Nyaya Itsva inobva kuReady Mountain Audio Fest

01 ye12

10 Nyeredzi Itsva Inonzi Headphones kubva muna 2014 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest

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Gomo reRedy Audio Audio Fest ndiro guru rekuratidza mureza muNorth America. Mukuwedzera pakubata kushamiswa kunoshamisa kwevatauriri vepamusoro-soro, amps, turntables uye zvinyorwa zvema digital, RMAF inosanganisira CanJam, bhotela rehotera rakakonzerwa nemakona e-headphones uye headphone amps - chimwe nechimwe chinowanikwa mukuteerera kwako.

Hezvino ndiyo mitero ine gumi inotonhorera yakanyanya kubva muna 2014 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, maererano neni.

02 ye12

MrSpeakers Alpha Dog Headphone

Brent Butterworth

VaMupepeti Alpha Dog ndivo chete vaikwanisa kunyora purofoni ini kuM RMAF iyo inogona kupa Audezes mutsva kumhanho yemari yavo - asi pa $ 599, mari yakawanda shoma . Kusvikira ikozvino, VaShop vakagadzira zvinyorwa zvaro kuburikidza nekugadzirisa Fostex vadzidzisi vemafoni. Ikutsvaga kwekutsvaga kwema 3D printers iko zvino inopa kambani seti yakawanda zvikuru inoshamisa yezvakanaka.

Iyo Alpha Dog inoshandisa zvakawanda Fostex zvikamu, asi nzvimbo ye 3D-yakadhindwa inogadzirwa muMupepeti 'San Diego factory. Kuti uwedzere kuoma kana uchichengetedza uremu hwekuyera, iyo yakavharwa ine maviri masvingo akaparadzaniswa nejeri remukati-chimwe chinhu chingave chiri chekuvhara mari yakawanda kana yakakonzerwa-yakaumbwa. Kugadzirwa kwakaoma kunosanganisirawo ganda rinogadziriswa rinogona kugadziriswa ne-inset screw kuitira zvakanakisisa mabhasi ekupindura. Yakaputirwa nejira shanu dzemotokari dzinopera mumucheka wakaisvonaka wemararo maroon.

Ndakafunga kuti Alpha Dog yakaridzika yakachena yakachena uye isina chimiro, ine zvishoma zvishoma bump muzvinyorwa kuti ipe iyo yakawanda-yakakwana yakawanda yekukandira. Uye zvinonakidza sezvaunofarira muteyo.

03 of 12

Bvisa LCD-X uye LCD-XC Makombefoni

Audeze

Aya matsva anonzi Audeze akaratidzwa pamusoro apa ndatotanga kuvharwa muzhepu yekuona, asi ndaida kugovera zvimwe zvandinonzwa pano. I $ 1,699 LCD-X (kuruboshwe uye $ 1,799 LCD-XC haisi kungoita zvishoma zvishoma zveAudeze zvakarumbidzwa pasi rose LCD-3, ivo vakagadziriswa zvakare, neine planar magnetic drivers iyo inonzi kambani +8 dB yakawanda kupfuura yeiyo LCD-3.

"Hatiiti kuti tizvikurudzire, asi muminwe, iwe unogona kuvhara izvi zvakananga kufoni yako," mutauri wekambani akanditaurira. Mifananidzo yekare, mukuenzanisa, haikwanise kusvika kumateereri anoshanda asingabatsiri nefoni yekunze.

Mukati mangu muteerera, LCD yakasununguka-X yakaratidza kufanana neLCD-3, asi zvichida neine yakawanda inzwi rakanyanya uye zvishoma zviri nani. ILCD-XC yakavhara shure yakataura zvakafanana, kunyange zvazvo pasina nzvimbo yakakura seyakakura saLCD-X - asi chokwadi, yakavharwa zvakare ine mukana wekuchera huzhinji hwehubbub dzakakupoteredza.

Chinonyanya kukosha kwandiri, kunyange zvazvo iyo yose mienzaniso yaiva yakanyatsonaka kwandiri kupfuura LCD-3, iyo yakavhara temberi dzangu zvakasimba ndisingagoni kumira kuti ndizvigare kwenguva yakareba. Vose vemuenzaniso muAudeze line iye zvino vane nzeve dzinoshandiswa dzinoshandisa pasi-pasi, zvakanyanyisa kuputika; Ndakatarisa kugara ndichimuteerera kwemaminitsi gumi neLCD-X kuti ndione kana zvingave zvisina kukwana, asi hazvina kudaro.

04 ye12

Audiowa D3 USB DAC / Headphone Amp

Brent Butterworth

Mushure mekubudirira Audioquest yave inonakidzwa ne $ 249 DragonFly USB digital-to-analog converter / headphone amp, mamwe makambani ari kupinda mukati nemishonga yakafanana. Iyo pfungwa inonakidza: chimwe chinhu chakakura che USB memory stick iyo inonyanya kuvandudza rwiyo rwekombiyuta yako. Pa RMAF, Audioengine yakaratidza DAC iyo iri kuuya, mamita $ 189 D3, iyo inofanira kuwanikwa mumavhiki matanhatu.

D3 inosanganisira DAC 24/96, Texas Instruments amplifier chip, uye chakasimba chesimbi chisi. Maererano neByriday Bargenquast Audioine, "Takateerera kune boka rose rehephonephone amps uye takasarudza iyo yatakada zvakanakisisa."

05 of 12

Beyerdynamic T51P Headphone

Brent Butterworth

Iyo yakanakisisa itsva yakagadzirirwa headphone ndakanzwa paRAFAF iyi duku duku yakatarwa kubva kuBeyerdynamic. I $ 289 T51p inodzokorora yekare T50p neyepamusoro-imedance 60-ohm mutyairi, bheji rakanaka rakati harina kunyanya kutinhira ruzha, kunyanya kunetseka nzeve uye hurumende yakagadziriswa yakaderedza simba. Ndaifunga kuti yakanzwika zvinoshamisa zvinyorwa pakati nepakati nepamusoro. Uye nokuda kwe-on-nzeve, zvishoma, yakanyanya-yakanaka.

Mumufananidzo uri kumusoro, iyo T51p iri paBeyyerdynamics 'yakanaka mutsva weA headphone amplifier 20. Iko $ 649 A 20 zvinhu zvinosvika 1/4-inch zvinobuda uye chisiki-chesimbi yose isina mabheji anooneka kana kumira.

06 of 12

Carot One Headphone Amp

Brent Butterworrth

Handizivi zvakawanda pamusoro peCarot One, asi ndinoziva ndinochida. Iyi $ 699 mini-amp inoshandisa imwe yero 6DJ8 uye inopa zvirumo zvekukurukurirana pamwe nejoko jema, saka unogona kuzvishandisa chero. Iyo inopa analogog uye USB michina inobatsira, saka inoshanda nekombiyuta yako kana rako rekare-chikoro chekare-yakabuda michina.

Maererano naArnold Martinez wemutengesi Tweak Studio, iyo mamita yakasvika ichibva kumudziri wayo weItaly asina peji yepa specs, saka ndakagadzira mamwe mashoko pamusoro pezvakatangira kubva pawebhu. Inotaridzika inoshandisa 15-watt-per-Channel Class T ampm (yakafanana nemadhora mashoma anobva kuLepai neTopping).

07 pa12

Sony XBA-H3 uye XBA-H1 Hybrid In-Ear Headphones

Brent Butterworth

Sony yaive yakakundwa zvikuru neyo-balance-armature in-ear headphones. I $ 70 XBA-C10IP inongoparadza munda wemamwe ma-headphones gumi nemasere mumupfuti wandakabetsera neWidringcutter. RMAF yakaona kutangwa kwemashure maviri matsva anoshandisa teknolojia yakasvibiswa, kubatanidza zvigadzirisiti zvidhairi zvinokonzerwa nevanowanzoita madhirairi anoshandiswa mune dzakawanda-nzeve-headphones. Pfungwa iyi ndeyokuti, iwe unowana hupamhi hwemhando dzakasvibirira dzezvigadziriswe zvakasimba pamwe nemasimba-zvakanaka, simba, uye mabhasi - evanotyaira.

Muchengetedzi wemufananidzo unoona kumusoro ndeye $ 349 XBA-H3, iyo ine zvigadziro zviviri zvakagadzirika uye mutyairi mumwe chete anotya. Yechidiki ndeye $ 149 XBA-H1, ine shanduro imwe chete yakashongedzwa uye imwe inosimba. Iyo yekare inobata mashefu munaDisemba, iyo yekupedzisira munaNovember.

08 ye12

V-Moda XL Mucherechedzo Muchengetedzo yeM-100

Brent Butterworth

I-V-Moda Crossfade M-100 inonyanya kufarirwa pakati pevanotinhira mameseji uye fashionistas. Sezviri pachena, ini handizvo ndoga ndinoona kugamuchira kwacho kwakasimba. I $ 20 XL Memory Cushions inoita kuti M-100 ive yakanyanya kunyatsogadzikana, nokuda kwekunaka kwavo, yakajeka yekuyeuchidza mhepo.

"Takapedza anenge gore tichishanda pane izvi, nokuti hatina kuda kuchinja saichirinendi yeM-100," V-Moda Karl Detken akandiudza. "Asi zvinonzwika zvishoma zvishoma, nokuti pads inogadzirisa madhirairi zvishoma nezvishoma kubva munzeve dzako."

09 ye12

Resonessence Labs Herus DSD DAC / Headphone Amp

Brent Butterworth

Direct Stream Digital - iyo-single-bit digital audio format Sony yakarongedzwa nezvino-yakaisvonaka-yakafa yakafa Super Audio CD format - iri kuwana hupenyu hutsva nekuda kwekudhinda digital, izvo zvino zviripo kune dzimwe nzvimbo. Asi vatengi vakawanda veDDD-capable-analog converters (DACs) vanodhura $ 1 000 uye zvichikwira. Bhuku Rokudzikinura Huses Herus anovamanikidza nevanopfuura hafu, kupinda mu $ 350 chete.

Ingovhara Herus kuburikidza ne USB mukombiyuta ine software yeDDD playback, uye une audio-digital digital audio. Iwe unogona kuvhara headphones zvakananga muHerus's 1/4-inch headphone jack, kana kushandisa shandisi kuti uiunzwe nayo pane stereo system. Inowirirana ne 64x uye 128x DSD mafaira, mafaira eDXD, uye mafaira emuPMM kusvika 24-bit / 352-kilohertz.

10 pa12

JH Audio Roxanne In-Ear Headphones

Brent Butterworth

Ufungidzire kuti vangani vanodhairi vari mune imwe nheyo yekutanga yeJH Audio Roxanne? Zvakaipa. Kana iwe uchiziva chimwe chinhu pamusoro pe headphones, ungadaro wakambofungidzira mana kana matanhatu, asi kwete-ndeye 12 . Yep, gumi. Nei vakawanda kudaro? "Ndiyo yekutanga ye-ear earphone nekupindura kunze kwe20 kHz," JH audio founder Jerry Harvey akandiudza. Harvey akaenderera mberi achitsanangura kuti kusagadzikana kwemakumbo enguva yakashandiswa anoshandiswa mumhando idzi dze headphones inowedzera zvakasimba apo inosvika 20 kHz, saka kuburikidza nokushandisa mijenya yazvo zvakafanana, akakwanisa kuderedza kusagadzikana uye kuvandudza mhinduro inotyisa.

Nyaya imwe neimwe inobatanidza nechina-conductor cable, iyo yakapa JH kukwanisa kuwedzera in-line bass control, iyo iyo Harvey yakakupa shanduro ye-15-dB yekugadzirisa. Inoshandawo pamwe neJH's FreqPhase hufoni huputi, iyo ine kururamiswa mukati kunobvisa kukanganisa kwechikamu uye nokudaro kunogadzirisa mhinduro yakachena uye nzvimbo yakawanda yepakati.

I $ 1,599 Roxanne inowanikwa iye zvino mune tsika-yakaumbwa fomu (apo maumbirwo emakumbo ako anoshandiswa kugadzira zvakagadzirirwa zvakakwana), uye ichave iripo munaDisemba mune imwe shanduro yakakwana-inoshandiswa iyo inoshandisa mazano akawanda ezvinyorwa zvesilicone. Inowanikwawo mu carbon-fiber version inoratidzwa pano, ye $ 200 yakawedzerwa. "Iko carbon fiber haina mhinduro pamanzwiro, zvinongowedzera kuwedzera zvepabonde," Harvey akati.

11 pa12

ALO Audio Island USB DAC / headphone amp

Brent Butterworth

Handizivi kana US Army stocks milspec USB DAC / amps, asi $ 299 Island inotaridzika sekuti inokodzera chikwereti. Iyo yakagadzirirwa aluminium mini-amp yakanga isina chinetso chokufambisa imwe yeAudeze isiri-ine-sensitive-LCD-2 planar-magnetic headphones kune yakakwirira kwazvo. Iyo inonzi USB inotora zviratidzo nekugadzirisa kusvika pana 24/192, uye nzvimbo yekutora pfumbamwe-nzvimbo inokuita kuti uone zvakanaka zvamukoti kuti zvifanane ne headphones yako. Zvechokwadi, icho chikuru chakakomberedzwa nebhokisi kumusoro ndeyekutonga kwezwi.

12 pa12

Philips Fidelio L2 Musoro

Brent Butterworth

Ndinoziva, ndakati "10 Cool Headphone Products," asi Audeze zvinhu hazviverengi nokuti ndakanyora nezvazvo zvisati zvaitika. Saka nhamba yegumi ndiyo Philips Fidelio L2, itsva 'n' yakashandurwa yeFidelio L1, iyo yandakaongorora negore rakapera gore rakapera reRinono nekuona . I $ 299 L2 ine mutsva wekugadzirisa nekuwedzera kwekunzwisisika kwehutano hwakanaka paunotamba kubva kumafoni uye mahwendefa.

Handikwanise kuyeuka zvakanzwisiswa naL1, asi pfupi pandinoteerera ndakandisiya ndakagutsikana kuti mhinduro yeL2 inotyisa inonyanya kucheneswa uye yakazara.