Headphones

I was fortunate enough to be picked for the review tour for HiFiMan’s latest planar magnetic headphone, the HE-400i, billed as an improvement over the outgoing HE-400 model, and slotting in at $500, $100 more than the HE-400. The HE-400i arrived in sizeable, leather appointed box, much improved from the …

Sometimes, when I sit down to write a review, I don’t much feel like covering the extraneous details like the design, included accessories and all that other stuff. So, sometimes I won’t. The Ultimate Ears UE 4000 and UE600 are headlining the first of my new “Just the Sound” reviews. …

Somewhere around 2012, following the departure from longtime OEM Foster, Denon found itself in the tricky position of having to rebuild its headphone line from the ashes of its well-received audiophile headphones, the D2000, D5000 and D7000. This was, and still is, also a time in which the market of …

Introduction First off, I’d like to thank the folks at Audio-Technica for the sample of the WS99 for review. Here it is, the pinnacle of Audio-Technica’s “Solid Bass” line of portable headphones, the WS99. Arriving in a big, audacious black box, the WS99 makes its presence known with its sharp …

Introduction First off, I’d like to thank the folks at Audio-Technica for the sample of the WS77 for review. Yes, I’ve been on something of a roll recently with Audio-Technica headphones. First the WS55, then the Pro700MK2 and now the next entry into the Solid Bass portable headphone line, the …