Tagged Orthodynamic

April 4, 2018

$401-500, Headphones, Orthodynamic

Disclaimer: The Advanced Alpha sent to us for the purposes of this review is a sample and does not have to be returned to Advanced. Thank you to distributors Aurem Fidelitatem and Advanced for giving us this opportunity. It is always exciting to see a new ent...

9.3Our Score

Hifiman Susvara Review

December 24, 2017

The Hifiman Susvara is a headphone that has been with me longer than any product before I decided to write the review. And for good reason. This is a $6000 headphone and one of the most expensive headphones on the market. Higher tier even than the Audeze LCD-...

9Our Score

The ÆON By MrSpeakers

October 1, 2017

$501-1000, Headphones, Orthodynamic

Mad Dog, Alpha Dog, Prime, Ether, Ether Flow and now Aeon. MrSpeakers is on quite a roll since 2012 and is now a bonafide manufacturer in their own right of some amazing planar headphones with their own unique sound signatures. And it is not simply a rehash o...

8.9Our Score

The SINE DX By Audeze

August 27, 2017

$501-1000, Headphones, Open, Portable

By a quirk of fate, Mike reviewed the SINE closed headphone over a year ago and seemed very happy with it. It stole the show for him, got the end of the year award and rated a solid 9.0. You can't say fairer than that. Now here comes 2017 and Audeze decide t...

The Ether C Flow By MrSpeakers

December 28, 2016

Change can sometimes be evolutionary and yet dramatic at the same time. However, when MrSpeakers suggested I upgrade my "Writer's choice of 2015" Ether C headphone to the new $1799 Flow edition citing a major (read dramatic) enhancement to the sound plus a bra...

The Edition X V2 By Hifiman

December 25, 2016

Much like the HE1000, Hifiman has seen fit to bring out a revised Edition X in the form of the Edition X V2 and in doing so saw to it that my lead up to Xmas 2016 was filled with instant regret at not jumping on an original Edition X V1 review at the start of ...

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The Talos By Cascadia Audio

August 31, 2016

$201-300, Headphones, Orthodynamic

The T50RP, perhaps the most modded planar headphone in the history of modding. People have gone beyond modding now and created businesses behind them like ZMF, Enigma, and MrSpeakers. Dan's team have gone from modest modding to "top of the line" planar headpho...

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The HE1000 by Hifiman

November 29, 2015

"You are going to need a bigger amp". Now looking around at my loveable Mjolnir and Hifiman EF6 SS amps that didn't inspire any fiscal and aural confidence but nevertheless those were the ringing 'Scheideresque' type words when Hifiman just announced the all n...

8Our Score

The HE400s By Hifiman

November 1, 2015

$201-300, Headphones, Orthodynamic

Where to next? Well, it seems the HE400s is next. I have this image in my mind of Dr. Fang Bian of Hifiman just sitting every Xmas pondering how to hit the market the following year or looking back and thinking what he could do a little bit better. The last ...

8.8Our Score

The Ether by MrSpeakers

Michael

June 24, 2015

$1000+, Gear Reviews, Orthodynamic

If you’ve lived under a rock for the past few months, you may not be aware that Dan at MrSpeakers has again been up to no good as of late. Somewhere out in the desert in California, or perhaps a dark laboratory of a malicious manner, Dan Clark created a new ...

The PM-2 Planar Headphone By Oppo

November 22, 2014

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

Oppo have recently released their second planar headphone titled the PM-2 which looks a lot like the PM-1 only this time the big unique selling point is the fact that you should get all of the benefits of the PM-1 but at a more tempting $699 price tag, especia...

The PM-1 Planar headphone by Oppo

Michael

May 20, 2014

Gear Reviews, Orthodynamic

I recall drooling uncontrollably at my desk back in 2013 when the images of Oppo's new Planar headphone were first released. Such a sleek and attractive design simply was too tantalizing for me to resist. That elegant metallic framework and jet black mesh made...

The Fostex T50RP as envisioned by Zach Mehrbach

November 17, 2013

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

The Fostex T50RP, with its potential to sound truly fantastic with simple modifications, has exploded in popularity in recent years. Naturally, not all people are willing to spend large amounts of time and money trying to make their T50RPs sound good, so thus ...

Hifiman HE400 – A planar headphone for the masses?

February 13, 2012

$501-1000, Headphones, Orthodynamic

A new Hifiman planer headphone is quite common these days so the impact of a new arrival is perhaps a tad more muted than say the heady hurrah of the unboxing of the HE6. So with the release of the HE400 planer and the tempting low price of $399 you might be f...

Hifiman HE500–Proof That The Planars Are Here To Stay

November 27, 2011

Full-Size, Headphones, Open, Orthodynamic

This, my friends, is by far the best headphone I have ever heard. However, it’s also in the running for the headphone that I dislike the most. Why? Well, it’s a simple when you think about it. This is a $900 headphone; one that isn’t mine at that. Therefore, I...

Hifiman HE4 – More fun than the HE6?

June 24, 2011

Full-Size, Gear Reviews, Headphones, Open, Orthodynamic

$449 from www.Head-Direct.com Technical Specifications Freqency Response: 10 to 60 KHz Impedence: 38 Ohm Efficiency: 86 DB Weight: 350 g Accessories Headphone cable (OFC) with 6.5 mm plug. Length 3 m / 10 ft Balanced Portable headphon...

Audio Technica ATH-2–Retro Awesomeness

June 17, 2011

Gear Reviews, Headphones, Orthodynamic

The ATH-2 is a strange headphone. It was Audio Technica’s best efforts at making an orthodynamic, and it looked like they knew what they were doing, but for some reason, they stopped about half-way to avoid cannibalizing their dynamic headphones, I presume. Ir...

Dynamic vs Orthodynamic vs Electrostatic – Which is which?

May 10, 2011

Electrostatic, Features, Full-Size, Orthodynamic, Sound Science

So we often talk about comparisons of brands of headsets or specific units, but lets talk about the actual engineering and construction of headphones and how they work and what works for you and why? Currently in the market we have 3 standards: 1. Dynami...

Hifiman HE6 – Is this the end of the road for me?

April 12, 2011