I never once in my life thought I’d be able to listen to flagship headphones for an extended period. Sure, I can go to meets and hi-fi events but that’s pretty much it. Not that I’m complaining but there’s more to pick up when you’re able to keep something for months as was the case […]
Audeze introduced its new flagship, the LCD-5
More than a decade ago, Audeze was THE brand I was saving up my pennies for, and looking at their headphones, I’ve always said “this is going to be my headphones one day”. Fast forward to today, I own a couple of pairs of their cheaper ones and have heard a lot of their other […]
Hifiman Arya Quick Sound Impressions
Hifiman, along with Audeze are what I would classify as pioneers of boutique high-end headphones. They came out of nowhere and started small, but were really aggressive in pushing the envelope out of this hobby. Both are obviously much bigger now than they were 10 years ago and fast forward to today, they’ve managed to […]
Bose announces the much-awaited update to the QC35, the QC45 Noise-Canceling Headphone
The Bose QC35 has for the longest time been the gold standard for noise-canceling wireless headphones. It had something to do with Bose really knowing what they’re doing as they were the pioneer of this type of technology. That was until other manufacturers started catching up to level the playing field in the last couple […]
Budget Studio Cans – Samson SR850 Review
Budget studio headphones have always been in abundance whether you have your eyes set on mainstream brands or you’re looking for that obscure find that only a few can recognize. The SR850 from Samson isn’t the most popular model when it comes to studio headphones but ask about it in your favorite headphone forum, and […]
Cheap Noise-Canceler – Sennheiser HD450 BT Review
Noise-canceling headphones have always been expensive. They probably should be. Aside from the tech to cancel out noise, they’re usually also feature-rich while still being housed in a compact form factor. But what if you strip it down to the basics while still allowing it to sound good? That’s exactly the Sennheiser HD450 BT noise-canceling […]
The Wonderful Grado RS1i Review
Grado headphones are unique in that most audiophiles have probably owned one somewhere along their journey but have decided not to keep it as time goes on. The SR60/SR80 was touted as a gateway drug to audiophilia because they just look and sound so different than your average $50 consumer bass-heavy headphone. For this review, […]
The Lively & Energetic Audio-Technica MSR7SE Headphone
I loved the original MSR7 when it was first released! I was 3-4 years from the beginning of my headphone journey and it did sound wonderful to me despite being a little bright for relaxed listening. It also didn’t extend well in the low bass but those I could forgive at the time as I […]
