Headphone Reviews

Sort By:  Post Date TitlePublish Date
Headphone Reviews
Stax SR-007 Omega II electrostatic headphones
Jonathan Scull  |  Jul 03, 2001  |  0 comments
"Preaching to the converted," I sighed to myself as I read the manual for the Stax Omega II Earspeaker headphone system. I fondly recalled my headphone reference for all time—the Most Fabulous and Seductive Sennheiser Orpheus tubed electrostatics, which Thomas J. Norton reviewed for Stereophile in 1994. I recalled the Orpheus's heady, open, fast, and colorfully wideband sound, and clutched my palpitating heart.
Continue Reading »
Headphone Reviews
Sennheiser HD 600 headphones
Wes Phillips  |  Feb 09, 1998  |  0 comments
Sometimes, the only thing that'll soothe the cares and lift the thoughts of man is kicking back and letting glorious music wash over you. Isn't that why we're all here? But no sooner do you sit yourself down in the sweet spot and cue up, say, Mozart's 40th, than you hear:
Continue Reading »
Headphone Reviews
Stax Lambda Nova Signature electrostatic ear-speaker
Wes Phillips  |  Jun 26, 1997  |  0 comments
"When I find something that works," John Candy leered, "I stick with it!" I have no idea if the folks at Stax Industries are fans of Splash or not, but they've certainly taken Candy's philosophy as their own. Despite manufacturing superb—if demanding—loudspeakers and electronics for the last 15 years or so, Stax has been best known for producing one thing: electrostatic ear-speakers, aka headphones.
Continue Reading »
Solid State Preamp ReviewsHeadphone Reviews
HeadRoom Max headphone amplifier
Wes Phillips  |  Feb 27, 1997  |  0 comments
My name is Wes and I enjoy listening to music on headphones.
Continue Reading »
Tube Preamp ReviewsHeadphone Reviews
Melos SHA-1 headphone amplifier
Corey Greenberg  |  Oct 07, 1995  |  First Published: Oct 07, 1992  |  0 comments
"I remember Momma!"
Continue Reading »
Budget Component ReviewsHeadphone Reviews
Etymotic Research ER-4S Canal Phone earspeakers
Wes Phillips  |  Jul 30, 1995  |  0 comments
The cab's outside, the plane leaves in 50 minutes. Let's see...HeadRoom Supreme, HeadRoom Bag, portable CD player, CDs, Etymotic ER-4S Canal Phones....Oh, yeah—mustn't forget luggage or plane tickets. Guess I'm set to go.
Continue Reading »
Budget Component ReviewsHeadphone Reviews
Grado SR60 headphones
Corey Greenberg  |  Jun 08, 1995  |  First Published: Jun 08, 1994  |  0 comments
What the hell is going on with headphones these days?!
Continue Reading »
Solid State Preamp ReviewsBudget Component ReviewsHeadphone Reviews
HeadRoom Supreme headphone amplifier
John Atkinson  |  Jan 08, 1995  |  First Published: Jan 08, 1994  |  0 comments
"Uhh! What is it?" I was being prodded on the arm. Admittedly it was gentle, almost polite prodding, but prodding it still was, a rude disturbance of the cocoon I had woven around myself in seat 31J of the American Airlines MD-11 winging its way across the North Atlantic. I pushed Pause on the Discman, insensitively not waiting for an opportune cadence in the Brahms Piano Quintet that had been my erstwhile virtual reality.
Continue Reading »

Pages

X