DISCLAIMER This review is based on a loaner unit I got from RHA from their Europe Head-Fi tour. I got the opportunity to audition their IEM for around a week before sending it to the next one in line. Thank you RHA for the opportunity! I have no prior experience of any RHA products, although I’ve almost bought the T20 on a few occasions. As for RHA (or any audio company), I have no financial or personal ties to them and actually did not even keep contact with them much during the time I had these in order to stay as neutral as possible. In addition...

Disclaimer: I bought these from a local reseller some time ago and kept them for a bit less than a week. In other words this review isn’t based on as much experience as I would usually prefer to have, so this may have an effect on things. The price for these in Europe is currently around 900 euros without a case, so I’ll be treating them as a ~1k product. My main motivation for getting these was to find a good complementary can for my Focal Clears and to finally experience what Audeze is all about. Introduction: Audeze (along with HIFIMAN) to most...

Disclaimer: I bought the Focal Clears from the local distributor after auditioning them several times with my own music. My first impression was that these were the first headphone I've heard that was as good or better than my previous favorite the Sennheiser HD 800 S. Comparisons will be primarily against the HD 800 S and the HD 600 series that I am very familiar with. Also sorry for the poor photo quality (taken with a smartphone). Introduction: Focal may be new to enthusiast level headphones, but they have a long history in the high end speaker...

This is a traditional Benchmark DAC-1 style "wire with gain" sound for a very low price. Not the last word in emotional expression, but the O2 has a very silent inky background and good clarity.    For people new to Head-Fi, you can now get an amazing budget rig by getting this and the EDAC. Pair them with good mid-range headphones like the Sennheiser HD 600/650 and you have a fantastic beginners setup. For those who don´t want to make headphone audio a more serious hobby it´ll even be a good "buy, use and forget about Head-Fi.org" setup.

Perhaps the most over engineered CD transport ever built. Fantastic synergy with the REF7. Its largest problem is the weak plastic CD tray that could easily be accidentally broken with too much force. Otherwise it´s built like a tank. Looks suprisingly good too!    I originally wrote in 2011 that it´s hard to review a CD transport these days: today in 2016 I would say they are obsolete. But if you are looking for the best way (judged by sound quality) to feed a REF7, this is it.

Not mass market gear, but a dream for R2R multibit sound enthusiasts. Even after all these years still in 2016 the most natural sounding DAC I´ve ever heard...

Not mass market gear, but if you are looking for an enthusiast class A headphone amp that can drive very power hungry headphones the Phoenix remains a solid choice as long as you have the space for it.