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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 …

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 …

First, I’d like to thank John Seaber at JDS Labs for the C5 review sample. Up next in part 4 of my amplifier round up series is the JDS Labs C5 the second generation portable amplifier designed by JDS Labs itself (replacing the outgoing C421) and is claimed by its …

The evolution of the E5 portable amplifier that served as my very first portable amplifier before I eventually returned it in favor of the CMoyBB (and because the volume rocker broke), the Fiio E6 is, in some ways, little more than a sidegrade or de-evolution from the E5 as a …

Introduction First off, I’d like to thank the folks at Audio-Technica for providing a review sample of the CKS99. Up for review is the mid-range entry into the Solid Bass line of in ear monitors from Audio-Technica, the CKS99. So, without further ado, let’s get right to it, shall we?