WASHINGTON DC (PTA) — MrSpeakers changes name to Dan Clark Audio while introducing the new AEON 2 headphones. We take a first listen using Linear Tube Audio (LTA) electronics. The Story MrSpeakers has been a […]
I’ve got a somewhat complicated relationship status with headphone listening. It’s something we’re working through, and perhaps I’m being too needy. The thing is I feel that I’m getting shortchanged on the big listening experience I’m […]
Just an update of what’s in the headphone queue. I know we traditionally don’t do a lot of headphone reviews, or headphone amplifier/DAC reviews. But we want to change that, so look for more can […]
So here we are again. Somehow, the year has turned, we’re all facing yet another New Year, and yet no one is running through the streets screaming about “the end of meaning”, “the inexorable march […]
The Ear Gear eXpo at AXPONA followed quickly on the heels of the all-headphone extravaganza of Head-Fi’s CanJam SoCal, which made double-coverage tricky and somewhat problematic — an issue I “solved” by giving some admittedly […]
In a surprise (to me) move, MrSpeakers has deviated yuuuugely from expectation and showcased a prototype electrostatic headphone at CanJam this year. Wait. Whaaa –? Yes! An electrostat. As in, Stax. As in, the new HiFiMAN. As […]
Back in March, Dan Clark launched a revolutionary new headphone under his MrSpeakers brand — the Ether. What was revolutionary about a planar-magnetic headphone? Well, the fact that MrSpeakers was doing one — their earlier […]
It’s not news that MrSpeakers is waving a goodbye to the hacked Fostex models that made them famous. THE Show was the final bow for the Dog Kennel, with Mad Dogs making their last appearance […]
by Josh Emmons If I have one goal at AXPONA, it’s to map the extremities of the law of diminishing returns as it applies to the world of hifi. When I started this journey a […]
by Amos Barnett “Have you heard the Aurender Flow yet?” “The who and what?” That was how the conversation went as we headed towards the Emilie offices in Tokyo for an evening of pizza and […]
By Lee Shelly CanJam … the very term inspires thoughts of great gear and fantastic fun as this community gathers to enjoy the music and the friendship. Scot asked me to cover the meet for […]
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 a lot of hours listening when you’re not […]
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 inspiring stories, and […]
by John Grandberg Lifestyle products. Yuck. In “serious” audio, this dreaded term is to be avoided like the plague. And rightly so if we look at much of the gear out there labeled as such. But […]
I might have caught Dan Clark of MrSpeakers a bit early Saturday morning (as in, while he was setting up), but he was gracious enough to let me cycle through two of his awesome headphones, the […]
by John Grandberg A few months back I surveyed the “affordable” sealed headphone landscape, ending up with a good number of competitors that I felt comfortable recommending. The most expensive of them was well under […]
Sometimes, you just hit the nail so squarely, you can just feel it disappear cleanly into the wood. It’s a satisfying feeling, isn’t it? Whack! This is pretty much the feeling I got the first time I […]
Let’s talk about hacks. A hack is a dirty word in some circles. I grew up in the age of the geek, when a proper hack was a glorious endeavor. A genius hack would get […]
It’s possible that you don’t know who the smiling gent is, pictured here, holding the leash on his flagship product, the $599 Alpha Dog. This product has two interesting distinctions: one, it’s widely acclaimed as […]
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