Some weeks ago I bought a new Ayon CD1sc. I have spend months to figure out, which player I would call one of the best sounding CD-players I ever heard. In the end, the McIntosh MCD-301, Audio Research CD 5 and the Ayon were left. I heard them all again and the Ayon won. By sound and by price...

More than one year ago I reviewed the Audeze LCD-2 against my Sennheiser HD 650. I was very astonished to learn, how good the HD 650 came out of this competition. If you are interested, read my review here: http://www.head-fi.org/t/564127/this-weekend-i-compared-lcd2-and-hd650     All I have...

Sounds paradox to you? I ask this because I am not sure, if I really have Tinnitus. I went to an Audiologist for examination with no result. But since a couple of years I became more aware of a very high pitched sound in both of my ears. It is perfectly symmetric and it is not only a single...

I received a big box from the german Audeze distributor yesterday morning. Since here the distribution network is not very good, the distributor for Audeze sends around a few test headphones. I cannot say how much I honor that. There is nothing as good as having an item at home. Much better...

I had this idea that I want to share with you. Did that when I worked at the university lab and had to run 2 dye lasers. They were placed on top of a massive piece of granite (500 kg) which itself was put on a soft and damping substance.   I thought what's good for high tech and science...

Recently, the german hifi magazine Audio published a comparison between the Grado GS 1000 and the Sennheiser HD 800. In a side note, they also wrote about the amps they used and rated them. The Musical Fidelity x-can V8p, that I own, was placed 3rd out of 4, while the Lehmann black cube linear...