The Hall of Fame: UE's Triple.Fi 10

The Hall of Fame: UE’s Triple.Fi 10

04/30/2013  |  33 Comments

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

Rein Audio's New Toys: X3 DAC & X-Amp

Rein Audio’s New Toys: X3 DAC & X-Amp

04/11/2013  |  34 Comments

Disclaimer: Rein Audio sent me both units as temporary review samples and the units will be sent to back to them The Start A little over a year ago I... more

The Dark Sennheiser HD650: All For The Music

The Dark Sennheiser HD650: All For The Music

03/16/2013  |  156 Comments

Editor's Note: An HD650 review? Don't we have one already? One of the reason for this newer review is because I noticed that the HD650 actually increased in... more

Enjoy Sound and Tea: Ocharaku Flat-4

Enjoy Sound and Tea: Ocharaku Flat-4

01/21/2013  |  15 Comments

Disclaimer: The Ocharaku Flat-4 IEM used for this review belong to a friend of ours.  Editor's note: The Ocharaku Flat-4 IEM is a double 10-mm dynamic driver, put together... more

Ultimate Ears' Ultimate: The UE9000

Ultimate Ears’ Ultimate: The UE9000

01/19/2013  |  30 Comments

Disclaimer: The sample for this review was kindly provided by Logitech Asia. Thanks Cannis, Mei Mei, and Deborah (SPRG)!    After spending time with the UE9000 and doing a lot... more

CypherLabs Double: Solo -dB and Solo -R

CypherLabs Double: Solo -dB and Solo -R

01/15/2013  |  97 Comments

Disclaimer: The units used for this review are in-store demo units from AnalogHead.   The pioneer of i-Device DACs is now back with new and updated Solo devices, and these... more

Supersharp: Apex Glacier

Supersharp: Apex Glacier

01/04/2013  |  77 Comments

Disclaimer: I purchased the Apex Glacier from Todd @ TTVJ.   There are so many good things to talk about the Apex Glacier amp that I really don't know where... more

The Fidelio X1 by Philips

The Fidelio X1 by Philips

12/11/2012  |  88 Comments

Disclaimer: I received the X1 sample directly from Philips Asia. Ah, the Fidelio X1 headphone from Philips. I've had it for almost two full months now and I'm guilty... more

Possibly The Best: The 627

Possibly The Best: The 627

11/21/2012  |  63 Comments

Disclaimer: I received a loaner sample of the 627 directly from Portaphile.   My encounter with the Portaphile 627 started with many emails with Cesar, the man behind Portaphile. It... more

Style and Power: Vmoda M-100

Style and Power: Vmoda M-100

11/16/2012  |  72 Comments

Editor's Note: This double review features Edd from the UK and Julius in the US. It's a very long read (5000+) and that's even after I trimmed out some... more

The Beyerdynamic We Love: DT770 Anniversary Edition

The Beyerdynamic We Love: DT770 Anniversary Edition

11/08/2012  |  545 Comments

This is a double author review. Normal text is Lieven, italics are Mike. Disclaimer: Mike's DT770 Anniversary Edition was a loaner sample from Jaben Indonesia. Lieven got his... more

Sennheiser Momentum First Impression

Sennheiser Momentum First Impression

10/10/2012  |  144 Comments

Disclaimer: Special thanks to Sennheiser Asia for the Momentum headphone loaner. I didn't have too much time to evaluate the Momentum, a short two days to be exact... more

Shonyun 301 Pro Desktop Amplifier

Shonyun 301 Pro Desktop Amplifier

09/28/2012  |  11 Comments

Disclaimer: Shonyun sent us free samples of the 301 Pro along with the 306 (review already published) in return for doing this review.    The 'SH-301 Pro', Shonyun's top class-A... more

The $320 Portable DAC/Amp: Matrix Mini-Portable

The $320 Portable DAC/Amp: Matrix Mini-Portable

08/27/2012  |  94 Comments

Disclaimer: I received this sample unit free of charge from Matrix. Moreover, my store probably will import some units in since the local crowd seems to like the... more

OS X Audio Players: Amarra, Audirvana, Pure Music, Fidelia, Decibel, and BitPerfect.

OS X Audio Players: Amarra, Audirvana, Pure Music, Fidelia, Decibel, and BitPerfect.

05/22/2012  |  84 Comments

Sometime in 2011 I began thinking about the possibility of doing a review on high quality audio players for the Mac OS X operating system. Even though Windows... more