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Massdrop x NuForce EDC3 Earphones

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April 2018

Reviewers' ChoiceAll by themselves, the Massdrop x NuForce EDC3 earphones tell the story of where the audio biz is headed in 2018. Although the EDC3s pack three balanced-armature drivers into each tiny earpiece, they cost just $99 USD -- about 25% of what three-driver earphones typically cost a few years ago. They’re sold not through retail outlets or even conventional e-tailers, but through Massdrop, a Web-only entity that sells products based on requests and feedback from its own online communities. Five years ago, no one would have believed you could get three-driver earphones for $99, and no one would have heard of Massdrop.

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Sonarworks True-Fi Headphone EQ Software

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April 2018

Anyone who’s tried a few different headphones knows their sound can vary wildly. Some sound harsh and thin, others dull and bloated, and many sound good but have a few annoying quirks. When you consider these differences, and that most headphones are now connected to smartphones and computers, it’s not surprising that many apps have emerged to equalize ’phones for better sound. One of those is Sonarworks’ True-Fi ($79 USD), an app for Windows or Apple OS that I first encountered at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show.

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Bowers & Wilkins PX Noise-Canceling Bluetooth Headphones

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March 2018

These days, it seems as if every major loudspeaker manufacturer has gotten into the headphone market -- but the iconic British loudspeaker brand Bowers & Wilkins has already been at it for the better part of a decade. In 2010, Bowers & Wilkins introduced their P5 over-ear headphones, and since then they’ve released a new or updated model each year. We have reviewed and been impressed with many of these, and 2017’s P9 Signature headphones won Reviewers’ Choice and Product of the Year awards for their high qualities of sound, looks, and build. Bowers & Wilkins’ latest headphones are the PX over-ear model with active noise canceling and Bluetooth ($399 USD). Will it carry on the tradition of excellence?

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Klipsch Heritage HP-3 Headphones

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March 2018

Reviewers' ChoiceIt was high time Klipsch created something like the Heritage HP-3 over-ear headphones. For years, the company has been exploiting its deep heritage with products that reflect the classic great looks and surprisingly tenacious design concepts of founder Paul W. Klipsch’s original horn loudspeakers. Yet in the mobile space, Klipsch has focused most of its efforts on tiny, balanced-armature earphones that can’t benefit much from the Klipsch cachet. To my delight, the HP-3s look like something Paul Klipsch himself might have designed back in the 1950s.

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Focal Clear Headphones

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February 2018

Reviewers' ChoiceHeadphones are like loudspeakers in two important ways. First, both make sound. Second, in both categories, what was recently considered a super-high-end product is now touted as “midpriced” or “accessible.” Take, for example, Focal’s Clear open-back headphones. They’re priced at $1500 USD, which slots them between Focal’s first two high-end models, the Utopias ($4000) and the Elears ($1000). Sure, the Utopias are among the costliest headphones available today, but for most people, spending even $500 on headphones is unthinkable.

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Harman/Kardon Invoke Voice-Controlled Wireless Loudspeaker

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February 2018

In late 2015, Amazon launched its first Echo smart speaker, ushering in a new category of technology products. A year later, Google introduced the Echo’s first competitor, the Google Home, and in spring 2017, Microsoft announced a partnership with Harman/Kardon to bring Microsoft’s digital assistant, Cortana -- present on any PC running Windows 10 -- to a standalone wireless loudspeaker, the Invoke ($199.95 USD).

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AKG N60 NC Wireless Bluetooth Noise-Canceling Headphones

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January 2018

Noise-canceling headphones are greatly prized by commuters and frequent fliers, as they subdue engine noise and other intrusive sounds. Up until now, most noise-canceling (NC) headphones have been over-ear designs, to provide a better seal. But commuters also like headphones that are smaller and lighter and can be folded up into smaller packages. AKG has therefore decided to release on-ear models, wired and Bluetooth, that can be folded up yet provide enough NC to be viable. Their Bluetooth model, the N60 NC Wireless ($299.95 USD), provides wireless transmission backed up by a wired analog cable mode. Design-wise, AKG has achieved this goal, but I have some minor criticisms, and a major criticism of something that will be, for some, a deal breaker.

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Acoustic Research AR-H1 Headphones

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January 2018

Reviewers' ChoiceThe AR-H1 headphones are the last thing I expected from Acoustic Research. Audiophiles know AR as the pioneer of the acoustic-suspension loudspeaker, in 1952, and as the builder of widely varying yet generally quite good speakers created in the 1990s by teams that included such audio luminaries as NHT cofounders Chris Byrne and Ken Kantor, Infinity cofounder and current Artison CEO Cary Christie, and current James Loudspeaker CTO Mike Park. But for the last 15 years or so the AR brand has been applied mostly to accessories, such as inexpensive cables and Bluetooth speakers -- in fact, AR is currently owned by Voxx Accessories Corp. While it’s puzzling to see this once-revered, now-trashed brand name suddenly applied to high-end, planar-magnetic headphones, I have to admit that it gives me a bit of a warm feeling inside.

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Sony WH-1000XM2 Wireless Noise-Canceling Headphones

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December 2017

Based on what I’ve observed, the greatest challenge in headphone design isn’t building the world’s greatest audiophile headphones. It’s building really good noise-canceling headphones. Consider the challenges Sony faced in creating the WH-1000XM2 noise-canceling (NC) headphones ($349.99 USD). The engineer must deal not only with the incoming music signal, but also with the signals coming from one or two microphones in each earpiece, each mike separately filtered to compensate for its distance from the driver, and for the acoustical properties of the driver and enclosure. The response of the drivers must be tuned to compensate for the effects of NC on the headphones’ sound -- and they still have to sound reasonably good in passive mode, when the battery runs down. Then there’s the noise of the internal amps and microphones to worry about. Perhaps worst of all, I’m told that many of the key patents of this technology are still held and vigorously defended by Bose.

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Monoprice Monolith M300 Earphones

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December 2017

Products like the Monolith M300 in-ear earphones show how different Monoprice is from other audio brands. Other than their name and logo, Monoprice makes no pretense of brand identity in their products. Their focus is working with various overseas manufacturers to deliver products of (usually) reasonably good quality in all sorts of categories, at prices so low that few other companies can match them. However, the Monolith M300 earphones reflect what seems to be a minor sideline for Monoprice: products that look like knockoffs of well-regarded models made by other companies.

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  1. MartinLogan Wireless Ensemble Bravado Loudspeaker
  2. Paradigm PW Soundbar / PW 600 Loudspeakers / Monitor Sub 8 Subwoofer
  3. MartinLogan Motion SLM X3 Soundbar
  4. Sennheiser HD 4.50 BTNC Headphones
  5. JBL E55BT Quincy Edition Headphones
  6. Bluesound Pulse Soundbar Wireless Loudspeaker and Pulse Sub Wireless Subwoofer
  7. Tidal Force Wave 5 Headphones
  8. Monoprice M1060 Headphones
  9. Schiit Audio Jotunheim DAC-Headphone Amplifier
  10. HiFiMan Susvara Headphones
  11. Libratone Q Adapt On-Ear Headphones
  12. Brainwavz B200 Earphones
  13. 1More Quad Driver Earphones
  14. Bowers & Wilkins P9 Signature Headphones
  15. Audeze iSine10 Earphones
  16. Blue Ella Headphones
  17. Axiom Audio AxiomAir N3 Wi-Fi Loudspeaker
  18. Beyerdynamic Amiron Home Headphones
  19. Audiofly AF1120 Earphones
  20. Audioengine B2 Bluetooth Speaker
  21. HiFiMan HE1000 V2 Headphones
  22. Final Sonorous III Headphones
  23. Beyerdynamic T 5 p Headphones
  24. AudioQuest DragonFly Red and Black USB DAC-Headphone Amplifiers
  25. Oppo Digital Sonica Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Speaker
  26. Audeze Sine Headphones
  27. Sennheiser HD 630VB Headphones
  28. Optoma NuForce HEM8 Earphones
  29. Arcam MusicBoost DAC-Headphone Amp and Case for Apple iPhone 6/6s
  30. KEF Egg Powered Loudspeakers
  31. AKG N60 NC Headphones
  32. Bluesound Node 2 Streaming Tuner, Pulse Mini Streaming Loudspeaker, and Vault 2 Streaming CD Ripper and Storage Device
  33. Focal Sphear Earphones
  34. Bluesound Pulse Flex Bluetooth Speaker
  35. Audioengine HD6 Powered Loudspeakers
  36. Moon by Simaudio Neo 230HAD DAC-Headphone Amplifier
  37. Sennheiser HD 800 S Headphones
  38. RBH Sound HP-2 Headphones
  39. Pryma 0|1 Headphones
  40. HiFiMan Edition X Headphones
  41. JBL Everest Elite 700 Headphones
  42. Klipsch Reference X20i Earphones
  43. KEF Muo Bluetooth Speaker
  44. Definitive Technology Symphony 1 Headphones
  45. RBH Sound EP3 Earphones
  46. NAD Viso HP30 Headphones
  47. NuPrime Audio IDA-8 Integrated Amplifier-DAC
  48. Oppo Digital HA-2 Headphone DAC-Amplifier
  49. HiFiMan HE1000 Headphones
  50. Cabasse Stream 1 Bluetooth Speaker
  51. AudioQuest NightHawk Headphones
  52. PSB M4U 4 Earphones
  53. Bowers & Wilkins P5 Series 2 Headphones
  54. Aurender Flow Headphone Amplifier-DAC
  55. Oppo Digital PM-3 Headphones
  56. Torque Audio t402v Headphones
  57. Optoma NuForce DDA120 Direct Digital Integrated Amplifier-DAC
  58. Phiaton MS 100 BA Earphones
  59. Marshall Headphones Mode EQ Earphones
  60. NAD Masters Series M17 Surround-Sound Processor
  61. NAD Masters Series M27 Seven-Channel Amplifier
  62. Moon by Simaudio Neo 430HA Headphone Amplifier
  63. Oppo Digital PM-2 Headphones
  64. Onkyo TX-NR838 Network Audio/Video Receiver
  65. Bluesound Pulse Wireless Loudspeaker System, Powernode Streaming Receiver, Duo Sub/Sat Loudspeaker System, and Vault CD Ripper and Storage Device
  66. Calyx Audio M Portable Media Player
  67. M2Tech Marley Headphone Amplifier
  68. Alpha Design Labs EH008 Earphones and A1 USB DAC-Headphone Amplifier
  69. NuForce Primo 8 Earphones
  70. Grace Digital Encore Wi-Fi Music Player and Internet Radio
  71. Oppo Digital HA-1 Headphone Amplifier-Preamplifier-DAC
  72. Samsung Level In Earphones
  73. Brainwavz S5 Earphones
  74. KEF M200 Earphones
  75. Definitive Technology Incline Desktop Loudspeakers
  76. Oppo Digital PM-1 Headphones
  77. Astell&Kern AK240 Portable Media Player
  78. NAD Viso HP50 Headphones
  79. Bowers & Wilkins P7 Headphones
  80. Aura Note V2 Music Center
  81. Audiofly Performance AF140 Earphones
  82. Focal Spirit Classic Headphones
  83. Audeze LCD-X Headphones
  84. Pathos Acoustics Aurium Headphone Amplifier
  85. Alpha Design Labs X1 USB DAC-Headphone Amplifier
  86. NAD Viso HP20 Earphones
  87. Audeze LCD-3 Headphones
  88. Sony XBA-H1 Earphones
  89. Logitech Harmony Ultimate Universal Remote Control with Ultimate Hub
  90. NuForce AVP-18 Surround-Sound Processor
  91. Sherwood R-807 Audio/Video Receiver
  92. Boston Acoustics MC100 Blue Bluetooth Speaker
  93. Miniwatt n4 USB DAC-Headphone Amplifier
  94. Mass Fidelity Relay DAC-Bluetooth Digital Converter
  95. Alpha Design Labs H118 Headphones
  96. Astell&Kern AK120 Portable Media Player
  97. Focal Pack 5.1 Bird Loudspeakers and Sub Air Subwoofer
  98. Cardas Audio EM5813 Model 1 Ear Speakers
  99. Audioengine W3 Wireless DAC
  100. Shure SE535 Earphones
  101. Definitive Technology Sound Cylinder Bluetooth Loudspeaker
  102. Definitive Technology SoloCinema XTR Sound Bar and Wireless Subwoofer
  103. Audio Pro Avanto 5.0 HTS Home-Theater Speaker System
  104. Cambridge Audio Azur 751R A/V Receiver
  105. DarbeeVision Darblet DVP 5000 Video Enhancer
  106. Oppo Digital BDP-105 Blu-ray Player
  107. Arcam rBlink DAC-Bluetooth Digital Converter
  108. Axiom Audio ADA-1000 Multichannel Amplifier
  109. Atomic Audio Labs Mac Platform
  110. MartinLogan Motion SLM On-Wall Loudspeakers and Dynamo 700w Subwoofer
  111. Logitech Harmony Touch Universal Remote Control
  112. Bowers & Wilkins MT-60D Home-Theater Speaker System
  113. Audio Pro Living LV2e Wireless Powered Loudspeakers
  114. PSB Imagine Mini / Mini C / SubSeries 200 Home-Theater Speaker System
  115. Autonomic Controls Mirage MMS•5A Media Server
  116. Cambridge Audio Azur 851C CD Player-DAC-Digital Preamplifier
  117. Polk Audio UltraFocus 8000 Active Noise-Canceling Headphones
  118. Anthem AVM 50v 3D Audio/Video Processor
  119. Dynaudio Xeo 3 Powered Wireless Loudspeakers
  120. Paradigm Millenia CT Powered 2.1-Channel Loudspeaker System
  121. MartinLogan Mikros 70 Earphones
  122. Hegel Music Systems HD20 Digital-to-Analog Converter
  123. Bowers & Wilkins P3 Headphones
  124. Calyx Audio DAC 24/192 Digital-to-Analog Converter
  125. Beyerdynamic Tesla T 70 Headphones
  126. Totem Acoustic Element Ember Loudspeakers
  127. Bowers & Wilkins 802 Diamond Loudspeakers
  128. HiFiMAN HE-400 Headphones
  129. HiFiMAN Express HM-601 Portable Audio Player
  130. NAD Viso 1 iPod Dock
  131. Dynaudio Focus 110 A Loudspeakers
  132. PSB M4U 2 Active Noise-Canceling Headphones
  133. NuForce Icon uDAC-2 Digital-to-Analog Converter/Headphone Amplifier
  134. Audioengine D2 Wireless Digital-to-Analog Converter
  135. Fluance SXHTB+ Home-Theater Speaker System
  136. T+A Elektroakustik E-Series Music Receiver
  137. Polk Audio UltraFit 2000 Sports Headphones
  138. Paradigm Series 7 Monitor 11 / Center 3 / Surround 3 / Sub 12 Home-Theater Speaker System
  139. High Resolution Technologies Music Streamer II+
  140. Stax SR-507 Lambda Signature Earspeaker Headphones and WooAudio GES Headphone Amplifier
  141. SoundMagic PL50 and EH11 Earphones
  142. Densen Audio Technologies Beat B-130 Integrated Amplifier
  143. HiFiMAN HE-500 Headphones
  144. Polk Audio Blackstone TL350 / DSWpro 550wi Home-Theater Speaker System
  145. Etymotic Research ER-4PT Earphones
  146. Bowers & Wilkins C5 Earphones
  147. Smyth Research Realiser A8 Audio Processor
  148. April Music Aura Groove Integrated Amplifier and Aura Neo CD Player-DAC
  149. Audeze LCD-2 Headphones
  150. PSB CS1000 Outdoor/Indoor Loudspeakers
  151. Velodyne Digital Drive+ 10 Subwoofer
  152. Etymotic Research hf5 Earphones
  153. Focal Chorus 826V Loudspeakers
  154. TEAC SR-100i iPod Dock
  155. HeadRoom Balanced Ultra Desktop Amplifier and Sennheiser HD 800 Balanced Headphone System
  156. Ultrasone Pro 900 Headphones
  157. Cambridge Audio Azur 650R A/V Receiver
  158. Axiom Audio Epic 80-800 Home-Theater Speaker System
  159. Vizio VMB070 Portable 7” TV
  160. Audioengine N22 Integrated Amplifier
  161. Integra DTA-70.1 Multichannel Power Amplifier
  162. Logitech Harmony 300 Remote Control
  163. Logitech S715i Rechargeable Loudspeaker and iPod/iPhone Dock
  164. KEF XQ40 Loudspeakers
  165. Asus O!Play HDP-R1 Media Player
  166. Velodyne Optimum-10 Subwoofer
  167. Paradigm Reference MilleniaOne / Seismic 110 Home-Theater Speaker System
  168. Schiit Audio Asgard Headphone Amplifier
  169. Paradigm Reference Signature S6 v.3 Loudspeakers
  170. Definitive Technology Mythos XTR-50 / Gem / SuperCube II Home-Theater Speaker System
  171. Logitech Squeezebox Touch WiFi Music Player
  172. Curvi-Hifi Model 1 Version 2 Loudspeakers
  173. Aperion Audio Home Audio Link
  174. Paradigm Reference Signature S6 v.3 / C3 v.3 / ADP3 v.3 / Sub 1 / PBK Home-Theater Speaker System
  175. Western Digital WD TV Live Media Player
  176. Monitor Audio Silver RX6 / RX Centre / RXFX / RXW-12 Home-Theater Speaker System
  177. NAD T 175 A/V Processor
  178. Aperion Audio Intimus 6-IC In-Ceiling Loudspeakers
  179. Polk Audio RTi A1 / CSi A4 / DSW Pro 400 Home-Theater Speaker System
  180. Naim Uniti All-in-One Audio Player

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