Today, Marcus reviews the Unique Melody Maven II Crescent, a $3299 titanium-designed hybrid dual dynamic, BA, and EST driver custom monitor. Disclaimer: This sample was sent to me in exchange for my honest opinion. Headfonics is an independent website with no affiliate links or partnerships. I thank the team at Unique Melody and Musicteck for their support. Click here to read more about the Unique Melody products previously reviewed on Headfonics. This assessment follows our current scoring guidelines, which you can read in more […]

Unique Melody Maven II Crescent Review

Today, Marcus reviews the Cayin N6iii, a 3rd-generation modular Android 12 DAP with a stock 8x CS43198 motherboard and up to 700mW output power. It is priced at $1299. Disclaimer: This sample was sent to me for my honest opinion. Headfonics is an independent website with no affiliate links. I thank Cayin for their support. You can click here to learn more about Cayin products that we have previously featured on Headfonics. This article follows our current scoring guidelines, which you can read here. The […]

Cayin N6iii Review

Today, Marcus reviews the Dan Clark Audio NOIRE X, a next-generation set of AEON series closed-back planar magnetic driver headphones with AMTS. They are priced at $999. Disclaimer: This sample was sent to me in exchange for our honest opinion. Headfonics is an independent website with no affiliate links or status. I thank Dan Clark Audio for their support.  Click here to read more about Dan Clark Audio products we have previously reviewed on Headfonics. This article follows our latest scoring guidelines, which […]

Dan Clark Audio NOIRE X Review

Today, Marcus reviews the Audeze CRBN2, a set of 2nd-generation open-back electrostatic headphones featuring the company’s new bass-enhancing SLAM technology. They are priced at $5995.00 but just $995 for original CRBN owners who wish to send their units in to be upgraded. Disclaimer: I received this sample in exchange for my honest opinion. Headfonics is an independent website with no affiliate links or services. I thank the team at Audeze for their support. Click here to read more about the Audeze products we […]

Audeze CRBN2 Review

Today, Marcus reviews the Camerton Binom-ER, a high-end set of open-back headphones using a proprietary Binom-E 98mm isodynamic driver. It is priced at $4894. Disclaimer: This sample was sent to me in exchange for my honest opinion. Headfonics is an independent website with no affiliate links or services. I thank Camerton for their support. Click here to learn more about the various planar headphones previously reviewed on Headfonics. This article follows our current scoring guidelines which you can read in more detail here. Berlin-based […]

Camerton Binom-ER Review

Today, Marcus reviews the FiiO DM13, the company’s debut portable CD player with a dual DAC, BT, and up to 660mW of balanced output power. It is priced at $154.99 for the BT version and $139.99 for the Non-BT version. Disclaimer: This sample was sent to me in exchange for my honest opinion. Headfonics is an independent website with no affiliate links or services. I thank FiiO for their support. You can click here to learn more about the FiiO audio products we have […]

FiiO DM13 Review

Today, Marcus reviews the Drop + Grell OAE1, a set of headphones with a unique open-back driver configuration for an ultra-expansive soundstage. They are currently priced at $199 with an SRP of $299. Disclaimer: This sample was sent to me in exchange for my honest opinion. Headfonics is an independent website with no affiliate links or services. I thank Drop and Grell for their support. Click here to learn more about Drop products previously reviewed on Headfonics. This article follows our current scoring guidelines which […]

Drop + Grell OAE1 Review

Our Top Gear Awards for 2024 has arrived and represents the audio gear that we reviewed and gave the highest scores for this calendar year. This is our 14th year for our Annual Awards so if you want to look back and check out what we thought were the best from the last five years you can click below. 2023 Top Gear Awards 2022 Top Gear Awards 2021 Top Gear Awards 2020 Top Gear Awards 2019 Top Gear Awards 2024 […]

Our 2024 Top Gear Awards

In this feature, Marcus reviews the ZMF Headphones Aegis, a transformer-coupled balanced desktop tube amplifier with up to 2.5W of output power. It is priced at $3499.99. Disclaimer: This sample was sent to me in exchange for my honest opinion. Headfonics is an independent website with no affiliate links or status. I thank ZMF Headphones for this opportunity. You can click here to learn more about the ZMF Headphones products I have previously covered on Headfonics. Note, that this article follows our latest scoring guidelines which […]

ZMF Headphones Aegis Review

It is that time of the year again when we bring you our annual Bang For Buck Awards for 2024. These awards officially recognize the portable and desktop audio gear that we believe offers excellent value or performance for their price. You can check out our previous six year’s awards here: Bang For Buck Awards 2018 Bang For Buck Awards 2019 Bang For Buck Awards 2020 Bang For Buck Awards 2021 Bang For Buck Awards 2022 Bang For Buck Awards […]

Our 2024 Bang For Buck Awards