Views 29,379 IMR Opus Mia is my personal Guilty Pleasure, and the silver lining is that I’m secretly a basshead when no one’s looking! The price for Opus Mia is 600 GBP, and they have a metallic body, so they will be compared to FiiO FA9, Light Harmonic Mera Signature, …
Headphones / IEMs is the umbrella place where I keep all my reviews of portable stuff like earphones and IEMs and headphones. It helps having this category to know whether something is for head wearing or for desktop usage. There are separate categories for IEMs and Headphones, if you’re looking for something specific.
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Headphones/IEMs
R2R GO! – HIFIMAN R2R2000 Streaming Music Player
Views 43,945 An exquisite idea, HIFIMAN R2R2000 is a DAP that promises to bring R2R to portables. It is a limited run unit, and it has support as a music player, but can also act as a USB DAC/AMP, has a type-c input, and is priced at 2500 USD for …
Thicker Than Magma – Urbanista New York ANC BT Headphones
Views 58,396 Urbanista New York is a full-feature headphone with a pocket-friendly price of 180 USD. They will get compared to FiiO EH3 NC, Grado SR80e, and 1More Triple Driver Headphones. Since they are a Bluetooth Headphone with ANC, they don’t get a pairing, they will sound a bit better …
That Magical Sound – Sivga P-II Planar Magnetic Headphones
Views 40,098 Sivga P2 or PII or P-2 or P-II is a planar magnetic headphone priced at 400 USD, and which promises a warm and musical sound. It will get compared to iBasso SR-2, Audeze LDC-2C, Brainwavz Alara, HIFIMAN Deva, and MAS X5h. It will also get paired with Lotoo …
Sonic Revealing Maestro – Final Audio A8000 Summit-Fi IEMs
Views 61,409 Final A8000 is the Summit-Fi release from Final Audio, an IEM costing over 2000 GBP, so it will compete with the absolute best, like the Clear Tune Monitors Da Vinci X, FiiO FA9, Campfire Atlas, Dita Fidelity, and Lime Ears Model X, all of which are similar in …
Motion & Emotion – iBasso SR2 Tesla Headphones
Views 78,869 iBasso SR2 is the latest headphone from the DAP producer iBasso. Those are their second iteration of the SR Series, and happily they are priced at 500 USD, which places them right in the middle of the midrange price range. Despite this, they will be compared with headphones …
Elegance, Style & Sound – Master & Dynamic MH40 Wireless Headphones
Views 20,690 MH40 Wireless is a monster of a headphone, priced so aggressively, at 250 USD, and being so feature-rich, and sounding so good, that it blew my mind the first time I heard it. So I decided to give it a run for its money and compare it to …
Peak of Ambition – iBasso DX220 MAX Music Player
Views 39,334 DX220 MAX is not your average DAP, this is $1888 USD the 700 grams of Music at your fingertips. We’re talking about the most ambitious DAP ever created by the best DAP company out there, so we’ll make it rough and compare it to desktop units, pair it …
R2R Alive – Denafrips Ares II Balanced R2R DAC
Views 48,586 Denafrips is a name that will bring a smile to many music lover’s faces, especially when they have such an awesome product, but today we’re putting it to the wall, we’re going to see just how good it actually is, and if the Ares II is worth its …
Paradigm Shift Complete – FiiO FA9 Earphones Review
Views 58,643 FiiO FA9 is the first flagship IEM made by FiiO, and they are priced quite aggressively at 500 USD, making them a direct competitor to other flagships, like Meze Rai Penta, Final Audio B1, and Campfire Atlas. Can’t forget to do a proper comparison with FH7 too, given …
Resolution Ain’t Everything – RHA True Connect TWS IEMs Review
Views 20,047 The price of the RHA True Connect dropped to 70 USD from 170 they were launched at, making them a pretty good deal now. With a ton of competitors, like Master & Dynamic MW07GO, HIFIMAN TWS600, and 1More Stylish TWS IEMs, they have to fight for their place …
Calculators, Music & Feelings – FiiO M3Pro Entry-Level DAP
Views 44,382 M3PRO is not exactly a linear upgrade from the original FiiO M3K, that I reviewed quite a while ago. Given its pocket-friendly price point of 80 USD, it does replace the original M3K, and it will get compared to M3K, FiiO BTR5, and Earmen TR-AMP. The pairings list …
How About Configurable – 1Custom Junior IEMs Review
Views 60,796 1Custom Junior is a product that’s carried and sold by Jaben from Singapore, a really nice shop with a huge product offer. The product costs about 300 SGD usually, or around 225 USD, but can be found on sale at Jaben right now for 185 SGD, or 140 …
Bright, Sharp, Technical – oBravo Cupid Planar Magnetic IEMs Review
Views 29,703 oBravo Cupid are some nifty IEMs, making the way for Planar Magnetic IEMs. They are priced at 250 GBP or roughly 300 USD, and they promise a Planar Magnetic Tweeter, a Dynamic Driver 16 OHMs of impedance, and 105dB of Sensitivity. They’ll get compared to IEMs similar in …
Sport Is Their Nature – Master & Dynamic MW07 GO TWS IEMs Review
Views 22,284 It has been too long since I had the MW07GO around, and since I made the video review about them, so it is time for the full-length written review. Those have a price point of 160 USD as of the moment of making this review, they will be …
Receive Signal – Send to Chifi – FiiO BTR3K aptX Bluetooth DAC-AMP
Views 52,797 BTR3k is the more affordable Receiver mady by FiiO, priced at 60 USD, and it will be paired with Fischer AMPs FA-4E XB, IMR R2 Aten, and Dita Fidelity. For the comparisons, it will be compared extensively throughout this review with BTR5, and also with iBasso DC01, FiiO …
Love Your Pocket – Jade Audio EA3 IEMs Review
Views 57,464 Jade EA3 is made by a sub-base company of FiiO named Jade Audio, and they are priced at 40 USD. They will get compared with FiiO F9 PRO, Shozy Hibiki, and with REVONEXT QT3. Given their price point, they will mostly be paired with less expensive sources, or …
Super Bass & Super Treble – Light Harmonic Mera Signature Earphones Review
Views 60,917 Mera Signature is a very expensive IEM made by Light Harmonic, a company known for both high-end DACs, but also for innovative designs. Mera Signature is priced at 720 USD at the moment of making this review, and it will be compared to other flagships, like Beyerdynamic Xelento, …
Best Thus Far – FiiO BTR5 LDAC & aptX HD Bluetooth Receiver Review
Views 33,812 BTR5 is probably the most complete Bluetooth DAC/AMP on the market right now, and it costs 110 USD at the moment of making this review. This means that it will get compared to Earstudio HUD100, Lotto Paw S1, and Topping E30, all of which are close enough in …
Meze RAI Penta IEMs Review – Radically Smooth
RAI Penta is an IEM or In-Ear Monitor from the Romanian producer Meze. Since I never got to review the Empyrean, which I really wished, pardon me if I’m a bit salty…
Half Done, Half Won – Earstudio HUD100 DAC/AMP Review
Views 29,081 When you need something tiny, something that’s practical, you know that there will be some sacrifices. HUD 100 is smaller than BTR5, it has a nimble body, and it is priced at 140 USD, and for that price, HUD100 has two headphone outputs, one in low gain and …
LSA HP-1 Headphones – Crazy Clear Views
Views 93,202 LSA HP-1 is a variant of Kennerton’s best headphones, but with an improved comfort, support based in USA, and, shockingly, a much lower price point than the original headphones from Kennerton. It is so impressive and so aggressively priced at the 1400 USD Price Mark, that it makes …
Sennheiser Momentum 3 NC BT Headphones – Extra Punch
Views 30,585 Momentum 3 is a Headphone with a lot of life and a powerful impact, a nice amount of reach in the lows, and a good amount of features. It is priced at 400 USD, although the price is lower in most of the Europe, including Romania (350 USD …
The Roar’s Here – iBasso AM05 BA IEMs
Views 66,600 AM05 is a new IEM released by iBasso, and this is the green version, with a better looking one, blue, in the wild. The price is about 300 USD, so they will be compared to The Periodic Audio Carbon, Final Audio B2, and FiiO FA7. Despite having 5 …
Pure Monitors – Fischer AMPs Rhapsody FA-4E XB IEMs Review
Views 77,428 Fischer FA-4E XB is a multi-Ba driver IEM, with a low impedance and a high SPL, extreme clarity and revealing abilities, good isolation, and pretty much everything a monitor should have. Since the FA-4E XB costs quite a bit, about 400 EURO or 450 USD, the comparisons list …