Global football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has announced that he is a co-founder of a new consumer electronics company called ROC Live Life Loud that will deliver lifestyle products to his global fanbase. “Everything in my life is about performance and quality,” said Ronaldo. “We launched ROC Live Life Loud to give my fans around the world direct […]
CanJam Europe, Europe’s first and biggest dedicated headphone show, opens it’s doors on September 26th and 27th in Essen, Germany. As of today, a total of 68 brands have already booked including Sennheiser, Grado and Beyerdynamic, Gibson, Oppo and Headphone Gallery. They will be offering visitors to the event the opportunity to try and compare hundreds of […]
New British hi-fi manufacturer, Mitchell and Johnson is launching the HP1, its first set of headphones. The hybrid circum-aural design, combining the super thin and lightweight DYNASTATZ® flexible transducer with a 40mm dynamic dome driver module, “delivers clean bass and unmatched clarity at the price point” says the company’s recent press release. Designed in Europe, […]
MrSpeakers has worked with legendary headphone designer, Bruce Thigpen (founder of Eminent-Technology and pioneer of numerous planar magnetic speaker technologies), to produce ETHER, a new planar-driven pair of open-backed, on-ear headphones. They have produced a new kind of Planar technology, the V-Planar, with extra knurling. ‘What is knurling?’ you ask, apparently knurling turns the flat […]
P5 Wireless are Bowers & Wilkins first Bluetooth® headphones. Constructed from leather and aluminium they are simple to connect to a compatible device such as your smartphone, tablet or computer. They feature intuitive controls that allow users to not only play/pause and skip music, but also answer calls. The rechargeable battery lasts 17 hours before a […]
Having scored so highlyAudeze EL-8 Closed Back Headphones are currently with a second reviewer to ascertain whether they will receive the coveted Hifi Pig Outstanding Product Award. This review will be published shortly. Read Lin’s review now!!
There is a problem with High End Munich…it is so big, where on earth do you start? We now consider ourselves veterans of the show, this being our third year and we have learned (the hard way) to get to the show with a carefully organised plan of attack…which will probably go to pot pretty […]
Flare Audio is planning to take its technology to the listening public, with the launch of a campaign on Kickstarter to raise awareness of its consumer headphones. The campaign launched this week (May 5th) and runs until June 3rd 2015. The Kickstarter campaign enables investors to purchase one of three in-ear R2 models, and the R1 […]
KEF has announced the launch of its 2015 Personal and Digital Audio Range, with a raft of additions to its M Series Headphones. The new headphones include the M400 portable on-ear headphones and the M100 in-ear headphones. In addition, the M500s are also being re-launched for 2015 in two new all-white and all-black finishes. M400 […]
adidas and Monster join forces again to unleash the adidas Sport by Monster in-ear headphones for athletes. The first models to hit the street are the adidas Sport Response™ by Monster and adidas Sport Supernova™ by Monster. Both models make their international debuts at the London and Boston Marathons at the end of April 2015. […]
British Hi-Fi brand Musical Fidelity bring balanced audio to the consumer headphone market with the launch of the MF200B headphone and partnering V90-BHA headphone amplifier. Available in May, the MF200B headphones and V90-BHA amplifier will be available individually for £250 each and as a pair for a special price of £450. MF200B Based on the […]
UK brand Trinity has announced that it has smashed its Kickstarter target of £40,000 after only eight days. Raising funds to develop its range of three UK-designed IEMs, Trinity exceeded its target with an impressive 22 days still to run, with backers continuing to pledge to the campaign. The funds raised enable the company to continue […]
Linette takes a listen to Final Audio Heaven VI – CC, Hifiman RE-600 and Sennheiser IE 800 In Ear Monitors.
Noble Audio has launched Prestige: a 10-driver bespoke monitor crafted from a choice of exotic solid materials (from £1,650) Prestige is a high-end progression of Noble Audio’s flagship custom K10 and universal-fit K10U IEMs (£999). Like its K10 siblings, Prestige also employs Noble Audio’s 10 driver balanced armature technology. But, Prestige is an CIEM with […]
