First of all, I want to present a bit of context. I was looking for an upgrade to my Fiio X5 III, which despite is still working fine (has a new battery and a custom kernel installed), its volume rotary encoder has started to cause a lot of trouble lately and seems like no cleaning solution is able to fix it permanently. Given the battery life isn't great on the Fiio and the OS is old (Android 5), I decided to look for a newer one. The M3 Ultra design and green color catched my attention for some time but for a long time I said to myself I don't...

Will start my review by stating I'm not sure if this headphone has been discontinued or not. I bought the MDR-1AM2 in 2022 at sale for a price of 100 euros (the MSRP is more than 200), main reason being I wanted to have a pair of very light headphones. The fact it comes with a balanced cable is a bonus. COMOFRT: Comfort is superb on these, you almost don't feel it on your head. The lightweight, very soft pads and the fact that cups are oval shaped makes this pair one of the most comfortable I have ever used. However, there is a downside to this...

This is a pair of headphones I got years ago. It is, in fact, the first open back one I ever owned. At the time wanted to try and see how an open-back sounds like, knowing a lot less about headphones. So, naturally, at that time I checked mostly subjective reviews (which said it was very good for the money), not looking at frequency response graphs or anything else technical apart from the impedance. The impedance seemed high at 50Ω, but I said to myself that I can use the power amplifier which I had connected to my computer as that has a 6.3mm...

For a long time I avoided Beyerdynamic (their Pro series) specifically because both reviews and frequency response measurements revealed they tend to be too bright to my taste. The fact that most preivous models didn't have a detachable cable wasn't to my liking either. However the new 700 Pro X and 900 Pro X solved both of the above mentioned, so I decided to give them a try. Right out of the box, the headphones feel really sturdy, being clear it's made to last a very long time. Another big plus in this regard is it's designed to be repaired and...

Main reason that I bought the pair was the very low THD figures in audiosciencereview review. Usually, the THD in bass is pretty high and will go even higher if you listen loud. For example, on something like Senheiser HD5xx or HD6xx, I can hear the distorsion if I listen to loud levels. If I am to boost the bass on the above mentioned (as both lack sub-bass), the distorsion would become audible even earlier. And on those even at medium levels, the bass in not as clean as on the Oppo PM-3. Initially my expectations were very high in regard to this...

Before buying this HD560S, I was wondering which one to choose between this and HD600. If one is to look only at subjective reviews, it seems the HD600 is the winner by far, however things start to get confusing when one looks at the measurements and specifications. 1. The HD600 has significantly more distorsion in the bass region, while also having less bass to begin with. This means one thing: if you will listen to bass heavy songs, you are more likely to need EQ compared to the 560S, which will render the bass distorsion even higher. Since I do...

First of all, it is to be mentioned I am not familiar with the old MSR7, so I cannot do a comparison with that. I bought this pair of headphones for the very good reviews in terms of reference sound signature and for the balanced cable (it is the first one I got with balanced). The first feeling that I got was the headphones do require quite a bit more power than the very easy to drive ones (like the SONY MDR1-AM2). While it's not what I would call hard to drive, it's a pair where the balanced cable does make sense to be there, unlike the above...