The Headphoneer

Headphone comparisons

Hifiman HE1000 v1 vs HE1000 v2 (mk1 vs mk2)

The Hifiman HE-1000 got quite a lot of attention when launched in 2015. It introduced a totally new shape and…

April 10, 2017 6 Min Read

Amplifier comparisons / Amplifiers

SENNHEISER HDVD 800 / HDVA 600 REVIEW

Sennheiser offers two headphone amplifiers: The HDVD 800 and the HDVD 600. They look almost identical and that is no…

March 17, 2017 18 Min Read

Headphones

THE BIG AKG K701 AND Q701 REVIEW

The AKG K701 was launched ten years ago. It is still in production, as a part of AKG’s “professional-line”. It…

March 15, 2016 24 Min Read

Headphone comparisons / Headphones

STAX SR-009 vs
STAX SR-007mkI

Vintage wine or stat of the art – a review of the present and past Stax flagship By many regarded as the best…

October 5, 2015 5 Min Read

Amplifier comparisons / Amplifiers

STAX SRM-007tII vs
STAX SRM-727II

Which Top Driver to Max Your Stax? Stax is a Japanese maker of electrostatic headphones and amplifiers. Stax prefers to call…

August 9, 2015 7 Min Read

Amplifier comparisons / Amplifiers

INTEGRATED HEADPHONE JOY
Leben CS300XS vs Cary SLI-80 Signature

Only a few amplifiers are truly great with speakers and headphones alike. Cary SLI-80-series and the Leben CS300-series are. In…

April 14, 2015 6 Min Read

Amplifier comparisons

SCHIIT MJOLNIR vs
AURALIC TAURUS

How does the US-made balanced budget statement amplifier hold up to the more expensive offering from Hong-Kong? Using three great…

October 3, 2014 6 Min Read

Headphone comparisons / Headphones

SENNHEISER HD600 vs HD650
A compartive review – also featuring the AKG Q701

Proven long time classics in the medium price range, the Sennheiser HD650 and Sennheiser HD600 remains as relevant as ever. I compared them…

September 28, 2014 9 Min Read

Amplifier comparisons

SCHIIT MJOLNIR vs
WOO AUDIO WA22

Vintage tubes and output transformers or JFETs and MOSFETs? These two stunning looking amplifiers are both fully balanced, but in very, very different ways…

September 28, 2014 5 Min Read

Amplifier comparisons / Amplifiers

THE BURSON AUDIO CONDUCTOR / SOLOIST REVIEW
With or without…

September 26, 2014 0 Min Read