audiophiles

  • Vinyl Sales Beat CDs While Still Managing to Lose

    Vinyl Sales Beat CDs While Still Managing to Lose

    For a lot of folks, records (in the year of our dark lord 2020) are one of those things you either “get” or just don’t. While its resurgence has spawned its fair share of hate-fuelled rants asking why we’re falling for the greatest scam ever played on us at the hands of the music industry,…


  • I Want To Vigorously Make Out With Focal’s Elear And Clear Headphones

    I Want To Vigorously Make Out With Focal’s Elear And Clear Headphones

    I lifted the magnetic latch of Focal Elear’s cardboard storage box, its soft lining reminiscent of acoustic foam, as though pushing open a heavy mahogany door. Within, I found the open back headphones reclining on a chaise lounge by an open fire, shirt open. “I’ve been waiting for you,” Elear said in French-accented English, cradling…


  • Fender FXA7 Review: Headphones Worth Their $700 Price Tag

    Fender FXA7 Review: Headphones Worth Their $700 Price Tag

    The best headphones transform the music. They reveal notes lost and whispers hidden and the rub of a finger down the string of a guitar. They expand the music and transport you. Whenever you move up a price point, the sound should move too. And that’s exactly what happened with the Fender FXA7 in-ear monitors…