Blogs

Building your own portable measurement chamber (from May 2020) We thought this might be fun to read – how we built a small test chamber for making headphone measurements. With all things measured, it’s not just a desire, but the gear that matters.  We’ve got a rack full of great gear – Audio Precision, CRYSound,…

A Deep Dive Into The Bright Lights of Neon Everyone wants Bluetooth. And this is our take on a quality Bluetooth receiver. Neon is a wonder of a small device. It’s deceptively small and simple, but inside there’s a large assortment of great features, creative engineering, and downright “that shouldn’t be possible” type stuff. So…

We’re going to talk about sebum. “See what?” you say? Sebum. No, it’s not a Beavis and Butthead pun/joke, it’s real stuff. More commonly known as: “Ear Wax” Yep. Bet ya didn’t stop to think there’s a technical name to that gunky yellowish stuff in your ears! Your mom probably never told you to clean…

Why our IDEEL connector is the ideal connector for IEMs and other headphones! Let’s face it – cables are the weak link for headphones. Especially IEMs. They get wound up, pulled on, bent, and abused. Yeah, wireless is an option – but Bluetooth still leaves a lot on the table when it comes to audio…

Our feelings on MQA as a format and technology – and what we do with regards to MQA MQA is a relatively new standard introduced in 2014. MQA stands for Master Quality Authenticated. It sure sounds impressive – who wouldn’t want their audio to have master quality? But the problem is, we’re engineers. We’re scientists….

We put Rhodium through the paces against the well-know AudioQuest Dragonfly Black. The results were quite informative… The AudioQuest Dragonfly Black is a USB headphone DAC/amp, and is often recommended at the low price of $129. AudioQuest is a legendary name in the audiophile world, so how does our little Rhodium DAC stack up against…