Review: Fostex TE100 IEM headphones
IEMs? Where would we be without their high propensity for mobility and discreet listening sessions? It’s like a personal private eye, hired for some deep investigative [...]
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Review: Fostex TH-610, Massdrop TH-X00, and TH-X00 Ebony
by Brian Hunter Fostex has a long history in the audio business. The company was founded in 1973, but its parent company Foster Electric Co., Ltd was formed way back in 1949. [...]
CanJam SoCal 2016: Chord Electronics DAVE, TT and Mojo
Chord Electronics has offered what may well be the greatest headphone DAC/amp combo ever — and they call it DAVE. You can queue the 2001: A Space Odyssey music at any [...]
RMAF 2015: Fostex drops a monster on CanJam
Fostex, the brand that brought me one of my all-time favorite headphones, the TH900, dropped a meteorite on CanJam this year. Okay, fine. But it was still huge — the [...]
Review: Woo Audio WA5LE v2 vacuum tube headphone amplifier
Woo Audio offers a remarkably deep bench for those headphonistas interested in vacuum tube amplifiers. But when it comes to the 300b, arguably the finest audio tube the [...]
Review: Fostex TH500RP and HiFiMAN HE-560 headphones
by Brian Hunter The market continues to swirl around planar magnetic technology and its popular sonic benefits. With growing maturity and gains in acceptance and sales, the [...]
Review: MrSpeakers Alpha Dog Prime
It’s time for me to stop claiming that I’m not really that into headphone listening. Oh, I listen to loudspeakers more, it’s true. It’s easier to log [...]
Best of 2014 and The Product of the Year
It was the best of times. It was the not-best-of-times. But whatever it was, and wherever it lies on the Arc of Interesting, 2014 saw some pretty amazing stuff and some truly [...]
Updates from the bench
Thanksgiving is a weird holiday. Here in the US, it’s tied up with some Good Samaritan myths around the charity shown the settlers by the natives. Somewhat [...]
RMAF 2014: Hi-Fi Fostex
Fostex really needs no introduction. Any DIYer worth his or her salt is familiar with their drivers; headphone aficionados will, at the very least, be familiar with the [...]