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Headphoneus Supremus
UPDATE This year
- Sony XDR-P1 portable DAB/FM radio- Jewel like device; beautifully designed and great sound. Old-skool Sony quality. £45
- Sony SBH60- Very suprisingly good cheap, comfortable and really nice sounding bluetooth phones. £25
- Chord Mojo- Incredible with certain headphones and music but worth £400? no don't be silly!
Repurchases; all brilliant and here to stay this time
- Sony NWZ A15 Walkman superb. Don't miss the Mojo too much; match with sensitive phones for audio bliss. £97
- beyerdynamic))) DT440 (3rd pair !) I keep coming back to these. Uniquely speaker like airy sound. Really nicely balanced and sound great out of anything. £65
- Yamaha HPH200 Enjoy much more second time around. Warmer alternative to above. Lovely natural tonality & ultra comfortable once worn in. £60
Not so good:
Sony MDR100aap; pretty underwhelming so far. Warm and bassy and a little dull. Typical modern consumer headphone ? Look nice
AKG Y45BT: very un-natural sound not a patch on the SBH60 despite aptX 'advantage'.
From last year only the miniBlink remains & doesn't get a lot of use !
Only the three Sony products (radio, walkman and bluetooth headphones), remain from last year
This years favourites:
Sennheiser HD600
Myryad Z40 amp
Mtryad Z20 Dac
(above is "end game" for me, approx £400 worth)
also another pair of my favourite little headphone; the Jays v-Jays