HiFiMAN Svanar are a wireless headphone costing $499 that aim to bring an audiophile level of sound but with the convenience of a wireless design. Oscar Stewart tries them out for HiFi PiG
WESTONE MACH 80 IN-EAR HEADPHONES REVIEW
HiFi PiG’s resident HeadFi expert, Oscar Stewart, takes a listen to the Westone MACH 80 in-ears.
CAMPFIRE’S CLASSIC FLAGSHIP IEMS HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY REDESIGNED
The new Campfire Audio Andromeda Emerald Sea and Campfire Audio Solaris Stellar Horizon IEMs are the reimaginings of the Oregon-based Headfi brand’s popular high-end earphones.
FLARE E-PROTOTYPE IEM REVIEW
FLARE E-Prototype are an innovative design that fit right into your ear canal to reduce distortion created there. They cost £250 and are made in the UK. Janine Elliot inserts them and tells us what she thinks.
GRELL TWS/1 TRUE WIRELESS HEADPHONES BY SOUND ENGINEER & HEADPHONE DESIGNER AXEL GRELL
Grell, founded by German headphone engineer Axel Grell, has announced the debut of a brand-new line of true wireless headphones with the grell TWS/1.
TANCHJIM PRISM IEM LAUNCHED
Prism is the new flagship In Ear Monitor from the Chinese headphone brand, Tanchjim.
KINERA FREYA IEM REVIEW
Janine Elliot takes a listen to Chinese brand Kinera’s Freya IEMS costing £219. More »
EDIFIER TWS NB2 PRO TRUE WIRELESS EARBUDS WITH ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION
We get a lot of requests to run news for Bluetooth earbuds, many of them generic looking., and we don’t feature many of them at all. The Edifier TWS NB2 PRO True Wireless Earbuds stood out with their different looking design, low price and the fact that they have won a 2021 Red Dot design award, beating many other more well known and more expensive brands.
AK SOLARIS X IEM IS THE FIRST COLLABORATION BETWEEN ASTELL&KERN AND CAMPFIRE AUDIO
Astell&Kern has announced a new collaboration with Campfire Audio to produce in-ear monitors (IEMs) under the Astell&Kern brand.
SENNHEISER IE 900 AUDIOPHILE EARPHONES ARE THE BRANDS NEW FLAGSHIP IN EAR MONITORS
The Sennheiser IE 900 audiophile earphones are the German manufacturer’s new flagship IEMs.
BOWERS AND WILKINS ENTER THE TRUE WIRELESS IEM MARKET
After an extensive period of development, Bowers & Wilkins is launching two new True Wireless In Ear Monitors, the Bowers & Wilkins PI7 and PI5, their first in this headphone category.
HIBY CRYSTAL 6 FLAGSHIP IEMS ANNOUNCED
The new HiBy Crystal 6 flagship IEMs are equipped with 6 BA (Balanced Armature) drivers in a 4-way crossover on both sides.
British audio brand, Cambridge Audio, has announced the Cambridge Audio Melomania 1+ true wireless IEMs.
KEF has introduced the Mu3 Noise Cancelling True Wireless earphones. Designed by Ross Lovegrove and engineered by KEF’s UK acoustic team.
Sennheiser’s new IE 300 in-ear headphones use a refined version of Sennheiser’s 7mm Extra Wide Band (XWB) transducer, manufactured at the company’s headquarters in Germany.
Klipsch has introduced three new true-wireless earphones that are designed to deliver “best-in-class sound, comfort, technology and materials”. Each new model features an innovative and functional case.
Kinera has unveiled its flagship pair of in-ear monitors, the Kinera Baldr. Kinera Baldr has original oak ear shells and a powerful multi-driver hybrid setup.
At IFA 2019 Audio-Technica is introducing its ATH-CKS5TW and its ATH-CK3TW wireless in-ear headphones. More »
Cyrus Audio have released their soundBuds, wireless in-ear headphones. Using True Wireless Stereo, the soundBuds connect wirelessly to each other and to your mobile device.
The market for sub £100 in-ear monitors is very competitive meaning that there is plenty of choices when it comes to choosing a pair of IEMs to use as your daily driver. So for £49, do the Meze 11 Neo do enough to differentiate themselves from the crowd? Harry Smith finds out. More »
Bang & Olufsen have launched a new wireless earphone. Designed as an “urban lifestyle essential”, Beoplay E6 uses some of Bang & Olufsen’s latest design innovations. More »
Just as Hifi Pig have announced our sponsorship of the Hifi Lounge Radical SR1 racing car Bang & Olufsen shifts its gears with the new Beoplay E8 Special Edition by celebrating over a century of high speed, hairpin turns, and hair-raising excitement. The company has revealed its fourth product of the Special Edition Collection – Beoplay E8 Racing Green, designed to capture the emotion, the passion and the feeling of a historic colour famous for being fast. More »
FLARE JET 1 and JET 2 in-ear headphones are £49 and £69 respectively, much less than the company’s very well received previous models. Janine Elliot checks them out. More »
For the first time Munich High End also played host to Can Jam Europe. The event was held just over the road from the MOC and attracted more than 2000 people, proof indeed that the market for headphones and portable audio is continuing to be a healthy one. Here’s a photographic tour of the event which promises to grow in coming years. Congratulations to Juliane Thummel and her team for a job brilliantly done. More »
Billie Jean is the latest collaboration of In-Ear-Monitors (IEMs) between Astell&Kern and Jerry Harvey Audio which feature a new Dual Balanced Armature (BA) driver system. More »
