HiFiEndgame

Qudelix-5K is insane! You can now use any wired headphone or wired iem wirelessly. It also offers tons of setting and even EQ to fine tune your sound!

Rode NT1 4th Gen and 5th Gen sound different. Rode claims they don't but they do. The Rode NT1 4th Gen was legendary outperforming pretty much all other budget condenser microphones with its flat neutral transparent sound with very little coloration. It was considered even better than the Shure SM7b which is a dynamic microphone that out performs most budget condenser microphones. The 5th Gen noticeably has a brighter, more piercing treble, which has a much more fatiguing top end and is...

CLICK HERE FOR LATEST VERSION! This website uses a target named the Endgame Target. Why is it called endgame? Well because a lot of people in the audio hobby claim to want to find the best headphone, IEM, or microphone and move on with their life. What usually happens is they buy more and more audio equipment having no idea what they're doing or how to stop. They end up wasting tons of money buying things based on hype and word of mouth rather than having any form of critical thinking skills...

The Motu M2 has a very transparent microphone and headphone input/output. -129 dBu EIN on mic inputs is not the quietest self noise you can get but it doesn't get much quieter and for sensitive condenser microphones you should never have a probablem.

The Sony Alpha a6400 Mirrorless Camera has amazing color science, autofocus, low light performance, etc. It just looks good as long as it has a good lens. With camera technology the way it is I'm sure there's equally good cameras or better that have more recently come out. I recommend the Sigma 16mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary Lens for Sony E to go along with it. It has amazing low light performance and will give you a better image without problem when compared to a cheap Sony stock lens. Keep...

The Neumann KH 120 MKII are truly endgame. They are flawlessly flat and transparent with no tonality defects. Like most studio monitors, their woofer is not strong enough to reproduce sub bass without a subwoofer. This is why open back dynamic driver headphones are just as good if tuned properly. They don't need the sub bass to sound like amazing studio monitors. third party measurements agree. Super neutral and smooth response for a flawless studio monitor sound:

I decided to use different measurements for the Samsung earbuds and review a few more of them. The Samsung Galaxy Buds Plus have been hyped for a while as the best Samsung earbuds mainly because their measurements align with the Harman Target. This is bad for a number of reasons. Namely, the Harman Target is shouty at 5kHz and rolls off the treble making it sound dark and veiled. I owned these originally and got rid of them after 2 days because of the shouty upper mids and dark treble. Just...

The Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro 250 Ohm are truly an endgame headphone. It is enjoyed by so many studio professionals, gamers, and music enjoyers. It's bright, clear, sparkly, diffuse field level treble is perfect for critical listening applications. It's ultra smooth V-Shaped response gives insanely transparent audio quality that translates and images extremely similarly to high quality studio monitors. Check out THIS DIY Tutorial on how to dampen brand new DT990. Don't let the haters lie...

The Neumann U 87 Ai and TLM 67 sound very similar except the TLM 67 sounds flatter in the treble and therefore less nasally. The Neumann U 87 Ai is brighter and more articulate as shown on the frequency response which some people may like and find pleasing. The TLM 67 sounds a little more neutral and less nasally. I rarely look at third party measurements but I may start doing it in some cases. Although I think they're both cool. I prefer The Bright more open clear tonality of the Neumann...