Audio-Technica
It’s impossible to like all the headphones and all the brand and while I can appreciate the M50, AT is one of those brands that doesn’t get my hips shaking
AudioQuest
The American brand is working on several new things but it’s still a bit soon to talk about those. Of course AudioQuest in the Hifi world is mostly known for its cables, but their personal audio line-up is also getting impressive
The AudioQuest DragonFly article in which we reviewed and compared both the DragonFly RED and Black is the most read article on this site. The DF’s simply are good and popular, it’s that easy
In the above picture you see it with their JitterBug, although that one still is a bit of a mystery to me.
Auris Audio
The girls from Serbia were also at the party but I was a bit disappointed the Headonia didn’t make the trip to Berlin. They had a very good excuse though
The Auris HA2-SE still wins me over each time I listen to it. Did I tell you I bought one?
Auris of course also has a selection of streamers, speaker amps and CD players. they all look great
Bakoon
Compared to a few years ago Bakoon seems to be less present at the personal audio shows. Their HPA-21 still is a great amplifier though, especially the current output shines with orthodynamic headphones.
Beyerdynamic
Lot’s of great products have been coming from Heilbronn lately and you can expect even more from Beyerdynamic in 2018, probably at Munich.
The Xelento (Wireless) is such a nice sounding TOTL universal IEM and it’s a lot cheaper than some of its competitors. And it looks great!
Beyerdynamic recently has been focusing on the gaming sector. The headphone itself of course is the COP which we know very well.
Most attention went to the new Aventho Wireless though
Have you had a chance to listened to it already?
Brainwavz
Brainwavz maybe was the surprise of the show, in the way that I saw so many visitors using their IEM and even full sized headphones.
The guys from Headsound brought most of their line-up
More Brainwavz reviews coming up then I guess…
Campfire Audio
Andromeda. It’s green, it’s small, it’s expensive. Oh, and it gets copied
Canjam Lectures
Unfortunately I was a bit busy to attend them all but they’re certainly very interesting, especially if you have people like Axel Grell from Sennheiser talking
Chord Electronics
One of the most busy corners of the show and that doesn’t surprise me with products such as the Mojo and Poly
And of course the TOTL DAVE
Dixo
I wasn’t familiar with this brand but as the guy came all the way from Israel(!) I just had to check out his gear.
He was their especially to promote the new portable DAC/AMP, which sounded quite nice with great resolution and good dynamics
The full sized model also sounded quite unique
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Rasmus Horn
Hi Lieven.
I always enjoy going through your picture reports from the CanJam’s. This time I was able to attend again after last years absence. Only because of the shorter distance to Berlin than Essen for me, only 6 hours drive from Denmark. 9 hours for you… – no excuse 😉
The highlights at this CanJam for me was Etymotic ER-4XS(yes – absolutely WOW), UERR and Meier Corda Soul. The Etymotic ER-3 did not win me over, I would gladly pay more for the new ER-4XS, which has a perfect balance for my ears.
Got to listen to the Mojo for the first time and it didn’t really impress me that much. I thought it was much better given all the hype over the last years. It is handy and very portable though but I will probably stay with my old CLAS –> Quickstep stack, which has been with me at several CanJams for a while yet.
All in all the Berlin CanJam was excellent. I was there Saturday and didn’t have time to attend the lectures because there was so much to listen to in all the booths. I will be back next year and have a good excuse to visit Berlin again!
Lieven
I’m surprised I didn’t see you :O
Rasmus Horn
I saw you! And thought I would say Hi later…
tronco
Thank you for the report Lieven, it is very much appreciated.