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.
Vision Ears VE7: The Control Room – A Custom In-Ear Monitor Review
The Vision Ears VE7 delivers neutrality in one of its easiest, most listenable forms yet; soulful, big and with a tiny hint of swing.
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.
64 Audio A18s: The Quartermaster – A Custom In-Ear Monitor Review
64 Audio’s A18s is about as natural as reference gets; a warmer, mellower, more engineer-tailored take on their custom flagship that’s discerning all the same.
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 […]
MMR Gáe Bolg: Get It On – An In-Ear Monitor Review
Easy on the eyes and ears, Metal Magic Research’s Gáe Bolg is a smooth, intimate, yet precise everyday-carry, with the company’s pristine metalwork and exotic stylings to boot.
A First Look: Empire Ears Odin
A first look at Empire Ears’ new, tri-brid flagship Odin: A paragon of invention and one of the most resolving, immense-sounding in-ears on the market today.
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.