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Details: Written by: Geoffrey Morrison; Created: 01 June 2024

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What in your everyday life costs $12? If you’re careful, maybe a meal from McDonald’s? A trip to the grocery store is way more. A movie matinee? Not in my area. Do you have any electronics gear that costs $12? A cable perhaps, or some spare silicone eartips. Certainly not fully functional true wireless earphones, and yet that’s what I found on Temu.

Details: Written by: Geoffrey Morrison; Created: 01 May 2024

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PSB is one of those companies that doesn’t get the mainstream recognition of the Boses and Sonys of the world, but among audiophiles and enthusiasts, they’re well known and widely respected. Decades of great-sounding and well-made speakers, almost all of which also measure objectively well, have done a lot to endear the company to a wide, if still vaguely niche, audience.

Details: Written by: Geoffrey Morrison; Created: 01 January 2024

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Though better known for its big, planar-magnetic, over-ear headphones, HiFiMan has released a variety of earphones over the years. On the true-wireless front, that list includes the Svanars, descended from a $1999 (all prices USD) wired model. What we have here are a pair of earphones in the middle of the range, the Wireless LE ($299). Other models include the Svanar Jr. ($179), which use a different amp and DAC, and the Svanar Wireless (no LE, $499), which include wireless charging and the LDAC Bluetooth codec.

Details: Written by: Geoffrey Morrison; Created: 01 December 2023

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On a recent episode of the Audio Unleashed podcast, Dennis Burger and Brent Butterworth talked about how far the Beats brand has come. As I had, they had reviewed early Beats headphones to much consternation. All that money and reach, and the ’phones sounded terrible. As bad as the early over-ears were, the on-ears that followed were even worse.

Details: Written by: Geoffrey Morrison; Created: 15 November 2023

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A few months ago I reviewed the Sivga Luan headphones. They were big, exceptionally comfortable, and quite attractive. They were a little light on the bass for my taste, but those who like a more treble-heavy sound would probably like them.

Details: Written by: Geoffrey Morrison; Created: 01 November 2023

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Among the early and pleasant surprises I experienced when I first started reviewing for SoundStage! Solo were the Edifier NeoBuds S earphones. I really liked their sound, but they often fell through the cracks whenever I’d recommend earbuds. They were a little too expensive to be considered “budget” and were outperformed by more expensive earbuds. There are certainly people who don’t want to spend more, and for those folks, they’re great.