Tagged: headphones

Audeze's LCD-5s arrives with SLAM acoustic bass technology — a passive, non-DSP system promising deeper, tighter low frequencies on its $4,500 open-back flagship planar.

Meze Audio's ASTRU arrives at $899 as a titanium-bodied, single-driver flagship IEM. Is its 10mm composite dynamic the antidote to multi-driver complexity?

Astell&Kern's AK HC5 dongle brings the flagship AK4499EX DAC chip and an OLED display to your pocket for $450. Is it the serious listener's ultimate USB-C companion?

Final's DX10000 CL debuted at Winter Headphone Festival Mini 2026 with a 26mm CVD pure solid diamond dome — and a price to match its ambition.

The StereoNET Australian Hi-Fi & AV Show returns to Melbourne's Pullman Albert Park in October 2026 — here's what's confirmed and why you should already be planning your trip.

At NAMM 2026, Audeze relaunched its reference open-back as the LCD-5s — the first planar magnetic headphone to use SLAM airflow-control tech born in the 2024 CRBN2 electrostatic.

xMEMS hit two milestones around CES 2026: Cypress entered mass production as the first MEMS driver for ANC earbuds, and Sycamore became the world's first silicon full-range loudspeaker. We explain how

HiFiMan debuted the HE1000 WiFi and Arya WiFi at CanJam NYC 2026 — open-back planars with onboard R2R DACs that use Wi-Fi as the primary wireless link. Here's why that matters.

Google's Android 16 update put Auracast on Pixel phones. Here's what LE Audio and LC3 actually mean for your headphones and wallet.

Xiaomi Buds 6 and EarFun Wave Pro X bring bit-exact CD-quality Bluetooth under EUR 150. Here's what aptX Lossless actually requires — and why it matters.

Kiwi Ears launched the Halcyon on Kickstarter on 2 May 2026, claiming it's the world's first 1DD + MEMS + 3BA tribrid IEM. We examine what that means and why MEMS matters.