Introduction Meze 99 Neo – The new classic headphone from Meze. Meze 99 Neo is the new headphone, or rather a headphone with a twist from the Romanian headphone producer Meze. Meze created 99 Neo as a less expensive version of 99 Classics with plastic cups instead of wood that would appeal to those who prefer the black "edgy" looks of the ABS cups over the wooden 99 Classics. 99 Neo uses the same driver as 99 Classics, but there are a few changes here and there, like the cable included with the headphone being different (99 Neo comes with the...

Introduction Meze Classics 99. The title says it all – great potential and elegant style. Head-fi banners showing a classy headphone started popping up a while ago and you can’t stop but wonder, how does that sound like? Meze is a Romanian headphone producer that even though new, made a statement with their headphones and their great customer support. They’re one of the companies that not only offer great support to their customers but actually listen to them, as seen with C99 which was modified after reviewer and market support came in...

  Introduction   FiiO X5 3rd  generation is the successor of the "loved by many" X5 2nd generation DAP from FiiO.    I was a part of the tour for X5 3rd gen because I really wanted to hear it for a longer period of time before deciding whether I want to buy one for myself or not.   This proven to be an unwise idea as now I want to buy one.    FiiO is a company that emerged in 2007 and focused on portable headphone amplifiers at first, but slowly extended their product range to DAPs (digital audio players), desktop headphone amplifiers and...

                    Introduction   FiiO X5-2 is the second generation of X5 DAPs (digital audio players) from FiiO. I owned a FiiO X5 for quite a while before buying X5-2 and I was entirely happy with the first X5, except for a few details. If I were to say, the thing that bugged me the most on X5 was it's hardware button configuration. They were far too easy to press by mistake while in the pocket, making the original X5 skip songs at random times.    When I heard that there is an X5-2 coming along, I was quite excited, but I knew I...

Introduction Sennheiser HD800S is the successor to HD800 - one of the greatest headphones ever made. HD800 was the first headphone to actually WOW me hard with their soundscape kind of soundstage and crystal clear sound so I set my bars very high when I started to analyse HD800S. Those are true TOTL Eng - Game headphones, you either like HD800S's signature or not - but they do reproduce music in best of manners I ever heard. HD800 doesn't know what chill or relax is, they will recover every last bit of information that was in the song and they...

          Introduction   Sennheiser HD650 is one of the (seemingly) consecrated headphones made by Sennheiser as an upgrade (update?) to their well received model, HD600. HD600 has been quite popular from the beginning of its life and has been considered one of the best headphones ever made albeit Sennheiser later made the renowned HD800 (Which have also been later updated to HD800S). To be honest, I find ie800 from sennheiser to be the TOTL IEM with the sound closest to my ideals even without any Equalization albeit it's treble being a bit...

          Introduction   HD380Pro - the first serious headphone that I owned. I actually bought HD380Pro together with an AKG K271MKII at that moment, but I decided to only keep HD380Pro as I preferred the better bass reproduction it offered. I found it in the meanwhile that the rather poor driving power of cowon J3 - wasn't really enough to properly drive the mighty K271MII and this is why I didn't really like the sound. I did return to K271MKII later, and it does sound very good, but you need a good DAP to drive it, either a FiiO X3ii or a...

    Introduction This was a long time coming now - my very own review of Dj One Pro! Made by me out of my own free will as I was not paid to do it, the headphones were bought from my own money over two years ago and I don't intend to sweeten anything out. Ultrasne Dj One Pro are some of the most interesting headphones I have ever tried. Their sound is U shaped and I have been using them for almost two years, so I have more than a few thoughts about them. As my gateway for better audio products, I gotta say, they have been a good trusty companion for...

Introduction My name is George and I'm one a big music fan! I sometimes carry an amp stack to listen to music, even if using IEMs We use OGG -q10 on almost everything audio related to the games we're creating on https://www.facebook.com/seventh.heart.studios/ I like bright sounds, clear sounds, lots of treble and bass, and I listen mostly to upbeat music, except for a few select masterpieces - like most of the songs made by Jill Tracy. I've been using ShozyZero for a while now, then my brother was really looking into them, so I gave...

Introduction   As of my late work has pushed me to have to work at many hours at once on writing Visual Novels, I began asking myself if there is a buds solution that sounds great and costs very little. I then heard that Fiio is releasing EM3, their own version of buds.   I understood that EM3 was also given for people buying a M3 player.    I signed up and received a pair to review, this is a free item, I will try to compare it to other buds. I am very biased when writing, I have very peculiar tastes, and I generally loathe anything under...

Introduction When someone invests this much money would like to know as much as possible. I will try to express what is not already written in other reviews. I know that most people who read reviews are those who are thinking to buy a product, not people who have a certain product. I have bought the Ie800, and I am doing this for fun, and out of my own will, I did not receive anything to do this, and I paid for my Ie800. My pair is in the 12XXX series, so there might be differences from the first batches. Introduction and my background I am...

Introduction:   I'm a game developer who loves music. I would not name myself an audiophile, but a music and electronics enthusiast. I love listening to all types of music, from classical to cabaret, rock, metal to electronic, trance and trap. Check out the games I'm working on at https://www.facebook.com/seventh.heart.studios/   I had bought Fiio E12A in addition to my Fiio X5 (now X5ii), which is my DAP, DAC and source of enjoyment.   I will post my impressions towards Fiio E12A used with fiio x5 as a DAC, through line out using the...