Author - Rob Stumpf

MrSpeakers Dan Clark Audio Ether CX Headphones

Review: MrSpeakers Ether CX

When it comes to premium boutique headphones, no other brand stands out quite as much as MrSpeakers. Well, what was MrSpeakers. The company is now known as Dan Clark Audio (named after its founder) and is a bespoke headphone maker from California. Everything the firm makes is focused solely on being upscale; premium planar magnetic and electrostatic headphones are its bread and butter. (more…)

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Klipsch x McLaren Announce Headphone Partnership

Klipsch and McLaren Team up With Three News Headphones

Next week signals the start of the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. Of course, this means that many makers in the premium hifi space, including Klipsch, are kicking it off with a bang. Today, Klipsch announced that a flurry of new products in a collaboration with performance automaker McLaren. (more…)

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Review: Fiio FH7 a Flagship 3-in-1 IEM Unlike Any Other

The Fiio FH7 is the cream of the crop IEM for a 12-year-old Chinese electronics manufacturer that needs no introduction. Still, we'll give them one. Since springing to life in 2007, Fiio has long-since made a name for itself in the HiFi community by creating fantastic product offerings since its infancy. I'd even go as far as saying that it helped to make the hobby affordable for many who would have otherwise written it off as "just expensive headphone stuff". ...

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AirPods Were a $6 Billion Goldmine for Apple in 2019

The introduction to the world of audio comes in very different forms. For many, their introduction was simply the Apple AirPods, an easy-to-use solution for their existing iOS devices. According to a recent report by CNBC, this was a goldmine for Apple over the past year and will easily continue that trend into 2020. (more…)

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JBL Reflect Eternal Solar Powered Wireless Headphones

JBL Reflect Eternal: Solar-Powered Headphones With ‘Unlimited’ Battery

Meet the JBL Reflect Eternal, a bluetooth wireless over-ear headphone which maker JBL claims will exterminate the anxiety of dead batteries. A new crowdfunding effort on IndieGoGo shows that JBL wants to ditch the power cord. Instead of plugging in, an array of solar panels is embedded into the headband which charge the battery as you listen. (more…)

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BTS Kim Namjoon Lost Apple AirPods

K-Pop Star Reveals He Has Lost 33 Pairs of Apple AirPods

For many people, Apple's AirPods are one of their first big audio purchases. Swiping your credit card for these little wireless earbuds will set you back around $160 and lock you into Apple's ecosystem just a tad bit more. But lose one of them while you're out and about, and you'll pay beaucoup bucks ($69) to replace it. (more…)

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