2013 Spring Tokyo Headphone Festival Impressions

2013 Spring Tokyo Headphone Festival Impressions

May 24, 2013 |  by  |  Blog  |  ,

Disclaimer: The Headfonia Store sells FitEar, Hifiman, Fiio, Shure, Centrance, Fostex (coming), and Astell & Kern.

It was an exciting show though more heavily focused (perhaps 85%) on portable gear. I’m not gonna talk about everything I saw there since it’s simply too much, but I’ll focus on the highlights. Local-based…

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