I am not an audiophile, but I do love convenience. And comfort. And it is quite inconvenient when you just want to use your headphones to drown out the subway and find yourself tangled in a cord like an invasive weed, or when the sound is dominated by the rustling stethoscopic vibrations of said cord. […]
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New Arrivals at HeadRoom – Audeze LCD-X and LCD-XC
Fresh off the UPS truck is our first shipment of the long awaited Audeze LCD-XC closed back headphone. At the same time we received a small batch of the new Audeze LCD-X, a new open back planar magnetic headphone. Immediately we opened up a pair of each and in the process shot a couple unboxing […]
Coty Hogue at Live From the Divide – Binaural Edition
HeadRoom is excited to bring you this weeks binaural recording of Live From the Divide, Coty Hogue. You can listen to the remixed radio version of the show on the Live From The Divide website. An old soul in a young woman’s body, Coty Hogue’s songs rise up from the earth she loves, are haunted […]
New Headphone Measurements of the Audeze LCD-X and LCD-XC
A quick update from HeadRoom Labs, we’ve posted our in depth measurements of the new Audeze LCD-X and Audeze LCD-XC. If you’re wondering how the new models might compare to older models have a look at our build a graph tool. Headphone measurements can be hard to interpret but we hear some pretty important differences. […]
Small Town Service with Big City Selection
A quick glimpse at our new retail digs in downtown Bozeman Downtown Bozeman is always bustling and filled with all types of excellent local shops and restaurants (photo courtesy of Downtown Bozeman Association)[/caption] We’ve found a way to get through the winter doldrums here in Montana by readying our newly-located Retail Store, now in the […]
Grace Design presents the new m920 High Resolution Monitoring System
We are proud to introduce a truly stunning new product: the Grace Design m920 High Resolution Monitoring System. The m920 is a direct result of feedback Grace Design received over the last couple of years from pro and hi-fi customers who wanted/needed high resolution audio features. So, the Grace Design team went to work, and […]
OPPO Introduces Planar Magnetic Headphones
OPPO’s new PM-1 Delivers Audiophile Performance and Luxurious Comfort Here’s the press release: MOUNTAIN VIEW, California – April 2, 2014 – OPPO Digital (www.oppodigital.com), a renowned manufacturer of high performance universal Blu-ray Disc players, introduced its family of planar magnetic headphones today. The introduction of the new OPPO planar magnetic headphones is a result of […]
Trailblazin’ the New (Old) Retail Frontier
We’ve been pioneers before (the web’s first headphone-dedicated website, makers of the world’s first USB headphone amp and first balanced headphone amp) …and it looks like maybe we’re doing it again. We knew that our local community would be great supporters of our retail store recently opened in downtown Bozeman. But we weren’t expecting to […]
Headphone 101: Why You Need To Upgrade Your Stock Earbuds
Your Stock Earbuds, And What’s Wrong With Them You might be asking yourself why you need something better than the little white earbuds that came with your iPod. Sure, they are getting better, those little white buds have made some progress in the last few years. But, you should still upgrade for this simple reason: […]
Top 10 Audiophile Headphones of 2014
Are you looking for the world’s best headphones? Here are our recommendations of the world’s best, spare-no-expense ultimate headphones, updated for 2014. 1. The German-engineered Sennheiser HD800 reigns supreme for many audiophiles and is touted by many as the preeminent ‘open-back’ headphone in existence. 2. The Fostex TH-900 is arguably the best full-size sealed-back […]