Lime Ears Anima: Midnight Tides – An In-Ear Monitor Review
With an oddball driver config and a big, boisterous sound, the Lime Ears Anima adds some much needed color to the flagship space without losing an inch of finesse along the way.
Vision Ears EXT: Purple Reign – An In-Ear Monitor Review
The EXT sees Vision Ears tread bold, new ground with rich, earthy tones, crisp, tactile instruments and a motley deluge of aural texture.
JH Audio Jolene: Beyond Thunderdome – A Custom In-Ear Monitor Review
Four DDs, eight BAs and countless patents full, the Jolene is Jerry Harvey’s most ambitious, innovative and technically-impressive release to date; a true rockstar’s IEM.
64 Audio Duo: Innovation, Elevation – An In-Ear Monitor Review
With tia tech, Wave Sync and a semi-open apex chassis, 64 Audio’s clean, resolving, easy-sounding Duo delivers a much-needed jolt to the kilobuck category.
FiR Audio VxV: Like Water – An In-Ear Monitor Review
The five-driver VxV is FiR Audio’s take on the everyday carry; unassuming, easygoing, yet chock-full of the company’s signature, proprietary tech.
Custom Art FIBAE 7: The Fair Lady – A Custom In-Ear Monitor Review
Custom Art’s FIBAE 7 is their house sound at its purest and cleanest yet: An intimate, organic, yet refined flagship without the sky-high price tag.
Vision Ears EVE20: Thunderbolt and Lightning – An In-Ear Monitor Review
Vision Ears’ EVE20 subverts the dynamic, boom-bap sound with heaps of texture, a robust midrange and an image capable of delivering drive with finesse.
Vision Ears Elysium: There Can Be Only One
Disclaimer: Vision Ears loaned me a universal version of Elysium for the purposes of this review. Vision Ears’ Elysium is truly unique among IEMs, a fellow reviewer told me “Nothing sounds like the Elysium”, I agree with his statement. Elysium features a single balanced armature driver for the lows, a single dynamic driver for the […]
FiR Audio’s House of M: The M5 – An In-Ear Monitor Review
FiR Audio’s M5 represents the pinnacle of the company’s numerous technological and acoustical exploits, resulting in their most refined, precise and yet, musical piece yet.
FiR Audio’s House of M: The M4 – An In-Ear Monitor Review
FiR Audio’s M4 takes the company’s clean, airy, nuanced house sound with extra helpings of body, resolution and stereo imaging.