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2Got ears that just won't quit? Yeah, us too. These are all of the headphone earpads we have measurements for, our aurally-endowed friends.
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Basshead.Club’s Latest
- MHDT Labs Pagoda, Stockholm, Atlantis, Canary, and Orchid It’s no secret that I’ve become a huge fan of MHDT Labs. They make non-oversampling R-2R tube DACs with no digital, op-amp, or feedback, and they’re all gorgeous to listen to. I’ve had the privilege of owning several and having extended sessions with others, and I decided to put together a previously-unpublished comparison of the ...
- AudioQuest Nighthawk Review One of the most talked about headphone releases of 2015, the AudioQuest Nighthawk has gained a legion of adoring fans and a mob of antagonists. What makes this headphone so controversial? I spent months with the AudioQuest Nighthawk to find out. In the Box Headphones Two detachable cables (one hi-fi cable, the other slimmer and more durable) Padded leather carrying ...
- S/PDIF Battle: Mutec, Singxer, Lynx, Rednet, Eitr, Et Al. I am a born skeptic. Until I heard a properly good amplifier with legit headphones, I didn’t think they were necessary. Until I heard a good R-2R DAC against a theoretically-good Delta-Sigma DAC, I thought all DACs sounded essentially the same. As I’ve progressed in my audiophilia, I am left with few frontiers to conquer when ...
- Taction Kannon Kickstarter – The End is In Sight! Only a few days left on the Taction Kannon Kickstarter campaign! These headphones are amazing and I really want them to become a reality so I get to own a pair myself! And I just noticed yesterday that they have a 15-day unconditional money-back guarantee! That’s so non-Kickstarter of them! But you won’t return them, because ...
- Garage1217 Project Ember, Horizon, & Sunrise Review I have traversed significant audiophile ground over the past few years. My humble introduction to the world of high end audio were the Sennheiser HD555s. I’ve sojourned across the landscape ever since that time, buying and selling dozens of headphones, earphones, amplifiers, DACs, and other assorted audio accoutrements. In my journey, I have discovered a few ...
