On average, I shoot four to five magazine catalogues a year, the latest of which is Headphone Book's Spring 2018 edition, which tends to go against a white background. This year, a few items went on black, most of which were beautiful. Listed below are both groups.
Read moreA closeup on the Jays u-Jays
headphone is no mean feat. The reason is simple: the u-Jays is, in my opinion, Jays’s best and most cohesive-sounding product. It shares the brilliant warmth of Nuforce’s HEM2, which sweetens every spin of New Order, of Iggy Pop, of Joy Division. But it follows it with fractionally more high-frequency extension and stereo detail. The smooth is balanced with the scrupulousness. In now way am I suggesting that audiophiles looking for reference quality pick it up. It’s not that phone. But where it comes to HiFi sounds, u-Jays knock it out of the park.
Read moreThursday Scheimpflug - Grado RS1
This image was shot with a 5º forward tilt of the front standard
… and hail Scheimpflug Thursday. Or Thursday Scheimpflug. As I’m publishing this first instalment under my audiophile blog, I’ll not rag on about the maths involved in utilising Scheimpflug. (As a former English Literature major, I’ve got to be honest: I’ve really nothing but applied physics - a term Martin Irwin taught me - under my belt anyway.)
I’m the sort of headphone geek that loves strong branding, comfort, and good sound - in that order. Over the last few years, I’ve become a Grado head. I now own the original PS1000, the RS1, the GR10, the GR8, and the GR8e.
Read moreohmage to the Master & Dynamic MH40
Two years have elapsed since I first touched the MH40. My opinions about it haven't changed. Or, the degree to which they have changed is unimpressive. I appreciate its measured, but obvious homage to vintage aesthetic. But, the MH40's utilitarian and forward-thinking design decisions -- e.g., its magnetic earpad fasteners and daisy-chaining cable system -- are truly laudable. And they are obvious baby steps on the way to the MW60, which is a modern masterpiece of use-driven design.
Read moreGlasses: informing the headphones you wear
I took up an interest in better-than-average headphones the same year I started wearing glasses. In no way are the two correlated. I was twelve. One was an all-day, every-day, affair borne of necessity. The other was fuelled by a growing musical independence from my parents. Through the years, my glasses have changed. No more tiger stripes. Thinner and thinner indexes. My musical preferences have changed, too. I totally dig trance. I’m still a fan of Canadian hip-hop, but I’m in it now more for Classified and John River more than I am for Snow.
Read moreBarun C reviews Aedle's VK-1
Epic Headfonia and Head-fi, commenter, Barun Chanda, who is keen on loaning me stuff to check out, curates the assiduously pruned YouTube channel, Barun Chanda. His review of the Aedle VK-1 is clearly edited, and well explained.
Coincidentally, Barun has lent me his Final Audio Pandora VI for about a month. Many thanks, Barun.
For non-rockers - Grado PS1000
Flagship headphones don’t interest me. I’ve gotten on fine, and for the foreseeable future will get on fine with Beyerdynamic’s DT880/600. But, slowly, I’m becoming a Grado head. I love the RS series and the SR60. The GR10 is my favourite small-fit earphone and the GR8e is a brilliant follow up to the earphone that changed my mind about the company. Yes, the original GR8.
Read moreMeze 99 CLASSICS GOLD
309$ for looks, comfort, and clear, fast audio. I have a feeling that when my review gets tossed up on Headfonia's servers, it will be glowing.
Meze Headphones - 99 Classics Gold
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 moreMH40: DYNAMIC DIFFERENCES
Head-fi made the right move in promoting the above video from this thread to the front page. From day one, Master & Dynamic's MH40 amazed.
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