My first exposure to Hifiman headphones was during the local November Hifishow in 2014 when there was a dealer that displayed an HE400i, HE560i, and even the mighty HE500. At the time, I was just a couple of years into my headphone journey so auditioning those unsurprisingly blew me away. 3 years after that, I […]
HD560s: Sennheiser’s New Entry-Level Audiophile Headphone
The HD-XXX line is Sennheiser’s main headphone line starting from the budget HD200 to its top-of-the-line HD800s. Specifically, the HD500/600s have been extremely popular to audiophiles because of their competitive pricing structure and how well they scale with better source and amplification. You can add the newly-released HD560s to that list which retails for $199 […]
High-Quality Listening at your Fingertips – DragonFly Cobalt Review
Adding a headphone amplifier and dedicate DAC to any type setup is far from the most convenient thing in the world. They take up space, you have to plug them in, and sometimes you need to buy additional cables to daisy chain them. What options are there if you don’t want that? You have the […]
Exotic and Extravagant: B&W P5 S2 Review
Small on-ear headphones have a weird place in this hobby. They are extraordinarily small, heavily marketed for casual use, but tend to be expensive for the sound they provide making them almost a non-option for most headphone enthusiasts. The Bowers and Wilkins P5 S2 is one of them and in this review, we’ll determine if […]
The Divisive Audioquest NightOwl Carbon
Higher-end sealed headphones don’t usually give out a good price-performance ratio mainly because they don’t really deliver the same type of performance that their open back counterparts usually have. Until that time comes, the only allure of getting a headphone of this type is you get some noise isolation and no leakage which are both […]
No Longer the King of Noise-Cancelling? Bose QC35ii Review
The Quiet Comfort 35 is arguably the most recommended noise-canceling headphone for the better part of the last decade but competition has been strong in the past two to three years with competitive offerings from Sony, Sennheiser, and Microsoft. Bose did release the Noise Canceling Headphone 700 which I’ve reviewed here but they also made […]