Review: HiFiMan Susvara headphones, assault on the state of the art
This is not for the faint of heart, or wallet. If you think headphones have reached overwhelmingly high prices spare your time and don’t read this review. You have been [...]
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High End 2017: Reaching for the Abyss
Going deep, abyss deep has been a trademark for JPS Lab’s/ Abyss Joe Skubinski, designer of the absolute flagship headphone for years. The AB-1266 has been among our [...]
Dr’s Orders: Push it to the limit
A good Dr. should never insist on having his patients pushing themselves to the limit but this is audio and the limit of what is possible is a good thing with only one major [...]
RMAF 2016: Lee at the End of Line and Best in Show
I approached this year’s Rocky Mountain Audio Fest with a strange mix of excitement and trepidation. The long-time venue of the Denver Tech Center Marriott was in the [...]
RMAF 2016: Abyss and Woo Audio, with Mytek
Scot had me covering several CanJam titles but one of the best headphone rigs was outside of the tent in the Tower at the Marriott. Here I found Joe Skubinski’s [...]
CanJam SoCal 2016: Wells Audio shows a triple threat
Wells Audio has some good marketing advisors — they’ve come crashing into the headphone market with some serious offerings, all scattered across a variety of [...]
CanJam SoCal 2016: Portable tubes with Woo Audio
Woo Audio, purveyor of fine tubed gear for the discerning head-fi’er, have finalized their portable — the WA8 Eclipse ($1,619 Black or Sliver, $1,709 Gold — [...]
Review: HiFiMAN HE1000 flagship headphones
by John Grandberg The proliferation of really-high-end headphones is undeniable. Back in the day, a $500 headphone was considered expensive, and the few thousand-dollar-plus [...]
RMAF 2015: CanJam round up
Hitting the CanJam at RMAF is a highlight for me, and an instant reminder of the health and vibrancy of (at least one corner) of the high-end audio industry. This year, there [...]
RMAF 2015: Abyss and Lampizator, clarity and finesse
The hype around the LampizatOr products from Poland has also been building for a while, but my experience with that brand has been zip. I got a chance to fix that when I [...]
