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Tornado Equalized Audio Technica: Ocharaku CKM55
Disclaimer: I purchased the Audio Technica CKM55 directly from Ocharaku. The Audio Technica CKM55 started life as just another IEM in the sea of entry level IEMs. The stock... more
The Asus DAC: Xonar Essence One
Disclaimer: Asus Indonesia asked me to do this review. The Fostex HP-A7 and Violectric V800/V200 are the Headfonia Store demo units. The desktop DAC/Amp from Asus comes with surprises... more
Critique of Audio Cables
Yesterday I tried two different cables I got from my Japan trip on two widely popular IEMs: one was the Triple.Fi 10 and the other was the Shure... more
Brutal World Class Acoustics: Ocharaku Flat-4 KURO and KAEDE
Disclaimer: I purchased the Ocharaku KURO and KAEDE units used for this review directly from Ocharaku. People often ask me what I'm listening to, and these days it's... more
Standing Ovation: Smeggy’s Thunderpants
Disclaimer: The Headfonia Store sells Fostex, Audez'e and Hifiman orthodynamic headphones. The Thunderpants was loaned to me by Fostex Japan. I don't think I've ever written a title that... more
2013 Spring Tokyo Headphone Festival Impressions
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... more
Long Live Portable Tube: ALO Continental V3
Disclaimer: ALO Audio is a site sponsor, and the Headfonia Store is the Indonesian distributor for ALO Audio products. I was supposed to do this review in January, but... more
The Hall of Fame: UE’s Triple.Fi 10
Welcome to the Hall of Fame series. I've observed that some products never seem to get old even after all these years. People keep on going back to... more
Baby Stax Take 2: STAX SR-002
Disclaimer: The Headfonia Store is a STAX reseller. Back in the days, roughly some 4-5 years ago, there was quite some hype on the original baby Stax which I had to work... more
What’s Going On?
These past few weeks, I realize it has been quiet around here aside from Lieven's review on the Rein amplifiers and DACs. I've been listening to a lot... more
Audinst HUD-MX2
Disclaimer: The HUD-MX2 sample unit is supplied by Audinst, site sponsor of Headfonia. Arguably the most successful USB DAC I've seen now returns bigger and with more ammo, but... more
JDSLabs The Next Level: The C5
Disclaimer: JDSLabs is a site sponsor as of the time of this writing. April the first, but this article is for real as I really lack the creativity to... more
The Budget Burson: Soloist SL
Disclaimer: Burson sent me a sample unit for this review. Burson is also a site sponsor. The addition of the SL variant of the Soloist brings a more affordable... more
Fostex: TH900 and TH600
Disclaimer: The TH600 is a loaner from Fostex Japan, the TH900 a loaner that belongs to a local enthusiast. This review started life as a TH600 which I received... more
Bakoon HDA-5210mk3 Amplifier
Disclaimer: Loaner sample from a friend/owner of the amp. Bakoon of Japan came up with this very interesting take at a headphone amplifier. First of all, why the difficult... more
