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The Beyerdynamic Xelento wireless (2nd generation) treats the listener to some pretty terrific sound – if you're willing to spend around 1,200 euros on this "piece of jewellery", as the marketing department puts it in rather florid terms.

The second generation Beyerdynamic Xelento remote represents a successful update: The new edition of these high-end in-ears impressed us with high-quality optics and materials, plus thanks to new Tesla drivers, they also receive top marks in terms of sound.

With the Shure SE846 Gen 2, the new generation of the successful high-end in-ear model is waiting in the wings. With a customisable sound image, finely resolved sound thanks to Balanced Armature technology and powerful passive noise cancellation, these high-priced in-ears will impress even the...

The Chord Electronics Mojo 2 sounds great and provides demanding music listeners with an excellent converter and potent headphone amplifier. In combination with a high-quality player and headphones, this creates an audiophile signal chain that can easily be taken anywhere. The retail price of approximately...

Yamaha's YH-E700A sound big and powerful. A specialist for lovers of deep bass and powerful sound. The fact that the balance and neutral tone suffers in the process may bother the purist, but clubbers less so. The combination of high passive attenuation and noise cancelling...

With the Creative Sound Blaster X1, the multimedia manufacturer from Singapore are offering a powerful miniature DAC and headphone amplifier that supports impedances between 16 and 600 ohms. The listening experience on the PC or Mac can also be customised via an app using the...

With the A12t, 64 Audio combine the terrific sound characteristics of the U12t with the perfect fit of a custom in-ear design. For the same price, this in-ear monitor meets the requirements of professional use on stage and in the studio even better than the...

For the MM-500, Audeze have collaborated with renowned mixer Manny Marroquin to create planar-magnetic open studio headphones that impressed us with high-quality materials, great workmanship and flawless sound.

Massive output power, the highest quality electronic components and a fully dual-mono balanced Class-A design result in sublime sound with reference quality.

Flawless workmanship, innovative technology, powerful performance and outstanding sound: the SPL Phonitor 2 gets an unreserved recommendation as a partner for reference-level headphones.