The Sennheiser IE800     What hasn't been said about these flagship earphones from Sennheiser?  My first wow moment for these was at a headfi meet sponsored by Sennheiser at the Great Russell Hotel all the way back in April 2014. This was around the launch time of the IE800s and was also the first time I was introduced to the Astell and Kern AK100. Club Orpheus were there in droves and one of the reps handed me an IE800 and AK100 and I was stunned.  I subsequently bought both. Not there and then , but the need to acquire weighed heavily on me...

Arcam included me in their review tour for the new rHead. Arcam are in their 40th year and make some lovely looking minimalist kit. With kind regards to Rob Follis who arranged the tour , let us have a closer look at the capabilities of this integrated amp.   Introduction   This was a week loan. I have done my utmost to try as much kit and to listen as carefully as I could within the context of the deadline. These are my ears and my opinions. Yours may be different. The differences I describe are not striking, they are subtle. Comparisons...

This is a good IEM -for under £200 it is a great IEM. There, I've said it. But fear not reader, there is a great deal more rambling insight ahead. I shall tell all about this IEM and give you my opinion, warts and all, for you to digest and contrast against my fellow headphone fanatics out there. I have 2 people to thank before we dive any deeper into the mists of sound and word - grettings to @Tony-Hifi of HiFiHeadphones fame for being the loaner of the Pinnacles and for embracing the HeadFi community in such a worthy fashion. And not to forget...

With thanks to @Tony-Hifi of HifiHeadphones and @glassmonkey for their perseverance in getting this to me for a week's evaluation, I have this week my review of the Audio Opus 1 , the first official release from the South Korean Company  who have for several years been used by other leaders in the Audio industry to make products. The usual caveats apply here , these are my opinions , I have listened to them as often as I could over the week , thrown as many genres at them plugged in lots of different headphones etc. but my opinion should not be used...

MEZE 99 CLASSIC What beats beneath the elegance?                 It has been mentioned that a review has the potential for bias. The headphones are sent to us for free evaluation for 7 days in return for an honest review on Headfi. We ship them onwards at our own cost and for the majority of us we do not get to keep the headphones. Reviewers are doing this because they like listening to different headphones and writing about them. As for the companies who are offering their product to the community for testing , I believe this is...

Introduction Many many thanks go to Eu Jin for allowing me to participate in this review tour of the ERIB-2a Universal IEMs. I have to tell you that I was completely unaware of Obravo as a company and do not keep up with the latest developments in the headfi world unless they are so huge it's difficult to miss them. I would also point out that I tend to take the latest developments in the world of Audio with a pinch of salt. That being said I try to keep an open mind and have products ranging from the old (AKG K1000 bass heavy) to the new (Chord...

I was part of the EU Review Tour of the Airist Audio Heron 5 Headphone Amplifier and as such had the opportunity to listen and compare this with my other kit for 10 days . A lot of listening was had during that time. After extensive and painstaking switching between this and my First Watt F6 Clone I sent the last half of my time listening exclusively to the Heron. By then I was comfortable with the differences between this and my main kit.   I was not aware of the Heron until I applied to be put on the review tour. In view of the price point I...

    With thanks   to Tony from HiFiHeadphones who provided me a Paw 5000 DAP for review these are a collection of my thoughts.   Introduction   I made the decision early on in the audition of the DAP to focus my time with it. So I apologise now if you are hoping for a story of me as usual trying out 100s of different combinations with every IEM,bluetooth,full size phone,amp,DAP . You get the picture.    Suffice it to say, time is fleeting, life is too short. I realised just how good the PAW 5000 quite early on in the time I had with it and I...

        Kindly sent to me by Gary Zhang of Havit , a new company to headfi that have added an awful lot of decent headphones to the budget market.   This is my 3rd review for Havit , previously having tried the HV-H2555BT More Hav than Hav not   and the HV-H91DJ C'mon - £20? Havit - I lovit!       The HV-H930BT      Is their Bluetooth 4.1 spec Sports In Ear Water Resistant model   It is inexpensive to say the least     And is worthy of a listen - even for headfi    The Design   The 930 is a solid IEM with as small a...

A new company I had not heard of previously , Ausdom are likely to become familiar to many headfiers if this wireless headphone is anything to go by.  I have been part of the worldwide review tour of the ausdom M05 and was sent an entirely new model direct from Hong Kong for evaluation.   I have had these a week and I can give you an idea of what they sound like as wireless headphones and how they fared.            These are £59.99 on Amazon. I consider these phones to be amongst the best I've heard - wired or wireless , full size or IEM...

Havit HV-H91DJ       The Introduction   These are are the 2nd set of headphones sent to me by Havit for reviewing. I have a third headset pending , which I will tell you about once I’ve given it a listen.   These are DJ headphones, they have cups that swivel out if you fancy spinning discs with them. They also have a mic on the cable that can control the music from your smartphone, pause , next and back functions.   They look stylish in an Autumn brown finish and they are very very cheap on Amazon.  ...

Hello and welcome to my review of Havit's Bluetooth On Ear Headphone. These were sent specifically for review purposes after I was kindly picked as a member of the headfi review team by Gary Zhang of Havit. Thanks Gary          Havit HV-H2555BT Bluetooth Headphones   How much cheaper can you get for a pair of on the ear bluetooth headphones! These retail at £24.99. And what’s more- they work! With even a few extra touches, or should I say, sweeps thrown in.           Features     There are touch switches normally found on a...

            They're back! I was the first to review these back in November and I was not impressed. They were harsh sounding to say the least.I did my review. I said my piece. A few couldn't believe my findings. My review went against many others at the time, What Hi Fi seemed to love them, for instance. As a result of mine and other reviews, the Soundmagic P55 Vento was recalled. And revamped. Fast forward 9 months to August 2016 and the new batch have arrived. Thanks to Tony of HiFIHeadphones for the loan and a chance to revisit these...

The Chord Mojo has arrived. It was an unexpected arrival for me because I thought nothing this size would come from Chord. At various meets up and down the country I've  listened to the Hugo and Hugo TT half heartedly; I wasn’t prepared to spend £1400 on a portable device. I remained skeptical that my Ibasso DX100 sounded any better through the Hugo than it did through the headphone out. As we all know , in a show setting with the levels of ambient noise and listening to a device lots of people are queuing to hear is not the ideal way to figure out...

The best (and the worst) of The Beast     Has one of our newest DIYers found a way to tame the illusive HiFiMan HE-6?  Can the Sennheiser HD800 be redressed into a finer suit?   Read on and be told a story of failure and success, starring everything from Schitt to silver, the only things left out will be MP3s. Yes fanboys, even Beats by Dr Dread will get a mention….    Last weekend I got the opportunity to witness something special in the headphone world that very few people in the UK will have had the chance to hear. Those in the HE-6 forum...

Introduction I am part of the RHA T20 Tour and received my IEMs on Monday.   I have listened to them a WHOLE lot since then and here are my discoveries.   The listening took place sat down, on the move, on the run and any way I could think of to put these Scottish Gems through their paces.   They were plugged into my DX100 shown above as well as my Note II, Macbook Pro, Colorfly C3 and Cambridge Audio Dacmagic Plus. I have other kit but this felt like a good cross section.   I will go into the music I listened to in more depth as I go along...

Hi there, This review is based on my honest impressions of the HD800. I have no technical background little technical knowledge but I listen to music an awful lot. This comes from the heart and I in no way intend to cause any personal offence to any of the gear anyone else has. I simply wish to put on record what my personal findings have been on this set of phones and the reader can compare to other reviews out there. First of all, I have to say it has not been possible to find a way to give you an unbiased comparison of these headphones against...

I wanted to tell you what this is like straight out of the box because I just got this in less than a week new from hong kong for £70. So this is for anyone wondering about taking a plunge on a dap but not sure which direction to take. I wanted to post it because I can't believe this is on ebay for £70! It'll surely sell out at that price. The packaging is bomb proof. It has 6 lots of wrapping around it. You get a set of in ears they look gross. Won't be using them so no idea whether they're bearable. A usb cable a mains plug a velvet sky blue pouch...