Introduction Thanks to FiiO for giving me a Q3 to review. It was sent without any preconditions whatsoever. Given the number of good DAPs out there, it’s still a surprise […]
Introduction Some years ago, one of the original engineers of the famous AKG K1000 popped up on Head-Fi, Heinz Remmer. The response to this pleasant surprise was, as well as […]
Over the many years that I’ve attended the Tokyo FUJIYAAVIC headphone festivals, Final (or Final Audio as they used to be called, and now trading under the S’NEXT brand) were […]
https://youtu.be/pB9MFbv6BAYThe Koss ESP950, as they are originally known debuted in 1990, around the time I got my first pair of headphones. I wish I had known about them then, though […]
https://youtu.be/PhhS7jxjBcQ At the Tokyo FUJIAAVIC Headphone festival in late 2019, as tends to happen throughout the two days, I ran into the owner of FUJIYAAVIC in the iFi room just […]
INTRODUCTION I’m luckier than most because the (part-time) reviewing I do often exposes me to something new which I may not have been aware of. Such has been the case […]
Pros: Imaging, sound-stage, tonal balance, clarity, bass extension, versatility, build, comfort Cons: Price, cable relatively heavy, prone to twisting, isolation not great for closed headphone INTRODUCTION Three years ago, I […]
INTRODUCTION My personal open headphone search has pretty much ended. I have my HD800S, as well as an HD600, and other TOTL’s I’ve tried have been variations on a theme. […]
Schiit Audio has begun shipping their Ragnarok 2 headphone and speaker amplifier. Completely re-designed with a new topology and modular features, by sharing heatsink components from the Vidar, it is […]