I don’t swear a lot. But when I do, I swear hard. Like when I swore the following in my review of the MS-AK100:
Read moreHook Up translate my review of the Lynx HILO
Not that this will mean anything to you, my English looks great in Japanese:
Read moreCan Betteridge predict Orpheus's successor?
Jude appears to think so. And, to be honest, when it comes to audio stuff and photo stuff and other geek stuff, Betteridge has been had the better of. Both Jude's and one other photo on page three of Head-fi's latest first-pager, show a grill, elongated cups, and comfy pads.
Read moreA cracked Earsonics Velvet
My review of the Earsonics Velvet was delayed, first because both earphones cracked, and second, because their substitutes arrived in the midst of an intractably involved review queue. Despite being a bit cheaper (at least in Japan) than the S-EM6, I preferred Velvet. It fits better and is tunable. It has more edge. It is a fun earphone.
Read moreSize comparison of 9 audiophile DAPs and the iPhone 4
The above graphic appeared in the Soundaware M1 (Esther) thread at head-fi. What cued me into the M1 was Musica Acoustics's posting a picture of it on their Facebook page.
Read more1more Piston Pod - Complete perfect quality, by golly!
The below blurb is verbatim from 1MORE's Piston Pod product page:
Read moreMusashi Sound Technology's AK240 mod: AK240 R
Now that the AK380 is out and the AK480 is on the horizon, the question on many people's mind is: is it worth upgrading my AK240? After all, the AK380 is defined by Astell&Kern's own maladroit marketing department as the evolution of a masterpiece (and that masterpiece itself being an end-game prodcut). If advertising copy were the measure of performance, the AK240, Be[ing] The Ultimate, couldn't be bested.
Read moreSpotify vs. Apple Music: Is there a difference in sound quality?
Ty Pendlebury's comparative review of Spotify and Apple Music is getting eaten alive by pedantic commenters. Why? Broad, sweeping statements:
Read moreLynx Studio HILO review
I was a bit slow publishing full RMAA tests of the Lynx HILO. You can find them here: RMAA: Lynx Studio HILO.
Read moreRumour: the mighty Astell & Kern AK480
Disclaimer: ohm image generally doesn't host rumours, but with a scoop this big, and this mofo is BIG, ohm makes a jump. I was approached by an anonymous source deeply familiar with, or employed by, Astell & Kern.
That the recently announced AK380 doesn't feature Ultimate in its copy was the first hint that it wasn't their top model. That was the first clue that something else was coming. Last year, Head-fi fooled everyone with a mockup of an AK480 on 1 April.
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