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CanJam at RMAF 2012: Westone 4 Generic Fit In-Ear Monitors
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Tyll Hertsens • Oct 19, 2012 • 3 comments

Go back a half century and you'd still find Westone in the business of making earmolds for your hearing needs. Kris and Karl Cartwright have been there for the last 30 years. That's a long time keeping people happy while telling them to "stick this in your ear."

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CanJam at RMAF 2012: JPS Labs Abyss Prototype Planar Magnetic Headphone
RMAF 2012
Tyll Hertsens • Oct 19, 2012 • 5 comments

Planar magnetic headphones have been hot, hot, hot for the last couple of years. And with that much interest, new entrants into the field are bound to arise. One such entrant is JPS Labs with its Abyss planar magnetic headphone prototype.

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CanJam at RMAF 2012: 1964 Ears Custom IEMs and Remolding Service
RMAF 2012
Tyll Hertsens • Oct 19, 2012 • 4 comments

Did you know there's a hopping little market for purchasing second-hand custom IEMs? How in the world can you use someone else's custom IEM, they won't fit your ears, right? Well, the answer lies with companies like 1964 Ears.

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CanJam at RMAF 2012: ALO Audio Pan Am Tube Headphone Amp
RMAF 2012
Tyll Hertsens • Oct 18, 2012 • 1 comments

The new ALO Audio Pan Am is out, and I'm wondering, is it a home or portable headphone amp? Well...yes and no.

I know, it's confusing, you'll just have to read on...

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CanJam at RMAF 2012: Cavalli Audio Liquid Glass Hybrid Tube-Rolling Headphone Amp
RMAF 2012
Tyll Hertsens • Oct 18, 2012 • 1 comments

Yet another case of a headphone DIY enthusiast turned pro, Alex Cavalli first produced a number of DIY projects and then turned his attention to manufacturing. His initial two offerings (Liquide Fire and Liquid Lightning) were well received by the headphone community. His new amp is a tube-roller's delight.

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CanJam at RMAF 2012: HiFiMAN HM-901 Digital Audio Player and RE-600 Dynamic IEM
RMAF 2012
Tyll Hertsens • Oct 18, 2012 • 3 comments

One of the driving purposes of going to a show like CanJam at RMAF is to see all the new products manufacturers are showing. On that front, Fang Bian never fails to please. Here's a couple of new products from HiFiMAN.

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CanJam at RMAF 2012: Cypher Labs AlgoRhythm Solo -dB and Solo -R
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Tyll Hertsens • Oct 17, 2012 • 0 comments

While it's fairly easy to find iPhone/iPod docking stations that allow you to get at the digital signal and bypass the internal DAC, I know of only one portable solution. And that one just got quite a bit better!

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CanJam at RMAF 2012: Exit Level Audio Annapurna Single-Ended Tube Headphone Amplifier
RMAF 2012
Tyll Hertsens • Oct 17, 2012 • 0 comments

Ever wonder where big audio companies come from? Ever want to start one yourself? What did Audeze or Ray Samuels or HeadRoom look like at the beginning? Here you go...

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CanJam at RMAF 2012: TTVJ and the Apex Hi-Fi Audio Glacier Portable Headphone Amp and USB DAC
RMAF 2012
Tyll Hertsens • Oct 17, 2012 • 0 comments

It's hard to think back to a day when there was no such thing as a USB headphone amp. They're everywhere today. Do you know who designed the first commercially available USB headphone amp?

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CanJam at RMAF 2012: Ray Samuels Audio Intruder Balanced Portable Headphone Amp and DAC
RMAF 2012
Tyll Hertsens • Oct 16, 2012 • 0 comments

Ray Samuels probably has the broadest line of headphone amps in existence. He introduced his latest creation at the CanJam at RMAF this year, a portable balanced headphone amp named the Intruder. He names all his amps after military planes...I'm thinking Uncle Sam will need to source a few more planes soon or Ray's gonna run out of names.

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