Up today from me is the brilliant Astell&Kern AKT8iE mkii earphone. In the three short weeks I've had it in office, it has become my favourite single-driver earphone of all time.
Check it out: Review: Astell&Kern AKT8iE mkii – Age of Consent
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Up today from me is the brilliant Astell&Kern AKT8iE mkii earphone. In the three short weeks I've had it in office, it has become my favourite single-driver earphone of all time.
Check it out: Review: Astell&Kern AKT8iE mkii – Age of Consent
Subject: Nuforce BE6i
In a week or two I’ll go into the goods and bads of this earphone. For now, let’s give a macro look at the Nuforce BE6i.
Read moreInformed opinions suggest that the next iPhone divest itself of the headphone jack - which is a bugger those with loads invested in earphones (though Lear and Westone and Noble Audio, among others, have solutions), and it's a bugger because Bluetooth is a gobbles battery; many wireless earphones manage mere hours of playback. And, poor Bluetooth implementation hisses like the Dickens.
Read moreDiscriminating between sound signatures mature and timid is a chore. What initially sounds soft, or boring, may be a mask for deep stage layering, string-centric tuning, or wide, warm mids. The TWF41 certainly is string-centric, and mature-sounding- more so even than the TWF31.
Read moreThe TWF31 is both amazingly capable, and amazingly hamstrung. It delivers one of the most natural sound stages this side of 2,1 channel near field audio. It outputs a cleaner, more extended sound than its forebears. Its upper midrange should be clear enough for all but extreme treble heads. Finally, acclimatising to its signature takes just minutes; the original TWF11 took hours.
Read moreThe only current earphone review more encyclopedic than Brooko's review of the FLC8S is Just your random audio blog's review of Ocharaku's Akazakura Plus. It's harder to follow, and nowhere near as well shot, but it goes into terrible detail about the technology powering one of today's uniquest earphones from one of today's uniquest manufacturers.
Read moreSit back. Relax. Grab a cup of coffee and a cut of brownie. Brooko's Head-fi FLC Technology FLC 8S review is worthy of the annals of Anandtech's OSX reviews. Even the disclaimer is meaty. It takes three trackpad swipes in OSX to get to the bottom from the top, so make sure your cup is large and your cut even larger.
Read moreThe original q-Jays was toyish, and, as evidenced by myriad cable breakages, ill-prepared for portable use. But because it salamandered into even the smallest ear, it was marvellously comfy. Its size, fit, and signal clarity bowled over many earphone lovers. Today’s q-Jays is nothing more, and nothing less than a brilliant, iterative upgrade to the original.
Read moreIn my Headfonia review I wended on about the fit issues I experienced with the LEAR NS-U1 earphone, most of which are due to its immense size. I hope that the above photograph illustrates just how big it is.
Read more"Thousands of ears fondled, thousands more scanned”, should read the marketing blurb of every high-end earphone. Most assuredly, it isn’t all about sound.
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