The Venture Electronics BIE were born a couple of years ago as the “Bonus IE”, a pair of earphones meant…
Drop HiFiMAN HE5XX review: might have been
That HiFiMAN has a strong relationship with Drop is no secret: they’ve been collaborating for years on products made to…
HiFiMAN Arya review: a brilliant glimmer
A child of the Edition X, the HiFiMAN Arya has been considered by many one of the finest headphones made…
HiFiMAN HE-560 review: memory maker
Everyone has objects they’re closely tied to emotionally. In my case the HiFiMAN HE-560 are headphones that I deem quite…
HiFiMAN R2R2000 review: a different perspective
It’s all a matter of philosophy. That’s what we can infer from the availability of DACs based on wildly different…
IKKO Zerda ITM03 review: cerulean fox
Vulpis zerda is the scientific name bestowed upon a well-known animal, the fennec. The name of the IKKO Zerda ITM03…
Nothing ear (1) review: much ado about… something?
Nothing is newly-founded company that came out of… Wait, let’s start again. There’s a new company called Nothing and they’ve…
OneOdio Pro-50 review: bass monster
There’s a lot of fun in the sub-$50 space and OneOdio really wants to demonstrate this with headphones such as…
Lypertek PurePlay Z3 2.0 review: true wireless benchmark
Sequels are always hard and they’re even harder when the first episode was successful. That’s the case with the Lypertek…
HiFiMAN Ananda BT review: exceptional, but does it matter?
How do you create a true “audiophile” Bluetooth headphone? That’s a tricky question, and the answer that HiFiMAN came up…
HiFiMAN Ananda review: the pleasant bit
The HiFiMAN Ananda have been quite a successful model for HiFiMAN, thanks to their high performance, good design and great…
iFi iPurifier3 review: what’s purer than pure?
There’s this obsession in the audiophile world about the need to “purify” every signal because doing so would purportedly lead…
Moondrop Sparks review: TWS with a twist
Everyone is making “true wireless” earphones nowadays and models with good sound are finally starting to pop up in the…
Blog: the toll to be paid
Last night was the first one I’ve had in quite a while of decent sleep. I went to bed around…
Interview time: Marcin Słomkowski from Neederland (of TrueStand fame)
The pandemic has brought us many bad things, but there’s also light in this darkness. Many companies were started during…