From an extended period of hiatus to two reviews within a month, I’ve been quite busy. This time around I’ve an iem from a company that has a history of providing some of my personal favorite products for, subjectively speaking, their warm and enveloping house sound just sings to my soul. But that’s the past, this is now, and this is the Fantasy that’s attempting to become reality. So without further adieu, allow me to share my thoughts on whether or not Cayin’s newest offering really had made my fantasy a reality. The Opening Experience...

It seems this year I’ve been in a rather extended audio review rut. Not by there being a lack of offerings but for personal indifference. That is until I was presented with the opportunity to review a new product from a company I’ve immensely enjoyed everything from them I’ve had the honor of experiencing. Cayin has a new portable amp that offers many impressive qualities that sparked a little excitement in me that I haven’t had in a while. So, without further adieu, allow me to share my thoughts on the product that put some pep in my step; the Cayin...

Over my years of reviewing products (going on I think 7 or 8 maybe) I’ve had the honor of coming across several companies, products, brands and the like. Many of which I’ve grown a particularly fancy of while others I can understand their appeal but just wasn’t for me. Cayin is definitely the former. It seems like every product I experience of theirs I grow to fall in love with. This does come to be a double edged sword because I also grow to be much more critical of them because of this. The most recent offering of theirs I’ve had the honor of...

This year has been a rather, dry one in terms of product reviews. Thankfully, the few that I’ve been able to participate in have all been some top notch offerings and this new one is no different. With this review specifically, I gotta give a give shoutout and praise of gratitude to @Todd for not only putting together this tour, but allowing me to take part in it. HEDD audios pulls no punches with their entry into the headphone market with their HEDDphone, well, headphone. This behemoth of a product is definitely something that you’re gonna want a...

Hello and good day to all of your beautiful weirdos! Been away for a long while, so a big thank you to Dudios to being one of the first company’s to start sending out review samples again. So anyways, the T8 is one of Dudios’ newest offerings to their entry level wireless earphone coming in at under $30. Seeing as I’ve reviewed a pretty nice amount of their products I’m rather excited to hear what their newest offering brings. So, without further adieu, allow me to share my thoughts on this budget friendly true wireless earphone. The Opening...

To date I’ve a very fond appreciation towards Meze products. I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing 3 iems, 2 of which I see that they no longer offer, those 2 being the 11 Neo and 12 Classics respectively and their flagship, the Rai Penta. Their over ear model 99 Classics even won my Product of the Year award back in 2016 with how much they impressed me. Fast forward 4 years and I was given the honor of being invited to take part in a tour they established to review their flagship product, the $3,000 behemoth, Meze Empyrean also known as the highest...

After recently coming off reviewing one of their newest products, the AF180mk2 iem, they asked if I would be interested in reviewing another one of their products; an over ear model titled the AF240. Being quite interested in their sound and wanting to hear more from them I very happily agreed. Additionally, a subscriber of mine commented on the AF180mk2 video about how they loved their own personal AF240’s and was interested in what I thought of them, so that coincidence worked out beautifully. But with that introduction out of the way, allow me to...

For as long as I’ve been into this spiraling hobby, electrostats always come up in conversation as a top tier option to strive for. Recently I was finally able to listen to the legendary Stax SR-009 (paired with equally infamous gear) and immediately understood what made them special. Sadly, that was the end of my experience, the audio meet. Until Hifiman allowed me to take part in their Jade 2 tour. Finally, after being able to experience an extended listening period, using my music and equipment, I understand what makes not only electrostats but...

One of the coolest things about being a product reviewer is having the ability to be introduced to companies and products that otherwise is highly likely one wouldn’t have. One of those is the company in which I’m reviewing a product for this week and that’s Audiofly and their AF180mk2 iem. After having them for 2 weeks, I have really found them to be an interesting iem and company with a sound signature that was new to me. But allow me to share my thoughts on that a little more specifically if I may? The Opening Experience Construction...

*To me at least, the format isn't showing my full review (even the HIGHLY shortened and edited one I had to post here thanks to Head-Fi's new 10k character limit). I have posted my full, unedited, review on the Cayin YB-04 forum page here.* *Yes, I'm sure you've noticed but I used the wrong form of through in my video cover. Didn't even realize I did it until obviously too late. Oh well. We'll have a laugh at it together.* The Opening Experience

The Opening Experience Construction I’m not really a Chevy fan but the old time commercial and song “Like A Rock” comes to mind when I’m holding the Cayin N6ii. Not only does this piece of art feel like a rock with its size but it also has the weight to join it. I rarely find myself saying this with DAP’s, and I adamantly do not recommend trying it, but in a worst case scenario and you were to drop the N6ii, I’ve a good feeling of confidence that the DAP would be just fine, especially if you’ve it placed inside its...

It’s not too often that I get to experience what an aftermarket cable can do to a products sound, there’s just not an opportunity to try them out on the gear I have. So when Effect Audio put forth a tour showcasing their new Vogue line of iem cables I definitely had to put my name in the basket because I even own their Eres II cable and greatly love it. Believe me, during my 4ish years of showing my ugly mug on YouTube doing reviews I hear both sides um *cough cough* passionate debates on their feelings of cables being snake oil vs actually improving...

Hifiman is one of those companies that isn’t afraid to push boundaries of price when it comes to their products; and their newest flagship offering, RE2000 (silver), is no exception at $1,500 ($2,000 for the 24k gold version). Though an iem costing $1,500 is something I’m not unfamiliar with, from memory, I can’t think of any that I’ve personally experienced that only utilize a single driver. I’ve now had these beauties for a week now and would like to share my thoughts and impressions of them with you. The Opening Experience...

Since my first experience with Meze and their 99 Classic headphones I have found every product that they offer to hit a wonderful sweet spot for my ears. The warmth and musicality that I experience with Meze had rapidly shot them to the forefront of my personal favorite company’s. Now, they’ve entered the summit class iem category with their Rai Penta, or Heaven/Paradise’s 5 (5 drivers). Some rather big words to have the product to live up to and I was quite excited to take the reigns of putting them to the test. The Opening Experience...

Been awhile since I’ve made an appearance in the review scene and what better way to come back after an extended hiatus than with a product such as this wonderfully sophisticated looking Auris Euterpe (pronounced you-turp)? Before I jump into the review, allow me to give a heartfelt thanks to my friend Mshenay for bringing this product to my attention to review. The Opening Experience I was given this unit in a generic box after an audio meet. Therefore I will not include thoughts or review of the unboxing because I was unable to...

To start off with a disclaim, I have never been able to hold or see in person the original HE-6 so I am unable to provide any comparisons to the original and updated version both in terms of construction and sound. It’s not often that you come across a headphone that openly advertises how absurdly difficult it is to drive. Traditionally, headphones strive to me easier and easier to power, and in some cases, can be driven quite efficiently through a cellular device. But that is certainly not the case with the Hifiman HE-6 and it’s newest revision...

After the annual winter-early spring dry spell, leave it do my friends at Dudios/SoundPeats to save the drought with one of their newest offerings, the Dudios Zeus Ace. If that name sounds familiar to you then it should. I reviewed their original Dudios Zeus last year and still, to this day, utilize it as my primary workout iem because how great it is. So how does the newest and coolest “true wireless” version perform? Is it a worthy upgrade or a different flavor of the same ice cream? The Opening Experience The unboxing’s of Dudios...

An awesome technology that, at least to me, has infinite potential is the planar magnetic genre. Before now, I’ve only experienced them in full sized headphones and have always been interested in hearing them in other applications, namely the iem. Thanks to RHA, my time has come with their RHA CL2 planar magnetic iem. Coming off the high praise and recommendations of their ever popular T10 and T20 models, to say I was overjoyed to try out their top end model would be an understatement. So how did my first experience with not only a RHA product but...

I must say, 2018 has been a fun year for me, strictly speaking from the reviewing standpoint it has been a year of discovery. Several different companies and brands have reached out to me requesting for me to review a new product of there’s and I’m definitely glad I did because I’ve found many new product that have earned more spotlight than they are getting. And this reigns true with BlitzWolf and most specifically their BW-HP1 headphone they sent me. And just as a teaser for the rest of the review, if you’re a fan of the Beats sound but don’t want...

Freshly coming off their quite impressive price/quality earbuds I was delighted to try out their over ear A2 model and see just how it compares. I’ve said it many of times but the sub $100 range of audio products are, in my personal opinion, the most competitive of any others so I like to see these do something that makes them stand out from the rest. So how about the Soundpeats A2? Well, allow me to explain my thoughts during my time with them. The Opening Experience For the most part I found that the unboxing experience with...