Views 35,745 Sivga SV023 is a 499 USD pair of high-end dynamic headphones, with a large 50mm Be or Beryllium Played drivers, and which will be compared in today’s review with other high-end headphones, including HIFIMAN Edition XS (500 USD), Sendy Audio Apollo (500 USD), Avantone Pro Planar (450 USD), …
Headphones are the main way we audiophiles listen to music, and they usually come with great comfort, wide soundstage, good bass extension, but almost every single one of them leaks, at least a bit. This means that if you’re looking to keep your music to yourself, you may want to look into IEMs.
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E. Headphones
PadMate Pamu Explore Headphones – Bluetooth Energy, Bass Synergy
Views 34,783 Padmate Pamu Explore is a pair of Bluetooth headphones, priced at 89 USD, and given the low price but interesting design, will be compared to other bluetooth headphones, including SuperEQ S1 (69 USD), FiiO EH3NC (170 USD), and Valco VMK20 (180 USD). Introduction Padmate Tech or Pamu …
Audeze LCD-5 – Flagship Performance Supremus
Views 80,203 Audeze LCD-5 is the top dog planar magnetic headphone, and it is on a kill streak to destroy all the competition, with a price tag of 4500 USD, to match the ambition that went into designing and producing it. Given the design, purpose and overall market position, LCD-5 …
HIFIMAN Edition XS – King Of Stealth & Neo Supernano
Views 58,207 HIFIMAN Edition XS is a revolutionary headphone made by HIFIMAN, released in 2021, and priced at an aggressive price of 499 USD, creating competition for everyone, and pushing the market to bring the best headphones possible at more affordable prices. They will be compared to other similarly priced …
AIAIAI TMA-2 Studio Wireless+ – The Portable Ones
Views 59,082 AIAIAI TMA-2 Wireless+ is a high-end headphone with a comfortable design, and a price tag of about 350 EUROs / 390 USD. Given the price range, they will be compared to Sendy Audio Apollo (500 USD), Avantone Pro Planar Magnetic Headphones (450 USD), iBasso SR-2 Open-Back Dynamic Headphones …
HIFIMAN HE-R9 – Mystery Of Cherry Songs
Views 83,422 HIFIMAN HE-R9 is the latest 599 USD headphone from the master Chinese producer, and this time we have a closed back design on our hands, with dynamic drivers, and a bluetooth receiver, that will increase the cost to 749 USD. Given the price point, I will be comparing …
Hifi Expert KLH Ultimate One – Basshead Impact From Future
Views 43,322 KLH Ultimate One is a high-end, open-back pair of headphones priced at 400 USD in Europe (including taxes), sold and fulfilled by Hifi Expert in Romania. Given the price point, the main competitors will be Sendy Audio Apollo (500 USD), Sennheiser HD660S (500 USD), Avantone Pro Planar (450 …
Sendy Audio Apollo Headphones – Godlike Delight
Views 44,382 Sendy Audio Apollo is a 500 USD headphone based on the QUAD-Former technology, basically a Planar magnetic driver with double magnets + double sided coils and double sides of coils. This means that it gets to be compared with Adam Audio Studio PRO SP-5 Headphones (550 USD), iBasso …
HIFIMAN Ananda Headphones – Sweet Mids, Huge Stage
Views 79,912 HIFIMAN Ananda is the headphone I took the most photos of for the past 3 months, and it is a high-end planar magnetic design priced at 1000 USD, sometimes going on sale for 700 USD. They have been the culmination of price / performance ratio for HIFIMAN, and …
BLON BL-B60 Dynamic Headphones – Low Notes Jumping
Views 41,292 BLON BL-B60 or WGZBLON B60 is the latest headphone from BLON priced at 155 USD. The company is mainly known for making Chifi IEMS, selling through Linsoul and other ChiFi gateway shops. We have interesting features, like a large 50mm Dynamic Driver, along with a nice default cable. …
OneOdio Monitor 60 – Huge Cans For My Soul
Views 25,733 OneOdio Monitor 60 is a high-quality monitoring headphone priced at about 80 USD at the moment of writing this review, made for music producers, DJs and artists on a budget. It features a 50mm full-sized dynamic driver, and it will be compared to Sivga SV021 (150 USD), Dekoni …
Crosszone CZ-8A Hifi Headphones – Speaker Sound, Closed Back
Views 63,924 Crosszone CZ-8A is the latest headphone made by Crosszone, with 3 drivers, all of them dynamic, and in multiple sizes and are priced roughly 1700 USD, and mostly available on the Japanese and Asian markets. Those are some high-end over-the-ear flagship headphones with ingenious design, so they will …
Lush Design – Master And Dynamic MW60 Headphones
Views 22,258 Master And Dynamic MW60, or MW60 is a Bluetooth-enabled headphone that also offers wired connection, a beautiful aesthetic, interesting comfort, and which has been said to perform quite well. With the interesting aesthetics and the seemingly build quality, they need to also provide an interesting sound to stand …
Bleeding Edge Precision – Adam Audio Studio Pro SP-5 Headphones
Views 64,849 Adam Audio makes an interesting entry in the headphone world, by pairing with Ultrasone to bring Adam Audio Studio Pro SP-5, a 550 USD Headphone, just 50 USD above Ultrasone’s own Signature Studio, both headphones having many features in common. This review will be slightly different, as this …
Changing The Status Quo – Sennheiser HD660S Headphones Review
Views 60,776 Sennheiser HD600 and HD650 have both been emblems of quality in the audiophile world for almost ten years now, with HD660S coming to change that and bring a new headphone to the table. We’re having a look into what it brings to the table, and into how it …
SoundMagic P22BT – Small, Quick, Deep
Views 71,932 SoundMagic is a rather well-established company with a lot of interesting products with very friendly prices, and we will review their P22BT On-Ear headphones today. It is a pair of headphones that doesn’t come with many bells and whistles, but it comes with Bluetooth and a cabled mode …
MO Electronics – MOOH BE00BT – Bluetooth Fun
Views 26,225 MOOH BE00BT, or MZero as we’ll name it throughout this review for the sake of being able to write the review, is an amazing headphone at just 130$, which has beryllium drivers, and APT-X Bluetooth abilities. Introduction MO Electronics, the company behind MZero is not known at …
Ultrasone Signature Studio – Exquisite – Eccentric – Excellent
Views 53,276 Ultrasone Headphones have always been in a league of their own, but their latest creation exceeds all expectations. Ultrasone Signature Studio is here to redefine Ultrasone’s position in the audio market. Introduction Ultrasone is a well-known and well-reputed headphone company from Bavaria, Germany, who has been creating …
Meze 99 Neo – The Edgy Classic
Views 76,486 Meze created an even less expensive version of 99 Classics. Coming with smooth and vivid sound, great textures and edgy looks, 99 Neo promises to bring the same sound we all love but with a redesigned look Introduction Meze 99 Neo is the new headphone, or rather …
Meze 99 Classics – Great potential for 99C
Views 77,849 Meze 99 Classics are a well-renown headphone produced by Meze Audio Romania. 99c promise to bring a natural sound along and an elegant design along with great comfort Introduction Meze Classics 99. The title says it all – great potential and elegant style. Head-fi banners showing …