Thank you to Questyle for providing the CMA Fifteen unit for the demo tour and giving me the opportunity to test it out in my home. I've been curious about Questyle products for a while, having often read about them, but have never had the chance to hear any of their gear until now. Through my review period my source was a Bluesound Node 2i using Apple Music Lossless and FLAC CD rips on USB stick for music. Build And Features Picking up the CMA Fifteen from the local UPS office I was surprised at how heavy the box was. Getting it home and...

Thank you to Sennheiser for sponsoring this tour and allowing me to spend two weeks with the HD820. This has been the longest experience I've had with an 8-series headphone from Sennheiser, having previously only experienced the HD820 and HD800S briefly at Axpona in 2018. Associated Equipment Source: Bluesound Node 2i with Apple Music Lossless and FLAC CD rips off of USB stick DAC: RME ADI-2 DAC Amps: Schiit Ragnarok 2, Bravo V2 Build, Presentation, and Accessories The HD820 is made predominantly of plastic, but plastic often gets a bad rap...

Thank you to Todd @ TTVJ for sponsoring the review tour of the Audeze LCD-5. I was able to test the headphone on my home setup for a week in exchange for my honest opinions. Overview There's a scene in the 2nd season of the television show The Expanse where an alien intelligence deconstructs an entire space-ship into its individual component parts. The Audeze LCD-5 does this to music, exposing every detail, every nuance, every intricate detail in such a way that's breathtaking. Associated Equipment Source - Bluesound Node 2i with Apple Music...

I'd like to start off this review by thanking Todd at TTVJ for sponsoring this review tour. I was able to spend a week with the Meze Empyrean Elite in my home with my system with the only expectation that I present a review of my experiences. On a personal note I have been in the market for a new upgrade for a TOTL headphone, and this one was in the running along with the other new flagships. I had never had the opportunity to listen to a Meze headphone before (other than a pair of Rai Solo IEMs) but I'd always heard good things. Associated...

First of all thank you to Todd and TTVJ for sponsoring this loaner tour. I've primarily been an open-back headphone guy, but I've been growing curious about what the newer products in the closed-back market have to offer. Spending time with the Celestee impressed me in many ways while at the same time confirming some of my reservations about closed-back headphones. Associated Gear Bluesound Node 2i RME ADI-2 DAC Schiit Raganarok 2 iPad Pro M1 Apple Music Lossless Streaming FLAC CD Rips on USB Build/Styling/Packaging/Accessories I'll start...

First of all thank you to American HiFi for sponsoring this product tour. Source Gear Bluesound Node 2i with Apple Music and FLAC rips on USB (source for both chains) RME ADI-2 DAC (headphone chain) MiniDSP DDRC-22D Dirac Processor (speaker chain) Emotiva PT-100 Preamp (speaker chain) Comparison Gear MassDrop THX AAA 789 Headphone Amp (headphone chain) Crown XLS 1502 Speaker Amp (speaker chain) Speakers Infinity Intermezzo 4.1t Headphones Tested With Cyrus OneHD Beyerdynamic T1.2 ZMF Auteur Wenge Audeze LCD-3 Audeze EL-8 Titanium Hifiman...

INTRO: First of all thank you to Audio46 for sponsoring this review tour. I'll start off by saying I've not traditionally been an IEM guy. I've focused almost entirely on full-sized open back headphones (and I have a wide range including the Beyerdynamic T1.2, ZMF Auteur, Koss ESP 95/X, Monoprice M1570, Sennheiser HD6XX, Grado PS1000e, Sony MDR-SA1000 and MDR-MA900, and plenty of others), and have found IEMs in general to be disappointing and uncomfortable in the past. That changed when I impulse bought a pair of Moondrop SSRs and discovered...