Archive | December, 2009

Sennheiser’s new wireless headphones using the KLEER digital RF link just came in last week, and I thought it would be worth making a quick post. Why? Because they are AWESOME!

Nobody expected this kind of hair-splitting session when they walked into the lab, but evaluating four of the best small open headphones proved quite a challenge for all the listeners involved … and brought us to some unexpected conclusions.

It’s not very often that a relatively unchanged product remains a leader in its category for 25 years … but it does happen. Such is the case with the astonishingly good sounding Koss PortaPro. This year Koss celebrates a quarter century selling this headphone with the appearance of the 25th Anniversary Limited Edition Porta Pro, [...]

The Grado SR60i has a lot of history, too. While not quite as visible to pop culture as the Porta Pro, Audiophiles the world over have been digging these headphones since their introduction in 1994 — and so have I. HeadRoom has been pitching the Grado SR60 as Headphonedom’s best value for a long, long [...]

Sometimes it’s hard to know exactly what application a headphone is best suited for … and the HD 238 was one of those times. As I asked each member of the sales team here at HeadRoom what the best application of these headphones might be, a rather quizzical look would cross their face.  These headphones [...]

I reckon these headphones (and the PX 200-II) will show up in a number of places in our Buyers Guides pretty soon … they’re just ridiculously good.Yes, ridiculously good. Well done Sennheiser!

Man, this was a close call. Pretty much every time one of the team sat down for a listen the first reaction was, “Wow! These all sound pretty good!” It was only after really concentrating and digging into the test procedure that the differences started to show and grades could be given.