1More kindly send me a pair of their Triple Driver In Ear Monitors for a reduced price in exchange for an honest review. Background I have been an avid headphone user for many years now. The reason for this was mostly the birth of my first daughter. At that time I had a rather excellent British turntable based hi fi system which had a wonderful mellow yet detailed sound. It’s this sound which I have strived to reproduce with headphones since then. When my daughter came along I realised that it was severely susceptible to toddler attack - I decided...

Sincerity Store very kindly offered to send me their latest CFZC Benjie Micro MP3 player for review - so I jumped at the chance.   Physical Description   The player comes supplied in a rather plain cardboard box (which isn’t really a bad thing) and features a set of earbuds (with 2 pairs of foamies - yay!), a Micro USB charging cable and a very minimal instruction leaflet (which I did actually read through and actually is quite well produced) and of course the player itself.       Physically the player is almost like a large domino and...

Bluedio kindly sent me their 8-driver UFO bluetooth headphones in red for review - and boy I’m glad they did.   Packaging   Like all of their higher priced bluetooth models, the UFO’s come supplied in some excellent packaging - the outer sleeve has illustrations and information on four sides showing the specifications and a blow-up dissection of the headphones showing the different drivers.   Opening up the impressively stiff magnetically held cardboard box reveals a rigid zippered headphone case and the instruction manuals are contained in a sleeve...

Physical Characteristics Puro very kindly sent me a pair of their excellent BT-5200 Bluetooth Headphones for review. The headphones came supplied in really smart retail packaging which looks far more attractive than the ‘minimal’ packaging used by many known brands. The headphones come supplied with an excellent zippered hard case with a net pocket for storage of additional cables, etc. That’s a really nice touch and enhances the overall package considerably. They also come supplied with a standard USB power cable and a short but nicely made...

    Bluedio make some really excellent devices which offer the same features and facilities that you would find on the more expensive branded products. Perhaps more importantly they also produce since excellent sounding equipment as well. Bluedio sent the Bluedio AS-BT Bluetooth speaker for review free of charge for an honest review. The speaker is quite small - not small enough to for in your pocket but certainly small enough to for in a bag or backpack without any problems. It's not too heavy but does have a nice skid feeling to it and doesn't...

I have been an enthusiastic headphone user for many years now. I used to have a really nice British based hi fi system but unfortunately that had to go once the kids started happening. Ever since then I have used headphones for most of my listening as I feel it’s the only way I can get the resolution and scale I used to achieve with my original system. Over the years I have had an impressive range of headphones and portable media players - starting with Discman players, moving through Mini Disc and now MP3 players and mobile phones. At the moment I...

Bluedio kindly sent me a pair of their Air ‘A’ Series bluetooth headphones for review free of charge.  Here’s what I think to them.   Packaging The packaging supplied with these headphones is simply superb. You really get the impression you are purchasing a high quality item with these. After removing the outer sleeve you’re presented with a very stiff box (with a magnetic closure) containing the headphones and related peripherals. This makes a nice change to the sometimes minimal packaging that you seem to find these days with some of the better...