AcousticWerkes W300AR Hybrid Customs IEM Review
December 31, 2015 Comments Off on AcousticWerkes W300AR Hybrid Customs IEM Review
” Well these are hybrid CIEM’s, and the dynamic driver takes care of the lows, to very good effect. You get very dynamic and full lows that are more articulate and fuller than most BA based CIEM’s at this price can deliver. They are also however very well controlled, steering clear of bloating and warming up the mids. The lows are fast and can keep up with most rock music, but are best suited to filling out the sound of acoustic and jazz, or even slower rock. They offer good punch and have very good body, they never sound flat or hollow. Bass guitars sound excellent, and the lows extend very deep. Quantity wise they won’t satisfy bass heads, but they have enough to satisfy and I would say they are slightly above neutral in presence and quantity, this is not a bad thing.”
Campfire Audio Lyra $750 Review
December 31, 2015 Comments Off on Campfire Audio Lyra $750 Review
“Another quality of fine IEMs is high efficiency. An IEM that can be driven easily from any mobile device, such as a cell phone or a dedicated audio player (DAP), is key for many buyers. When you’re forced to carry a bulky external amplifier simply to get decent volume from an IEM, you end up sacrificing a portion of the portability that makes IEMs so appealing. The Lyra was easily driven to just shy of painful levels from my iPhone 6 and had plenty of headroom when paired with an Astell & Kern AK100ii. No matter what source you’re pairing with the Lyra, you’ll have no issue setting the perfect listening level.”
PSB Speakers M4U 4 Headphone Review
December 29, 2015 Comments Off on PSB Speakers M4U 4 Headphone Review
” I did the bulk of my listening with my iPod classic, before I stepped up to the latest version of FiiO’s high-resolution X5 music player ($350) to tap the M4U 4’s full potential. Dynamics and transparency improved, a lot, so with Aphex Twin’s Drukqs album, the seriously deep bass passages were more viscerally felt, and with Rob Wasserman’s Solo album, his acoustic bass’s dexterity and precision were no less astonishing. A hi-res FLAC of Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album thrust Jeff Tweedy’s vocals forward in the mix, while the band’s densely textured and layered percussion focused further back in the soundstage. Compared with the Ultimate Ears UE900s in-ears, the M4U 4 came up a little short on resolution and treble clarity, but the M4U 4’s bass potency leaped ahead of the UE900s’.
NOBLE AUDIO WIZARD SAVANT $799 REVIEW
December 27, 2015 Comments Off on NOBLE AUDIO WIZARD SAVANT $799 REVIEW
“Sub bass on the Wizard Savant is good but not dominating with a slight roll off right at the bottom, the main punch comes from that 50-100hz area so EDM and hard rock will benefit most from the Savants richer bass line and orchestral sub bass drum work might lose out. It is horses for courses really between the two and as before I felt the Classic 4 couldn’t deliver the bass vibe and feel of modern rock and pop the Savant really can.”
RHA S500I REVIEW
December 27, 2015 Comments Off on RHA S500I REVIEW
” The cable itself is very well done and features a low microphonic upper cable housing made of rubber and the lower half after the cable splitter is a lightweight cord. This combination of materials meant that there was very little noise, if any, from the cable. The RHA S500i is of course the model that features an inline microphone and control set and during the course of the review it was found to offer excellent call quality. The earbud microphone and control is made of the same aluminium found on the earpieces, its rock solid”
NOBLE AUDIO WIZARD SAVANT IEM REVIEW
December 26, 2015 Comments Off on NOBLE AUDIO WIZARD SAVANT IEM REVIEW
‘ Sub bass on the Wizard Savant is good but not dominating with a slight roll off right at the bottom, the main punch comes from that 50-100hz area so EDM and hard rock will benefit most from the Savants richer bass line and orchestral sub bass drum work might lose out. It is horses for courses really between the two and as before I felt the Classic 4 couldn’t deliver the bass vibe and feel of modern rock and pop the Savant really can.”
PSB Imagine T3 Loudspeakers Review
December 25, 2015 Comments Off on PSB Imagine T3 Loudspeakers Review
“The Imagine T3 effectively replaces PSB’s Synchrony One ($6000/pair when available), which I reviewed in 2008 and used in my room for a while thereafter. The Synchrony One was a fantastic speaker that won our Reviewers’ Choice and Product of the Year awards.”
Best Headphones Under $50 – Video
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PSB Speakers M4U 4 Headphone Review
December 20, 2015 Comments Off on PSB Speakers M4U 4 Headphone Review
” I did the bulk of my listening with my iPod classic, before I stepped up to the latest version of FiiO’s high-resolution X5 music player ($350) to tap the M4U 4’s full potential. Dynamics and transparency improved, a lot, so with Aphex Twin’s Drukqs album, the seriously deep bass passages were more viscerally felt, and with Rob Wasserman’s Solo album, his acoustic bass’s dexterity and precision were no less astonishing”
LEAR NS-U1 IEM Review
December 19, 2015 Comments Off on LEAR NS-U1 IEM Review
” Your ears will need a few seconds to adjust to how things are being presented to you on NS mode also as everything is pulled in a bit more from the sides and placed more in front of you imaging wise. Within those seconds however immediately you will notice the tonality get a welcome injection of warmth, body and musicality. The NS On mode clearly sounds the beefier of the two signatures. Left right stereo separation is far less tangible also and initially you might think your soundstage is being squeezed up and becoming more congested or intimate but in reality it actually does sound a bit more like how some speakers project.”
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