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2018 SoundStage! Network Equipment Buying Guide
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(2018) Headphones and Related
(2018) Headphones and Related
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- Parent Category: 2018 SoundStage! Network Equipment Buying Guide
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Price: $599.99
Website: www.acousticresearch-hifi.com
Brent said: What I love about them is that there’s nothing spectacular or exaggerated about their sound -- just as there’s nothing spectacular or exaggerated about the sound of a great violin, tenor saxophone, or singer. If you want something spectacular, that’s fine -- but if you want headphones you can enjoy day after day with all kinds of music, I strongly recommend the AR-H1s.
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The gist: One of an elite group according to Brent.
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Price: $299.95
Website: www.akg.com
Rad said: The more I listened, the less I liked AKG’s N60 NC Wireless noise-canceling headphones.
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The gist: These pretty much sucked.
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Price: $399
Website: www.bowers-wilkins.com
S. Andrea said: The Bowers & Wilkins PX headphones are a bit of a mixed bag. Whether or not you’ll be satisfied with them will likely come down to how much you value a neutral frequency response. With their noise canceling turned off, the PXes were at or near the top of their class for producing an enveloping soundscape with vivid images, but the midrange was just too recessed to sound natural with acoustic instruments.
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The gist: Not quite neutral, but meets many other expectations.
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Price: $1500
Website: www.focal.com
Brent said: They sounded terrific, worked great with any kind of music, and exhibited no annoying flaws or colorations.
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The gist: No beryllium, but Focal sound quality nonetheless.
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Price: $1199
Website: www.klipsch.com
Brent said: If you want a great set of audiophile headphones you can easily carry with you and use with any source device you happen to have in your bag, the HP-3s, in my opinion, have no serious competition.
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The gist: The HP-3s are Klipsch’s best headphones ever.
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Price: $99
Website: www.massdrop.com
Brent said: The Massdrop x NuForce EDC3s delivered the best sound I’ve heard for under $100 -- not just from earphones, but from any audio product I can think of.
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The gist: Best way to spend 100 bucks on audio.
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- Parent Category: 2018 SoundStage! Network Equipment Buying Guide
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Price: $79
Website: www.sonarworks.com
Brent said: In most cases, Sonarworks’ True-Fi substantially improved the sound of the headphones I used it with.
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The gist: Make your headphones sound better with this software.
