Page 7 - Headphones

What do we know about HiFi Man? They're well-made, they sound awesome and they're typically a preferential brand for audiophiles.  They are also stricty home-use only, and often a little higher-end in the price arena. Well, things are about to change... well, at least for the sake of one model! Introducing...

The HiFi Man Edition S Headphones! Now, without peeking, how much would you say a pair of those cost? Would you believe me if I were to say... £189? Well, it's true. They are now HiFi Man's

As bonafide hi-fi enthusiasts, we care about sound. This means we care about sound, regardless of what that sound is for. We are also pretty avid gamers - so when hi-fi and gaming combine it's like Christmas at Audio Affair! Luckily for us, this is actually a pretty regular occurrence! In order to get a fully immersive gaming experience, decent gaming headphones are essential.

There are a whole new range of gaming headphones out by Audio Technica - but there's one pair in particular that really stands

Who doesn't love something new and upgraded? Well, we certainly do. And today, we're going to celebrate one of those new, upgraded things. Namely, this pair of beauties...

Those right there are the Audio Technica ATH-A2000Z Headphones! Constructed entirely to give you a "deep and natural listening experience", this is a pair of cans that benefit from a long and lustrous heritage. For instance, this pair are considered the slightly cheaper alternative to the wood-housed W1000Z, which are the

Last week we talked about the Acoustic Research AR M2, the high-end hi-res music player with an equally high price tag! And yeah, people liked it, but most folk don't have £899 to spend on a portable player. Thankfully, there is something out there that is almost as good, yet costs half the price. Best of all, it's from a brand that knows its way around, in every sense of the phrase! FiiO's speciality is portable, with a huge range available to you at various price points.

But what makes this

The only problem with high-end headphones is, the only way to unleash their fullest potential is by pairing them up with an equally high-end headphone amplifier. This probably doesn't sound like much of a problem in the first instance - high end stuff is great! But when you consider just how difficult it is to get hold of high-end headphone amplifiers (getting hold of high-end headphones is easy!), you might understand the problem. Especially if you have the likes of the Abyss or the Hifi Man HE-1000

Life is hectic... but thankfully technology is keeping up with it pretty bloody well. Case and point: the latest in a line of high-end portable dedicated music players - which we'll go into a little later on. We've seen some pretty spectacular things in this genre asofar, but the Acoustic Research AR M2 may well be the very best of the bunch.

See, the thing is, things need to be convenient these days. We all like to have our big, powerful systems at home, but the demand for true hi-fi quality

Here are our highlights from the Bristol Hi-Fi Show 2016. We can't believe another year has come and gone since the last one! On the plus side however, this does mean we have a good memory for the show from 2015 and if there are a few things to highlight in comparison, 2016 has to be the year the rooms were most effectively presented. As always, there was a good selection of brand new products being launched at the show, alongside many recent additions to product ranges that were being presented

It's impossible to forget about the Yamaha EPH100 earphones. They're our best selling headphones ever, and they're our most favourably reviewed ones too (in-house and by our loyal customers!) but while it's nice to know that they're still there and still selling very well, sometimes it's nice to remind ourselves exactly what makes these headphones exactly as special as they are

Why give just one reason... when you can have five? Let's start with the most important bit...

1. The Sound

They sound fantastic.

We made some updates to our headphones bar, with the addition of several new headphones models and a change around to represent the finest selection of headphones we sell.

Our current headphones bar features key models from Sennheiser, HiFi Man, Oppo and Grado (with Abyss and a few others on demo upstairs), but remember that this by no means represents our full headphones range - we have many other Sennheiser models in stock along with the full range of Grado headphones.

The selection featured

New year, new you? Nah. New year, new hi-fi! It's 2016 and there are already plenty of gorgeous new bits and pieces for you to spoil yourself with. Start as you mean to go forward, and get the latest audio and hi-fi products before anyone else!

Don't worry, we've done the hard work for you. There are lots of new products in the pipeline that we've heard about for 2016, but these are the 5 we're most excited about.

Let's start with...

They're here! If you didn't think