a few years back, didn’t they? But then, all of a sudden…bam…a $5000 Edition 5 releases out of nowhere. Not too long after the community out...

8.4Our Score

The Dharma D1000 By ENIGMAcoustics

Michael

January 13, 2016

$1000+, Electrostatic, Full-Size, Gear Reviews, Headphones, Open

Leave it to a relatively new company to produce the type of headphone most of us wanted for the past few decades. EnigmaAcoustics is primarily an electrostatic loudspeaker producer, yet has only just recently ...

7.5Our Score

The N90Q by AKG

Michael

January 4, 2016

$1000+, Closed, Full-Size, Gear Reviews, Headphones

Harman has shifted their marketing division roughly half a dozen times in 2015. Now, I can almost time it when I’ll get a new email that tells me the last group isn’t handling the headphone department anymore ...

7.5Our Score

The Nighthawk By AudioQuest

Michael

December 30, 2015

$501-1000, Full-Size, Headphones, Open

AudioQuest ran into the Audiophile Pit while wearing a cowboy hat, guns blazing and firing at anything that moved like the mad men they are. I’ve got to admit, I really like their view on how headphones should ...

7Our Score

The RockMaster Headphone & IE by Encore

Michael

August 10, 2015

Gear Reviews, Headphones, Hybrid Universal, IEM & Earphones, Portable, Up To $100

Encore and Sonic Unity have teamed up recently to produce a nice deal for us audio nerds. They may be newbies in the audio circuit, but there is little doubt in my mind that these guys are interested in knocki...

California Headphone Company Laredo–A Revolution in the Making?

Kyle

July 8, 2012

Gear Reviews, Headphones, Portable, The Sound Bar

So who likes new companies?! California Headphones is a new headphone brand created by Tim Hickman, the creator of Fanny Wang. But it’s quite a bit more threatening to the “big” headphone manufacturers than his...

Philips/O’Neill “The Stretch”–Totally Chill, Brah

Kyle

June 28, 2011

Closed, Gear Reviews, Headphones, Portable, The Sound Bar

These are, “Wicked headphones brah.” Philips “The Stretch” headphones, also known as “SHO9560/1” for those who like to get technical, are the brainchild of a collaboration between Philips, the electronic compan...

Audio Technica ATH-Pro700MK2 – One Word… Bass!

Marcus

June 17, 2011

Closed, Full-Size, Gear Reviews, Headphones, Portable

The Audio Technica brand is fast becoming one of the most ubiquitous headphone brands in the market, reaching almost Sennheiser like presence for choice and range on offer. My perception of them though until th...