Meze 105 AER Headphone Review – The Soft Parade
The $399 Meze 105 AER is a stylish over-ear, open-back headphone characterized by an enjoyable “fun tuning” with emphasized bass
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FiiO Jade JT1 Closed Dynamic Over-Ear Headphones and JDS Objective2 Headphone Amplifier – Careful With That Axe, Eugene
Seduced by the convenience (though not the fidelity) of TWS, I haven’t done much listening of late to traditional wired
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Sony WH-CH720N Review Over-Ear Headphones Review – View From The Cheap Seats
Bose may have marginally better ANC and the Sennheiser Momentum 4 perhaps sounds a little better, but the Sony WH-1000XM4
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Sennheiser HD 620S Review (2) – Minority Report
For closed-back headphones the Sennheiser HD620S have great staging/imaging, good timbre, and very good (for passive) sound insulation, but at
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QCY H3 Over-ears Wireless ANC Review – Close Enough For Government Work
I would consider the QCY H3 nearly acceptable for younger/casual ears that might need ANC for air travel purposes or even roadtrips. For budget over-ears ANC they provide some value and construction is above my expectations at a $40 price tag, and can easily be equivalent to what you find in name brand models costing 10 times as much.
The overall sound ability is however substantially lower in quality as a result of the lower quality bluetooth codec in play, so there will not be any confusion as to why they cost $40. Set realistic expectations given the 4.5 star reviews and these might fulfill your goal, but otherwise they are not ear pleasing budget busters for me.
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Sennheiser HD 620S Review (1) – Closed-Back Is The New Open-Back
The $349.95 Sennheiser HD 620S is a fabulous closed-back, over-ear headphone characterized by great note definition, wide and deep soundstage,
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IKEA LÅNESPELARE Headphone Stand Review – Wooden Heart
The $20 LÅNESPELARE is an appealing, average built, fairly priced headphone stand that does well what it is designed for.
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Marshall Major IV On-Ear Bluetooth Headphones – First Do No Harm
My $40-on-Ebay Jabra 45H are nobody’s idea of a great sounding headphone, but they’re supremely comfortable and reliable, so I
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Nank (Naenka) Runner Pro2 Bone Conduction Headphones Review – A Pilgrim’s Progress
The Naenka Runner Pro is a niche product designed for swimmers…
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Moondrop Joker Review (1) – Remarkable Accuracy
The Moondrop Joker is an articulate and accurate sounding closed-back dynamic-driver headphone for monitoring — a well executed production tool,
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Using Headphones With Your New Mac [Without An External DAC/Amp] – A Review
The latest Mac generation features a relatively good audio circuit that makes many budget dongles and headphone amps obsolete. In
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Jabra Elite 45H Review – A Modest Proposal
I’d liken Denmark-based Jabra to Volvo—solid build and sleek designs, with perhaps less horsepower and technological finesse than the mainstream Japanese brands.
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Sennheiser Momentum 1 and Sony MDR-1A – Blast From The Past
In an alternative universe I could have spent twenty bucks and used these as my sole headphones…
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