I did a search and didn't see a thread so I figured I would start one. I preordered these and they showed up today just in time for a trip to the UK so I'll be giving these a real world test. I may bring the Beoplay Portal along to A/B but right now I'm thinking I may not and just live with...

Just got these in the mail today. Amazon in the US had the silver ones in stock for a hot minute for about $335, but never the black or brown ones. They're now gone, which leads me to think these are going to be EU only. All three colors seem to be available in Europe. The EAH-F70N isn't...

Hello everyone. Been awhile since I've been around these parts. Been busy, but also haven't really had any GAS for new stuff. I've been pretty happy with my portable setup for the road for well over a year but every now and then you poke your head up and get curious to see what else is out...

Looks like these were announced today, and it's a partnership with KEF and Porsche Design.   Space One This one is an over ear, active noise cancelling pair of headphones which is $420. It appears these are a tweaked/updated M500...

If you take a peek at some of what I've written here (including things like reviews of other headphones) over the years, I travel. A lot. I'm sure some of you do it more. I used IEMs (customs, noise cancelling, stock, esoteric ... you get the idea) for years going back to the ER-4P. My current...

As I posted in another thread, I picked up the NW-Z1070 that came out in Japan yesterday. I also picked up the privacy filter (PRF-NWP43) and the case that allows you to stand the unit up (CKL-NWZ1000). A few observations so far:   The outer box was some of the coolest packaging Sony has...

I needed another pair of IEMs like a hole in the head, but the 7550s intrigued me. My current portable 'phones are the MDR-NC300D. Yeah, I know ... but on a plane, they work really well. And they actually sound decent all things considered. I'm not doing critical listening on a plane. For a long...

I travel for work quite a lot and have for the better part of the past 10 years. I remember when I first started flying in the mid-90s, I tried some of the Panasonic noise cancelling headphones and they colored the sound too much. With the advent of affordable in ear headphones, I’ve been fairly...

So if you've seen some of my other posts, I'm here in Tokyo on vacation and was going to audition the Ortofon e-Q7 if I could among others. I like the IE8 I use with my Sony NW-X1060/BI, but they aren't the most comfortable IEMs. I did the turning upside down thing and switched the cable sides...

My local dealer had the GR8s in stock and I've been curious as I like Grado's normal headphones. I currently use the Sennheiser IE8s as my IEMs when I travel (paired to my Sony NW-X1060 from Japan). It's a good combo. The IE8s are well built, have low microphonics, great bottom end, and good...

I just received the Denon RCD-CX1, which is essentially a combination of their DRA-CX3 amp and DCD-CX3 CD/SACD player. I was looking for a new bedroom system as my old one just wasn't doing it for me (you all know what I mean). Plus I wanted to downsize in terms of size and overall components...

All I can say is wow. I got this little portable recorder in the mail this week and I can finally say that I have a true DAT replacement. I got the Edirol/Roland R-09 awhile back and it's definitely small and portable, but feels cheap and I always struggled to get a good recording. Having...

I just was in contact with an importer who does Japanese special orders. The EC as many of you know is a limited edition model and is only available through Kenwood's direct shop online. It won't be in stores. As of now, the lead time is around the end of November. The non-EC (or standard)...

I got the Victor (JVC) XA-HD500 today. I only used it for about 30 minutes before putting it back in the box. Before you think I did that because it was a bad player, it isn't. It's a well-built, intuitive, small, light player that sounds great with the CC/K2 technology to enhance the sound. Its...

The Cingular store near me got it in today, and I upgraded from my SE T637 which is the most reliable phone I've had to date all around. So far, the W600i is better by leaps and bounds in terms of call signal quality and general phone stuff. I haven't evaluated it completely as a DAP yet, but...

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All I can say is they are a major improvement on my Etymotic ER-4Ps which disappeared on a flight from Austin, TX, to Dallas, TX, on my journey back home to MA. I was upset, especially considering I had the Westone inserts made so that I had custom molds for the Etys. The first thing that...

After my ER-4Ps disappeared on a plane flight with the custom Westone earmolds, I decided to go whole hog and get the ES2s for my new in ear headphones. Only two or less weeks to wait!

Well, somewhere between my flight from Austin, TX, to Dallas, TX, and before my flight home to Boston, my ER-4Ps grew legs. They had the Westone earmolds I had made recently, making this more painful. Instead of rushing into buying anything and being disappointed, I've picked up a pair of...

I've been toying with the idea of getting a hard drive based player for awhile since I travel for work and schlepping my portable CD player, a bunch of discs, etc., takes up a lot of room. I was going to put WAVs if I bought one; I hate the sound of MP3s or other things ripped to an inferior...

I've owned quite a few PCDPs over the years - an old Sony (RIP), the Panasonic SL-J145 (which I gave to my Dad), and up until recently, I have been using for the past few years a Panasonic SL-CT470. I thought the 470 sounded pretty good overall, and I liked its color and form factor as I am on...