Headphones

Both technically and sonically, these open-backed headphones represent a breakthrough in portable monitoring.

Following on from their outstanding debut microphones, Austrian Audio turn their attention to the headphone market.

Just how different can two similarly priced closed-back headphone models be? The answer may surprise you...

Audeze's latest LCD-series cans make the company's impressive planar magnetic technology more accessible than ever.

Most new headphone manufacturers target the booming hi-fi and consumer markets, but OLLO Audio have made their entrance with two models explicitly aimed at audio engineers.

In the world of microphones, Neumann's reputation is unmatched. Does their first‑ever pair of headphones live up to the name?

The newest model in Audio-Technica's popular Mx series of headphones majors on portability, ruggedness and comfort.

Mackie's new MC range of close-backed headphones are refreshingly devoid of over-fancy styling, and this gives them a reassuring 'get the job done' appearance.

We put ADAM's debut headphones to the test.

This four-channel headphone amp sets itself apart from the crowd with a number of thoughtful and useful features.

Focal’s new flagship studio cans aren’t cheap — but their performance is up there with the very best of them.

There are countless 500-series mic preamps, equalisers, dynamics processors, reverbs, and even delays, bitcrushers and A-D...

Miktek have launched a brace of headphone amps that can feed four sets of headphones, or two. The decision is yours...

AKG’s new flagship headphone design offers the benefits of open-backed ‘phones in a closed-back format.

For their first-ever headphone design, Avantone have seen fit to include some unusual — and useful — extra features.

BLUE are well known in the studio microphone field but they’re now also making significant inroads into the headphone market...

In their latest headphone design, Yamaha have sought to capture the essence of their classic NS10 monitors. Have they achieved it?

Fostex’s new headphone range offers closed, open and ‘semi-open’ options. But what’s the difference, and which would suit you best?

When you think of headphones, Samson might not be the first name that springs to mind, but their top-of-the-range Z55 might surprise you.

As studio headphones go, the Lindy HF-40s are quite inexpensive, yet they have a very respectable technical specification. Of...

If you’re wary of using closed–back headphones for mixing, this stylish design might just change your mind.