Portable media, whether it be on your mobile phone via streaming services or on a dedicated media player is becoming more and more common these days. Cheap data plans and the plummeting prices of small data storage makes the ability to carry around your music library easier than ever before.   Fiio has capitalised on this growing market. Becoming one of the most well known brands, and holding the largest market share with their ever expanding product line.   The Fiio K1, weighing in at a staggeringly light 11.3 grams is one of the newest...

Earbuds in general have fallen out of the public eye in recent years. The lack of a seal as well as ample amounts of sound leak have left this product sitting on your table at home while you take out your in-ear earphones instead for portable use.   Though there are caveats to this design, I also believe there are benefits to wearing an earbud in place of an in-ear earphone.   The EM3 is the new ‘budget friendly’ offering from Fiio. If you’re not familiar with Fiio as a company, they hit well above their price bracket for the majority of their...

You’ll understand that once you start buying headphones, amps and dacs that you get the niggling feeling every once in awhile to try something new. Or to get the next upgrade. Well I purchased these during my niggly moment to do both.   I got these for about $450NZD which equates to $306USD as of this moment which is super cheap for a headphone of this build quality, let alone a planar from a reputable brand. I wanted to dabble into planar magnetic headphones and read great things about the HE-400i’s   Unfortunately I think I’ll have to let these...

Firstly let me just say that out of everything I own and have currently owned. The HD600s are my favourite in terms of sound. The headphones may have a high impedance, but they are not that hard to drive. Pretty much anything makes this beauty shine, and that’s what makes it great.   I purchased this headphone new from a local store in NZ. I got them pretty cheap (used to work there). I got them for $370NZD or around $250USD with current conversion. I WOULD HAVE PAID SO MUCH MORE if I knew the sound that came out of these headphones.   The...