DISCLAIMER The Drop + NuForce Move was sent to me by Drop in exchange for an honest review. I worked this review while I was on a business trip so I do apologize if the review felt more rushed than usual. INTRODUCTION The Massdrop brand has been a mainstay in various communities since 2012, basing its entire operation on community driven commerce that aims at providing the best products at the best prices. Over the past few years, Massdrop, formerly a company which premise functioned as group buying site, has dived into the direction of creating...

DISCLAIMER The Massdrop x NuForce Stride was sent to me Christian and Thomas from Massdrop in exchange for an honest review. INTRODUCTION For any audiophile or avid personal audio equipment fanatic who has been actively involved in the market for the greater part of the past decade, Massdrop (MD), a company that focuses on ‘community-driven commerce’, requires no further introduction. Having played a major part in the industry since 2012. MD continues to provide great products for compelling prices, either from partnering companies or from...

DISCLAIMER The UE18+ Pro was provided to me by the Ultimate Ears (UE) team free of charge in exchange for an honest review. Special thanks to Mike Dias and David Gutierrez for helping to expedite the unit. This is a review of the first generation UE18+ Pro, and hence my unit was prior to the development of True Tone Plus drivers. This review should allow for a fair assessment of the 18+ Pro but please do take other impressions on the newer version into account for the best description of the 18+ Pro possible. New changes to the unit in the second...

DISCLAIMER The Massdrop x NuForce EDC3 was sent to me Christian from Massdrop in exchange for an honest review. INTRODUCTION Established in 2012, Massdrop (MD) is a company with a simple yet important concept: It’s a ‘community-driven commerce’, which gather ideas from its end users, off it which they would learn and determine products of interests for the general public. From there, they would work towards negotiating and organizing group or bulk purchases to allow end users like us to be able to purchase desired products at a discount. In...

DISCLAIMER The Massdrop Plus Universal was sent to me by Christian from Massdrop in exchange for an honest review. The unit that I was given is a Development Validation model and as such may not completely reflect the end product received, which differences I will highlight in the review. In an effort to streamline future review processes, this will be the first review in which the style of writing is tweaked. Please do leave a comment if you prefer the newer style or the previous one. INTRODUCTION Hot off the heels of the recent Massdrop x...

DISCLAIMER The Sony NW-WM1Z (and NW-WM1A) was loaned by Sony Malaysia in collaboration with Sony Japan to me for a month, in which it was promptly returned on the agreed date. Many thanks to Masayuki-san and Tomoaki-san from Sony Japan, along with Bryan, Danny and Diane from Sony Malaysia for both giving the green light for the project and expediting it. The reviews and writing processes for the two units were done concurrently and as such the two will have certain sections that are carbon copies of itself in delivery, such as the introduction. The...

DISCLAIMER The Massdrop x NuForce EDC was sent to me by Michael (Mike) and Christian from Massdrop in exchange for an honest review. Due to the inconsistency in tuning for EDC samples received by many reviewers, Massdrop has sent out a second sample to most if not all reviewers to ensure the EDC’s evaluated are of the intended tuning. I have since received a second EDC sample. I thought it would be interesting to include my original writing for the first unit in for comparison. This review is written based on the unit with final tuning. Certain...

DISCLAIMER The Massdrop x Noble X was sent to me by Christian from Massdrop (with full support from Brannan of Noble Audio) as a loaner in exchange for an honest review. (Certain) Comments below are made based on my interpretation of the information given by Massdrop on their website and John Moulton (aka The Wizard) from Noble on the Head-Fi forums, specifically the Massdrop x Noble X main thread, and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of both parties. For the absolute facts and accurate answers to all questions revolving the Massdrop x...

DISCLAIMER This is a duo review written by Eu Jin Ong (@ejong7) and Andre Moore (@shiorisekine). The main body of the review are general comments on the product that are agreed upon by both sides. Personal opinions on the product by each reviewer are stated in separate dialogues, indicated either by EJ (Eu Jin) or AM (Andre Moore). For this review, EJ will be reviewing the IEM in its custom format, while AM will be reviewing the IEM in its universal format.   EJ:          The Katana unit was provided by Noble Audio free of charge in exchange for...

DISCLAIMER This is a duo review written by Eu Jin Ong (@ejong7) and Andre Moore (@shiorisekine). The main body of the review are general comments on the product that are agreed upon by both side. Personal opinions on the product by each reviewer are stated in separate dialogues, indicated either by EJ (Eu Jin) or AM (Andre Moore).   EJ:          The UERR unit was provided by the Ultimate Ears (UE) team free of charge in exchange for an honest review. Many thanks to Mike Dias and David Gutierrez who help expedite the entire process. Special thanks...

DISCLAIMER The Empire Ears Zeus-R was purchased during my trip to the Empire Ears office at Buford, Georgia. The Empire Ears team have since moved their operations to their newer and larger facility at Norcross, Georgia.   INTRODUCTION In recent years, the IEM industry, previously dominated by a few traditional names, has seen a huge increase in companies trying to get in on the action. Empire Ears (EE), the rejuvenated and revamped version of Jack Vang’s old company Earwerkz, has maintained its status as one of the leading companies in the...

DISCLAIMER This is my first ever written review, and frankly I have no prior experience of writing a review for any kind of item unless you count that “Delivered on time. Item came in one piece. Good service” kind of sentences that you see all over each Amazon item. So I figured, what the heck, I might as well try to have fun with it while I’m doing it. All forms of comments or criticisms are welcomed as long as they are presented in a civilized manner. So yes you can slam me for possibly making the review longer than it should, or for it to be...