I-Headphone entsha ukusuka kwi-2014 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest

01 ngo-12

I-Headphones ye-Coolest ye-Coolest e-Coolest evela kwi-2014 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest

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I-Rocky Intaba Audio Fest ngumboniso omkhulu womthengi kwiNyakatho Melika. Ukongezelela ekubanjeni i-intetho ephakamileyo yezivakalisi, ii-amps, i-turntables kunye nemithombo yomsindo wedijithali, i-RMAF iquka i-CanJam, ibhola lebhodi yehotele egcwele imiboniso ye-headphone kunye ne-headphones amps-nganye enye ekhoyo yokuzonwabisa kwakho.

Nantsi i-headphones ezili-10 ezipholile kakhulu kwi-Rocky Mountain Mountain Fest, ngokwam.

02 we-12

Mnumzana we-Alpha Dog Headphone

Brent Butterworth

UMnu uSpeakers Alpha Dog nguye kuphela umfowuni omtsha ndawuva kwi-RMAF enokunika i- Audezes entsha ukugijima ngemali yabo-kodwa kwi-$ 599, imali eninzi kakhulu . Kuze kube ngoku, uMnumzana wenza i-headphone yakhe ngokuguqula i-headphones yeFostex. Ukutshala imali kutshanje kwiprinta ye-3D ngoku kunika inkampani isethi ebenzileyo kakhulu.

I-Alpha Dog isebenzisa amanqaku amaninzi e-Fostex, kodwa i-enclosure eprintwe yi-3D yenziwe kwiFebhu kaMnu. Ukongeza ubunzima ngenkathi ugcina ubukhulu obunzima, i-enclosure ineendonga ezibini ezihlukeneyo nge-lattice yangaphakathi-into eya kuba yindleko enqabileyo xa i-injection-ifakwe. Uyilo oluyinkimbinkimbi luquka ichweba elungelelaniswayo elingaqwalaselwa ngesikrini sokungena kwisithuba esiphezulu sokuphendula. Iphetshwe ngokugqitywa kwepeyinti yokuhamba kwezimoto ezinhlanu kumbala omnyama womaronon.

Ndacinga ukuba i-Alpha Dog inomsindo ococekileyo kwaye ungagcini, unomgca omncinci kumabhaso ukunika inani elifanelekileyo lokukhaba. Kwaye kunjengokutshatyalaliswa ngumlotha ozithandayo.

03 we-12

Yenza i-LCD-X kunye ne-LCD-XC Intloko

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I-headphone ye-Audeze eboniswe ngasentla sele sele ndifake kwiposi yokujonga, kodwa ndifuna ukwabelana ngamaphupha okuphulaphula apha. I-1,699 ye-LCD-X (i-left and $ 1,799 ye-LCD-XC ayikho nje into encane ye-Audeze yodumo lwe-LCD-3 ehlabathini lonke, ibuye ibuyele ngokugqibeleleyo , kunye nabaqhubi abatsha bamaganeti inkampani ithi +8 dB iphumelele ngakumbi kuneyona i-LCD-3.

"Asinakuyincoma, kodwa kwisinki, ungayibambelela ngqo kwifowuni yakho," isithethi senkampani sandixelela. Iimodeli ezindala, ngokuthelekisayo, azikwazi ukufikelela kumanqanaba okuphulaphula aluncedo ngaphandle kwekhonophone yangaphandle amp.

Ngokuphulaphula kwam okufutshane, i-LCD-X evulekile ivakalise kakhulu njenge-LCD-3, kodwa mhlawumbi ngezwi elibanzi ngakumbi kunye nokulungelelanisa okungcono. I-LCD-XC evulekile ikhutshwe kakhulu, nangona akukho ndawo inokuthi iphakamileyo njengeLCD-X - kodwa ke, i-back closed ineyona inzuzo yokucima ininzi ye-hubbub ejikelezile.

Eyona nto ibalulekileyo kum, nangona loo mibini ihamba kakuhle kakhulu kune-LCD-3, eyayiqhawula amathempeli am kunzima ukuba andiyi kumela ukumbatha ixesha elide. Zonke iimodeli kumgca we-Audeze zineentloko zokusebenzisa ubuninzi obuphantsi, i-foam plusher; Ngenjongo yokuhlala ndiphulaphule imizuzu engama-10 nge-LCD-X ukuze ndibone ukuba ingaba yiphumelelanga, kodwa ayizange ifumaneke.

04 we-12

I-Audioengine D3 USB DAC / I-Amp ye-Headphone

Brent Butterworth

Emva kwempumelelo i-Audioquest iye yavuya kunye ne-$ 249 ye-DragonFly USB ye-digital-to-analog converter / i-headphone amp, ezinye iinkampani zixhuma kunye nemveliso efanayo. Ingcamango ekhangayo: into ethile ubukhulu bombhobho weememori ze-USB eziza kuphucula kakhulu isandi sekhompyutha yakho. Kwi-RMAF, i-Audioengine ibonise i-DAC / amp, i-$ 189 i-D3, ekufuneka ifumaneke kwiiveki ezintandathu.

I-D3 ifaka i-DAC ye-24/96, i-Texas Instruments amplifier chip, kunye ne-chassis eqinile yentsimbi. Ngokutsho kwe-Audioengine kaBrady Bargenquast, "Siphulaphule lonke iqela le-headphone amps kwaye sithatha elinye esilithandayo."

05 we-12

I-Beyerdynamic i-Headphone

Brent Butterworth

I-headphone entsha ye-compact ye-compact ndiyivile kwi-RMAF yile nto encinane ibhekile ivela eBeyyerdynamic. I-$ 289 i-T51p ihlaziya i-T50p yangaphambili kunye nomqhubi ophezulu-imedance 60-ohm umqhubi, i-cable engcono yathetha ukuba ingabamba ingxolo encinci, i-earpads ekhululekile kunye nekhanda lokubamba ngamandla. Ndacinga ukuba lizwakala ngokucacileyo ngokucacileyo phakathi kwee-middle and highs. Kwaye kwi-ear, ubuncinane, ikhululekile kakhulu.

Kulo mfanekiso ungentla, i-T51p ehleli e-Beyerdynamics entsha entsha ye-headphone amplifier. Iimali ezingama-649 A-20 eziphambili eziphambili ze-1/4-intshi kunye ne-chassis yonkcenkceshe yonke engenakuboniswa.

06 we-12

I-Carot eyodwa ye-headphone Amp

Brent Butterworrth

Andiyazi okuningi ngeCarot One, kodwa ndiyazi ukuba ndiyakuthanda. Le ntengo ye-699 ye-mini-amp isebenzisa ityhubhu enye ye-6DJ8 kwaye inikezela iziphumo zesithethi kunye nejelo yephonephone, ngoko ungayisebenzisa. Inika izixhobo zedijithali ze-analog kunye ne-USB, ngoko isebenza kunye nekhompyutheni yakho okanye iifowuni zesikhokelo sakho sokuqala-esikolweni.

Ngokutsho kukaArnold Martinez ngomthengisi weTweak Studio, i-amp yafika evela kumenzi wayo waseNtaliyane ngaphandle kwiphepha le-specs, ngoko ke ndaziqulunqa ulwazi oluthe ngqo malunga nalo ngaphambili. Kubonakala sengathi isebenzisa i-Class T amp 15-watt-nganye-yesitampu (ngokufana ne- mini-amps ezinokuthengwa nge-Lepa kunye ne-Topping).

07 we-12

I-Sony XBA-H3 kunye ne-XBA-H1 I-Headphones ye-In-Ear Hybrid

Brent Butterworth

I-Sony yayinomtsalane omkhulu kunye ne-headphone-ear-head earphone. I-70 70 ye-XBA-C10IP inokutshitshisa intsimi yee-headphone ezili-14 kwi-shotout endikuncedayo nge-Wirecutter. I-RMAF yabona ukuqaliswa kwamanqaku amabini amatsha abasebenzisa iteknoloji ye-hybride, ukudibanisa abaqhubi beengalo ezifanelekileyo kunye nabaqhubi abanezakhono eziqhelekileyo ezisetyenzisiweyo kwi-headphones. Ingcamango kukuba, ufumana ubunzima obukhulu bezalathisi ezilinganisiweyo kunye namandla - kakuhle, ama-dynamics, kunye ne-bass - zabaqhubi abanamandla.

Imodeli ye-chunkier oyabona ngasentla yi-$ 349 i-XBA-H3, enezalathisi ezimbini ezilinganisiweyo kunye nomqhubi omnye onamandla. Encinci yi-$ 149 ye-XBA-H1, eneesalathisi esisodwa kunye nesinye esishukumisayo. Umntu owayekade ehlasela amashalofu ngoDisemba, ngowokugqibela ngoNovemba.

08 ka 12

I-Moda XL Imemori Yesikhumbuzo kwi-M-100

Brent Butterworth

I-V-Moda Crossfade M-100 iyakuthandwa kakhulu phakathi kwabathandekayo beefowuni kunye nefesististas. Kubonakala ngathi, andiyena yedwa ofumana i-tad eqinile kakhulu. I-20 ye-XL Iimemori zeMemori zenza i-M-100 ibe yinto ekhululekile kakhulu, ngokubulela kwi-foam ekhunjini yememori.

"Sichitha phantse unyaka sisebenza ngale nto, kuba sasingafuni ukutshintsha isignesha yomsindo we-M-100," u-V-Moda kaKarl Detken wandixelela. "Kodwa ivakalekile kakhulu, kuba iipasiti zibeka abaqhubi phambili kwiindlebe zenu."

09 we-12

I-Labs Resonessence Herus I-DSD DAC / i-Headphone Amp

Brent Butterworth

I-Digital Stream ecacileyo - ifomathi yomsindo wedijithali oyisistim esisodwa i-Sony inxulunyaniswa nefomathi ye-Super Audio CD ngoku-efile-efile kakhulu. Kodwa abaninzi abaguquleli be-digital-to-analog (i-DACs) abanamaxabiso angama-$ 1,000 kunye. I-Labonessence Labs iHerus iyancipha ngaphaya kwehafu, ingena kwi $ 350 nje.

Vula nje i-Herus ngokusebenzisa i-USB kwikhompyutheni ene-DSD software yokudlala, kwaye unomsindo ophezulu wedijithali. Ungayifaka i-headphone ngqo kwi-Herus ye-Herus ye-1-4-intshi ye-headphone jack, okanye sebenzisa i-adapter ukuyixhuma kwi-stereo system. Iyahambelana neefayile ze-64x kunye ne-128x DSD, iifayile ze-DXD, kunye neefayile ze-PCM eziqhelekileyo ukuya kwisisombululo se-24-bit / 352-kilohertz.

10 kwi-12

I-JH Audio Roxanne In-Headphone Headphones

Brent Butterworth

Cinga ukuba bangaphi abashayeli abakwi-facepi nganye ye-JH Audio Roxanne? Ngalunganga. Ukuba uyayazi into malunga neentloko zee-headphones, usenokuba uqikelele ezine okanye ezintandathu, kodwa akukho- 12 . Yep, ishumi elinanye. Kutheni baninzi? "Yona ye-earphone yokuqala ye-ear ear with response 20 kHz esedlulileyo," umculi we-JH womculo uJerry Harvey wandixelela. UHarvey waqhubeka wachaza ukuba impedance yezigulane ezenziwe ngokufanelekileyo ezi ntlobo ze-headphones ziphakama ngokukhawuleza xa zifikelela kuma-kHz angama-20, ngoko ngokusebenzisa amaninzi ngokufanayo, wakwazi ukunciphisa impedance kunye nokuphucula impendulo.

Icandelo ngalinye lidibanisa nekhefu le-conductor ezine, okwamnika i-JH amandla okongeza ukulawulwa kwe-bass inline, apho uHarvey uthe ukunika uhla lwe-15-dB lohlengahlengiso. Ikwasebenza kunye ne-JH's FreqPhase i-headphone amps, ezinokulungiswa kwangaphakathi ekupheliseni ukuphazamiseka kwesigaba kwaye ngaloo ndlela zifumane impendulo ecocekileyo kunye nendawo yendalo.

I-$ 1,599 iRoxanne ifumaneka ngoku kwindlela eqingqiweyo eyenziwa ngumntu (apho iindlebe zeendlebe zakho zisetyenziselwa ukwenza izixhobo ezenziwe ngokugqibeleleyo), kwaye ziya kufumaneka ngoDisemba kwinguqu ye-universal-fit fit using a standard tips for silicone ear tips. Ikwafumaneka kwakhona kwi-carbon-fiber version eboniswe apha, i-$ 200 eyongezelelweyo. "I-carbon fiber ayinayo impembelelo kwisandi, kungenxa yokwabelana ngesondo," kusho uHarvey.

11 kwi-12

ALO Audio Island USB DAC / iphonephone

Brent Butterworth

Andiyazi ukuba i-US Army stocks i-milspec USB DAC / amps, kodwa isiqithi sama-299 seSiqithi sibukeka ngathi siyafaneleka kumthetho-mthetho. I-aluminium mini-amp ye-aluminium ayinayo ingxaki yokuqhuba i-Audeze ye-LCD-2 ye-headphones-magnetic headphones kumazinga aphakamileyo kakhulu. Ukufakelwa kwe-USB kuthatha izibonakaliso ngokusombulula ukuya ku-24/192, kwaye ukufumana isithuba sokwenza indawo ezintathu kukuvumela ukuba uhlalutye umphumo wokukhupha ukuhambelana neefowuni zakho. Ngokuqinisekileyo, loo mqoqo omkhulu ojikelezayo phezulu ulawulo lwevolumu.

12 kwi-12

I-Philips Fidelio L2 Ifowuni

Brent Butterworth

Ndiyazi, ndathi "Imveliso ye-Headphone ye-Cool Cool," kodwa izinto ze-Audeze azibala ngokuba ndibhale malunga nayo ngaphambili. Ngoko inombolo ye-10 yi-Philips Fidelio L2, inguqu ephucukileyo entsha yeFidelio L1, endiyihlolisise ngentshiseko ngonyaka odlulileyo weNdlebe neMbono . I-299 ye-L2 ine-design entsha yomqhubi kunye novelwano olwandisiweyo lokusebenza kakuhle xa udlala kwiifowuni kunye namacwecwe.

Andikwazi ukukhumbula ngokucacileyo oko i-L1 yavakalayo, kodwa ukuphulaphula kwam okufutshane kwandishiya ndiqinisekile ukuba impendulo ye-L2 iyaphendulwa kakhulu kwaye icacisiwe.