Featured Archives - Headfonia Quality audio reviews Thu, 23 Jan 2020 09:18:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://www.headfonia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/cropped-headfonia_logo-e1737370883855-32x32.jpg Featured Archives - Headfonia 32 32 Listen to this! – NEW! https://www.headfonia.com/new-things-listen-to-this/ https://www.headfonia.com/new-things-listen-to-this/#comments Fri, 03 Jan 2020 10:20:40 +0000 https://www.www.headfonia.com/?p=96244

A new year also means it’s time to introduce some changes and improvements on Headfonia. Today we show you the first one: Listen to...

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BLOG: Gift Season is coming! https://www.headfonia.com/best-buy-recommended-gear/ https://www.headfonia.com/best-buy-recommended-gear/#respond Wed, 06 Nov 2019 10:54:53 +0000 https://www.www.headfonia.com/?p=94914

Not sure what personal audio gear to get for the upcoming gift season, Black Friday or Cyber Monday? Then check out our buying guides...

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Q ‘n A Saturday: 64 Audio https://www.headfonia.com/q-n-a-saturday-64-audio/ https://www.headfonia.com/q-n-a-saturday-64-audio/#respond Sat, 08 Jul 2017 08:28:55 +0000 https://www.headfonia.com/?p=30859

Welcome to Linus’ new series on Headfonia.com! Every two weeks we will publish an interview with an insider of the audio industry. They will give...

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Canjam Essen ’15: Pleasure Overload – Part 3 https://www.headfonia.com/canjam-essen-15-pleasure-overload-part-3/ https://www.headfonia.com/canjam-essen-15-pleasure-overload-part-3/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2015 08:37:52 +0000 https://www.headfonia.com/?p=23060

Welcome to Part 3 of the Canjam Essen 2015 Picture Report. You can find Part 1 here and Part 2 here! MYST & Musica...

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Canjam Essen ’15: Pleasure Overload – Part 2 https://www.headfonia.com/canjam-essen-15-pleasure-overload-part-2/ https://www.headfonia.com/canjam-essen-15-pleasure-overload-part-2/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2015 06:26:52 +0000 https://www.headfonia.com/?p=23052

This is part 2 of the Canjam Europe 2015 Picture report. Don’t forget to check out part 1 HERE and Part 3 HERE. iBasso   ...

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Canjam Essen ’15: Pleasure Overload -Part 1 https://www.headfonia.com/canjam-essen-2015-picture-report-pleasure-overdrive/ https://www.headfonia.com/canjam-essen-2015-picture-report-pleasure-overdrive/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2015 06:24:32 +0000 https://www.headfonia.com/?p=23026

Ever since 2013, September has always been marked in my agenda. Yes, September: the month where we get to go to Canjam Europe. This...

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OS X Audio Players: Amarra, Audirvana, Pure Music, Fidelia, Decibel, and BitPerfect. https://www.headfonia.com/os-x-audio-players-amarra-audirvana-pure-music-fidelia-decibel-and-bitperfect/ https://www.headfonia.com/os-x-audio-players-amarra-audirvana-pure-music-fidelia-decibel-and-bitperfect/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 13:35:03 +0000 https://www.headfonia.com/?p=13164

Sometime in 2011 I began thinking about the possibility of doing a review on high quality audio players for the Mac OS X operating...

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Headfonia Tips: Burn-In Your Headphones https://www.headfonia.com/headfonia-tips-burn-in-your-headphones/ https://www.headfonia.com/headfonia-tips-burn-in-your-headphones/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:25:56 +0000 https://www.headfonia.com/?p=13669

Headphone burn-in? Yes, burn-in your headphones, but no longer than 24 hours. From experience all the brand new headphones I’ve tested from zero hour...

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Open Back Shures: SRH1440 and SRH1840 https://www.headfonia.com/open-back-shures-srh1440-and-srh1840/ https://www.headfonia.com/open-back-shures-srh1440-and-srh1840/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:40:02 +0000 https://www.headfonia.com/?p=13602

First of all, there is no mistaking that Shure tuned their new open-back headphones for the music listening crowd. Vastly different than the closed-back...

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Headfonia Tips: Keep Your Amps At Low Gain https://www.headfonia.com/headfonia-tips-keep-your-amps-at-low-gain/ https://www.headfonia.com/headfonia-tips-keep-your-amps-at-low-gain/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:34:32 +0000 https://www.headfonia.com/?p=13580

With all of the amps that I have reviewed, I don’t think there is any exception to the rule that the amp will produce...

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The Sennheiser HD700 Journal (Mar 16, 2012) https://www.headfonia.com/the-sennheiser-hd700-journal/ https://www.headfonia.com/the-sennheiser-hd700-journal/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:37:07 +0000 https://www.headfonia.com/?p=13258

Introduction to the Journal This article is a work in progress and as time goes I will be adding things to it, like a...

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The Minute 45 Amplifier by SAC Thailand https://www.headfonia.com/the-minute-45-amplifier-by-sac-thailand/ https://www.headfonia.com/the-minute-45-amplifier-by-sac-thailand/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:19:51 +0000 https://www.headfonia.com/?p=12550

Minute’s 45 amplifier comes from SAC Thailand, a small boutique audio manufacturer based in Thailand, famous for making world-class output transformers and transformer based...

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Old Champ: The AKG K1000 https://www.headfonia.com/old-champ-the-akg-k1000/ https://www.headfonia.com/old-champ-the-akg-k1000/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:01:14 +0000 https://www.headfonia.com/?p=12374

For years I have been reading people rave about AKG  K1000 flagship headphone. Although a bit late but better than never, the opportunity for...

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Voltage Monster: Ray Samuels Dark Star https://www.headfonia.com/voltage-monster-ray-samuels-dark-star/ https://www.headfonia.com/voltage-monster-ray-samuels-dark-star/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:31:08 +0000 https://www.headfonia.com/?p=12100

The way Ray describes the Dark Star on his website is pretty menacing: In SE output it can easily swing close to 80 volts...

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True Beauty: WooAudio WA5 Headphone Amplifier https://www.headfonia.com/true-beauty-wooaudio-wa5-headphone-amplifier/ https://www.headfonia.com/true-beauty-wooaudio-wa5-headphone-amplifier/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:26:33 +0000 https://www.headfonia.com/?p=11685

Guys, this is the famous, 300B-based, gigantic overkill, wallet-squashing, hell of a tube amp from WooAudio. Yep, the grand daddy of headphone amplifiers. As...

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What I’ve Learned, Two Years Writing for Headfonia https://www.headfonia.com/what-ive-learned-two-years-writing-for-headfonia/ https://www.headfonia.com/what-ive-learned-two-years-writing-for-headfonia/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:59:40 +0000 https://www.headfonia.com/?p=11358

A friend who’s taken a short break from headphones recently called me on the phone, explaining his intentions to go back to headphones. He...

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Apex Amplifiers: The Peak, The Arete, and The Volcano https://www.headfonia.com/apex-amplifiers-the-peak-the-arete-and-the-volcano/ https://www.headfonia.com/apex-amplifiers-the-peak-the-arete-and-the-volcano/#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:22:48 +0000 https://www.headfonia.com/?p=10781

The Apex, without a doubt, is the new summit in my headphone Hi-Fi journey. During the past few weeks I’ve been going through the...

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Cheaper, Better: The Centrance DACport LX https://www.headfonia.com/cheaper-better-the-centrance-dacport-lx/ https://www.headfonia.com/cheaper-better-the-centrance-dacport-lx/#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:07:05 +0000 https://www.headfonia.com/?p=11029

Despite the superb little system-in-a-stick that the original DACport is, some people don’t want simplicity as they happen to like big messy desktop amplifiers...

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Graham Slee Desktop Amps: Novo, Solo SRG II, Solo Ultra Linear https://www.headfonia.com/graham-slee-desktop-amps-novo-solo-srg-ii-solo-ultra-linear/ https://www.headfonia.com/graham-slee-desktop-amps-novo-solo-srg-ii-solo-ultra-linear/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 04:36:32 +0000 https://www.headfonia.com/?p=10679

I think the problem with the Graham Slees is that they are just too quiet. Too quiet in the sense that there is no...

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The Flagship Audio-Gd: PCM1704 based Ref 7.1 https://www.headfonia.com/the-flagship-audio-gd-pcm1704-based-ref-7-1/ https://www.headfonia.com/the-flagship-audio-gd-pcm1704-based-ref-7-1/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 04:36:25 +0000 https://www.headfonia.com/?p=10773

You probably realize that I have been somewhat trying to avoid doing a review on Audio-Gd gears. The story goes like this. One or...

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