Focal Utopia (2022) review

Focal Utopia (2022) review: Is this finally, and irrefutably, the world’s best dynamic headphone?

Has Focal addressed the original Utopia's weaknesses and finally made what is irrefutably the world's best dynamic headphone? #focal #utopia2022 #headfi
Focal Bathys review

Focal Bathys review: Making wireless ANC headphones appealing to audiophiles

Brand repute and legacy aside, would the Focal Bathys convince a user that it's worth the significant premium? Let’s listen in.
Best Noise Cancelling Headphones: Tech Awards 2023 Editor's Choice series

Best Noise Cancelling Headphones: Tech Awards 2023 Editor's Choice series

These are the best cans to have when you leave home, but only one will be crowned the best of the best.
The 5 best wireless ANC headphones to buy now

The 5 best wireless ANC headphones to buy now

With so many options to choose from, which are the ones that are truly worth your money? That’s what this buying guide is for.
Focal Stellia review

Focal Stellia headphone review: Stunning flagship closed-backs

Our review of the Focal Stellia - a pair of full-sized flagship closed-back headphones that can be taken out and be driven by your phone.
Audio Roundup: The mid-fi closed-back headphone edition

Audio Roundup: The mid-fi closed-back headphone edition

Some of the finest closed-back headphones ever made and here's what we thought about them in our initial listening sessions:- Audeze LCD2 Closed-Back, Campfire Audio Cascade, Focal Elegia, and ZMF Atticus.
HWZ Deal Alert: 21st December 2018

HWZ Deal Alert: 21st December 2018

Christmas is just days away! Need to get something for a techie friend or just want to treat yourself to something fun? Here are some gift ideas.
Audio Roundup: Sony's new flagship noise cancelers, a $20,000 headphone amp/dac, and lovely wood headphones

Audio Roundup: Sony's new flagship noise cancelers, a $20,000 headphone amp/dac, and lovely wood headphones

Welcome to the inaugural edition of Audio Roundup! In this edition, we give our brief opinions of Sony WH-1000XM3, dCS Bartók headphone amplifier and DAC combo, KZ ZS10 5-driver IEM and share a few notable products on the horizon.
Focal Clear review

Focal Clear headphones review - A perfectly balanced listening experience

The new Focal Clear headphone is the result of feedback from its earlier Elear and Utopia headphones. Does it hit a home run?
Focal Spirit One review

Focal Spirit One - Good Audio, Great Discomfort

Employing aircraft-grade aluminium and 40mm mylar/titanium diaphragms is the Focal Spirit One, which is a lightweight closed-back circumaural headset that offers an in-line control pod with three buttons for controlling volume and playback. We find out if audiophiles will fancy this one.