01 kwezingu-12
Ama-Headphones ama-Coolest ama-Coolest avela ku-2014 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest
I-Rocky Mountain Audio Fest yiyona mbukiso omkhulu womsindo womthengi eNyakatho Melika. Ngaphezu kokubamba iqhaza elimangalisayo lezikhulumi eziphezulu, ama-amps, ama-turntables nemithombo yomsindo wedijithali, i-RMAF iphinde ihlanganise i-CanJam, i-ballroom yehhotela egcwele izibuko ze-headphone ne-headphone amps - zonke zazo ezitholakalayo ekujabuliseni kwakho okulalelayo.
Nazi izinhloko ze-coolest ezingu-10 ezivela ngo-2014 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, ngokusho kwami.
02 kwezingu-12
Mrspeakers Alpha Dog Headphone
I-Mrspeakers Alpha Dog yiyona kuphela ikhamera yekhanda engiyizwa ku-RMAF engase inikeze i- Audezes entsha ukugijima ngemali yabo - kodwa ku-$ 599, imali engaphansi kakhulu . Kuze kube manje, uMnuSpeaker wenza ama-headphones akhe ngokumane aguqule i-headphones yezobuchwepheshe e-Fostex. Ukutshalwa kwezimali okwakamuva kumaphrinta e-3D manje unikeza inkampani isethi yamakhono amaningi kakhulu.
I-Alpha Dog isasebenzisa izingxenye eziningi ze-Fostex, kodwa i-enclosure ye-3D ephrintiwe yenziwe kufektri kaMnu. Ukwengeza ukuqina ngenkathi ugcina isisindo esincane, lo mgobo unezindonga ezimbili ezihlukaniswe i-lattice yangaphakathi - into engaba yindleko enamandla uma i-injection-ifakwe. Ukuklanywa okuyinkimbinkimbi kufaka phakathi ichweba elungiswayo elingahle libhekwe ne-screw inset ye-bass response. Imbozwe ekugcineni komdwebo wokupenda wezimoto kumbala omnandi we-maroon.
Ngacabanga ukuthi i-Alpha Dog izwakala ihlanzekile futhi ingenakuqhathaniswa, ne-little bump encane emabhokisini ukunikeza inani elifanele lokukhakha. Futhi kunjengoba umcamelo owuthandayo.
03 ka-12
Yenza i-LCD-X ne-LCD-XC Headphones
I-headphone entsha ye-Audeze eboniswe ngenhla Ngivele ngifake ukuthunyelwe kokubuka kuqala, kodwa ngifuna ukwabelana ngokubuka okulalelwayo lapha. I-$ 1,699 i-LCD-X (ngakwesokunxele ne-$ 1,799 i-LCD-XC ayiyona nje ukusebenza okuncane kwe-Audeze e-LCD-3 eyamdunyiswa yonke indawo, iqedile ukusebenza kabusha, nge-drivers entsha ye-magnetic drivers inkampani ithi +8 dB iphumelela kakhulu kunayo i-LCD-3.
"Asiyinconyisisi, kodwa ku-pinch, ungabambelela ngqo efonini yakho," kusho okhulumela inkampani. Amamodeli amadala, uma eqhathaniswa, angeke afinyelele amazinga okulalela ewusizo ngaphandle kosizo lwekhanda lokubheka ngaphandle.
Ekulaleleni kwami okufushane, i-LCD-X evulekile izwakala njenge-LCD-3, kodwa mhlawumbe ngomsindo ovulekile nakakhulu noshintsho olungcono kakhulu. I-LCD-XC evaliwe ibukeke ngokufanayo, nakuba kungekho ndawo eseduze nendawo evulekile njenge-LCD-X - kodwa-ke, i-back closed izuzisa ukukhipha iningi le-hubbub elikuzungezile.
Okubaluleke nakakhulu kimi, nakuba yizo zombili izinhlobonhlobo zangikhululekile kakhulu kunami i-LCD-3, eyabambelela amathempeli ami kanzima ngangingakwazi ukumisa isikhathi eside. Wonke amamodeli kulayini we-Audeze manje anezintambo zemisindo ezisebenzisa ubukhulu obuncane, obunamaphutha amaningi; Ngenhloso yokuhlala ngilalele imizuzu engaba ngu-10 nge-LCD-X ukuze ngibone ukuthi ngabe ingakwazi yini ukuphumelela, kodwa ayizange ihambisane nayo.
04 kwangu-12
I-Audioengine D3 USB DAC / i-Headphones Amp
Ngemuva kokuphumelela i-Audioquest ijabule nge-$ 249 ye-DragonFly USB converter digital-to-analog / i-headphone amp, ezinye izinkampani zixhuma ngemikhiqizo efanayo. Umqondo okhangayo: into ethile ngobukhulu bememori ye-USB eyokwenza ngcono kakhulu umsindo wekhompiyutha yakho. Ku-RMAF, i-Audioengine ibonise i-DAC / amp, i-$ 189 D3, okufanele itholakale emavikini ayisithupha.
I-D3 ifaka i-DAC engu-24/96, i-Texas Instruments amplifier chip, ne-chassis eqinile yetsimbi. Ngokusho kukaBrady Bargenquast we-Audioengine, "Silalele lonke i-amps headphones futhi sithatha lowo esimthandayo kakhulu."
05 ka-12
I-Beyerdynamic Headphone ye-T51P
Ikhanda le-compact elisha elihle kakhulu engilizwile ku-RMAF lalingumncane omncane ovela eBeyyerdynamic. I-$ 289 T51p ivuselela i-T50p yangaphambilini nge-driver-high impedance 60-ohm umshayeli, ikhebula elingcono libheke umsindo wokuphatha kancane, izindlebe zomculo ezikhululekile kanye ne-bandband enamandla okunciphisa amandla. Ngacabanga ukuthi kuzwakala ngokucacile okuningiliziwe phakathi nendawo ephezulu. Futhi nge-on-indlebe, okungenani, ikhululekile kakhulu.
Esikhathini esingenhla, ama-T51p ahlezi phezulu eBeydydynamics 'omusha omusha we-headphone A 20. I-$ 649 A 20 izici ezimbili ezivela ku-1/4-intshi iziphumo kanye ne-chassis yonke-yensimbi engenamigqa ebonakalayo noma izinsimbi ezibonakalayo.
06 kwezingu-12
I-Carot One ye-Headphone Amp
Angazi okuningi ngeCarot One, kodwa ngiyazi ukuthi ngiyayithanda. Le $ 699 mini-amp isebenzisa ithubhu elilodwa le-6DJ8 futhi linikeza iziphumo zesiphakamiso kanye nejaji yekhanda, ukuze ukwazi ukuyisebenzisa. Ihlinzeka ngemigomo ye-analog neyedijithali ye-USB, ngakho isebenza nekhompyutha yakho noma amadivaysi akho omthombo we-analog-ophumayo.
Ngokusho kuka-Arnold Martinez womthengisi uTweak Studio, i-amp yafika evela kumkhiqizi wayo wase-Italy ngaphandle kwekhasi le-specs, ngakho ngangiqedile ulwazi oluthe xaxa mayelana nesandulela salo kuwebhu. Kubonakala sengathi isebenzisa i-Class T amp 15-watt-ngayinye yesiteshi (njengama- mini-amps angabizi avela kuLepai ne-Topping).
07 kwangu-12
I-Sony XBA-H3 ne-XBA-H1 E-Headphones E-Ear Ear
U-Sony ube ne-hit enkulu ne-headphone-armature in-ear headphones. I-$ 70 i-XBA-C10IP isanda kukhishwa insimu yezinye izihloko ezingu-14 ku-shootout engangiyisebenzele i-The Wirecutter. I-RMAF yabona ukuqalwa kwamamodeli amabili amasha asebenzisa ubuchwepheshe be-hybrid, ukuhlanganisa abashayeli bezandla ezilinganiselayo nabashayeli abashintshayo abasebenzisa ama-headphones amaningi endlebeni. Umqondo uwukuthi, uthola izici ezibucayi zezigqoko ezilinganisiwe namandla - kahle, ama-dynamics, ne-bass - amashayeli ashukumisayo.
Imodeli ye-chunkier oyibonayo ngenhla i-$ 349 i-XBA-H3, enezingalo ezimbili ezilinganisiwe nomshayeli onamandla oyedwa. Le ncane yi-$ 149 i-XBA-H1, enezandla ezilinganayo ezilinganayo kanye nesinye esishukumisayo. Lowo owaqala ukushaya amashalofu ngoDisemba, okokugcina ngoNovemba.
08 kwabangu-12
I-V-Moda XL I-Memory Cushions ye-M-100
I-V-Moda Crossfade M-100 iyithandwa kakhulu phakathi kwabathandekayo bekhanda ne-fashionistas. Ngokusobala, kwakungewona owodwa otholayo ukuvuma i-tad eqine kakhulu. I-$ 20 XL Memory Cushions yenza i-M-100 ikhululeke kakhulu, ngenxa yembobo encane yokukhumbula inkumbulo.
"Sichitha cishe unyaka sisebenza ngalokhu, ngoba sasingafuni ukushintsha isignesha yomsindo we-M-100," kusho uKarl Detken. "Kodwa kuzwakala sengathi ivulekile kancane, ngoba amapulangwe abeka abaqhubi kancane kancane ezindlebeni zakho."
09 kwangu-12
I-Resonessence Labs Herus DSD DAC / i-Headphones Amp
I-Direct Stream Digital - i-single-bit-digital-audio format yomsindo we-Sony okhulunywe ngefomethi ye-Super Audio CD manje-enhle kakhulu-efile kakhulu-ithola impilo entsha ngenxa yokulanda kwe-digital, manje etholakalayo kumasayithi amaningi. Kodwa abaningi abaguquguquli be-digital-to-analog abanamakhono a-DSD (ama-DAC) babiza u-$ 1,000 nangaphezulu. I-Resonessence Labs Herus iyabacindezela ngaphezu kwengxenye, ingena ngo-$ 350 kuphela.
Vele uxhumane neHerus nge-USB kukhompyutha ene-DSD software yokudlala, futhi unomsindo we-digital res. Ungakwazi ukuxhuma ama-headphone ngqo ku-jack ye-headphone ye-Herus sika-1/4-intshi, noma usebenzise i-adaptha ukuyixhuma kwisistimu ye-stereo. Ihambisana namafayela we-64x no-128x DSD, amafayela e-DXD, namafayela ajwayelekile we-PCM kuze kufinyelelwe ku-24-bit / 352-kilohertz isinqumo.
10 kwangu-12
I-JH Audio Roxanne In-Ear Headphones
Qagela ukuthi bangaki abashayela abakhona ku-JH Audio Roxanne entsha? Akulungile. Uma wazi okuthile nge-headphone, kungenzeka ukuthi ucabange ezine noma eziyisithupha, kodwa ayikho- engu-12 . I-Yep, iningi. Kungani abaningi kangaka? "Yisikhwama sokuqala e-ear and response out 20 kHz esidlule," JH Harvey umsunguli umsakazo wangitshela. UHarvey waqhubeka wachaza ukuthi impedance yezigxobo ezisezingeni elifanele ezisetshenziswe kulezi zinhlobo ze-headphones zikhuphuka kakhulu uma zifika ku-20 kHz, ngakho-ke ngokusebenzisa eziningi zazo ngokufanayo, wakwazi ukunciphisa impedance futhi ithuthukise impendulo eguquguqukayo.
I-earpiece ngayinye ixhuma nekhebula le-conductor ezine, elinikeze i-JH ikhono lokungeza ukulawula okungaphansi kwe-in-line, okuyinto uHarvey esho ukuthi ikunika uhla lwe-15-dB lokulungiswa. Ibuye isebenze ne-JH's FreqPhase headphones amps, ene-correction yangaphakathi ekuqedeni ukuphazamiseka kwesigaba futhi ngaleyo ndlela ithole impendulo ehlanzekile kanye nokwehluka kwendawo yemvelo.
I-$ 1,599 i-Roxanne iyatholakala manje kwifomu elenziwe ngokweziko (lapho izinkuni zezindlebe zakho zisetshenziselwa ukwenza izinto ezifanelekile), futhi zizotholakala ngoDisemba kwinguqulo ehambisana nendawo yonke esebenzisa amathiphu ajwayelekile wezindlebe ze-silicone. Iphinde itholakale kunguqulo ye-carbon-fiber ekhonjisiwe lapha, yezingu-$ 200 ezengeziwe. "I-carbon fiber ayinalo ithonya kumsindo, kungenxa yokwehlisa ubulili," kusho uHarvey.
11 kwangu-12
I-ALO Audio Island i-USB DAC / ikhoniphu amp
Angazi uma i-US Army stocks i-milspec USB DAC / amps, kodwa isiqhingi se-$ 299 sibukeka sengathi singasilingana nalo mthethosivivinywa. I-aluminium mini-amp ye-rugged ayinaso inkinga yokushayela i-audeze ye-Audeze engenayo-sensitive kakhulu i-LCD-2 headphones yamagnetic kumazinga aphakeme kakhulu. Ukufakwa kwe-USB kuthatha amasignali ngokuxazulula kuze kufike ku-24/192, futhi inethiwekhi yokuthola inzuzo emithathu ikuvumela ukuthi uhlole kahle okukhiphayo okuhambisana nezihloko zekhanda lakho. Yiqiniso, lelo shaya eliyindilinga eliphezulu phezulu ukulawula ivolumu.
12 kwangu-12
Philips Fidelio L2 Umsindo
Ngiyazi, ngithi "Imikhiqizo ye-Headphone ye-Cool Cool," kodwa izinto ze-Audeze azibala ngoba ngibhala ngakho ngaphambili. Ngakho inombolo engu-10 yi-Philips Fidelio L2, inguqulo entsha ye-'N 'yeFidelio L1, engiyibukelele ngentshiseko ngonyaka odlule weMsindo & Umbono . I-$ 299 L2 inomklamo omusha wokushayela nokuzwela okukhulu kokwenza ngcono uma udlala kumafoni namaphilisi.
Angikhumbuli kahle lokho uL1 akuzwakalayo, kodwa ukulalela kwami okufushane kungishiyile ngikholelwa ukuthi impendulo ye-L2 yokuphendulela ihlanzekile kakhulu futhi ichazwe kabanzi.