Creative Labs Singapore continue to deliver exceedingly value-for-money earphones with above-average audio quality. The newly launched Creative Outlier ONE Plus wireless in-ear headphones retails at S$79, but it offers a few features no other branded earphones offer at this price point. Built-in MP3 Player with … continue
Category: Headphones
Shanling M0 Review: Most Compact Digital Audio Player
The Shanling M0 is an unbelievably tiny Hi-Res music player from China, and given its circumstances, most people would disregard it as some cheap iPod Nano (Gen 6) knock-off. But it’s far from that. This little thing is capable of supporting up to 384KHz 32-bit sampling … continue
HiBy R6 Review: Digital Audio Player on Android
HiBy brand from Hong Kong has been around for over 10 years, mainly doing R&D for portable audio technologies with other brands and products. Its HiBy Music app is found in many audio products like Shanling, FiiO, Cayin and Hidizs. The HiBy R6 is the … continue
Sony WF-SP700N Review: True Wireless Noise Cancelling Sports Earphones
Sony’s next-generation true wireless earbuds, the WF-SP700N, continues to embark on a more unconventional design path. Unlike other designs, Sony clearly wants to stand out from the rest, and after reviewing the WF-SP700N, I feel that Sony is once again carving its own unique design … continue
Earin M-2 Review: True Wireless Earphones with Audio Transparency
Earin was one of the first companies that manufactures true wireless earbuds (TWE) which debuted in 2015. Back then, the Earin M-1 only supports music listening. Several companies started manufacturing TWE and gained traction in 2017. Earin too caught up and delivered its next version, … continue
Astell&Kern A&futura SE100 Review: Premium Digital Audio Player
This is my first detailed review on an Astell&Kern (A&K) product, but over a decade ago, I owned an iRiver MP3 player, the H320, that runs on a physical spinning 20GB HDD (iRiver is the South Korean company that manufactures A&K). So, A&K has a long … continue
Creative Outlier Black Review: Best Value Over-Ear Wireless Headphones
This review is going to be quick, because I have only 2 words for the Creative Outlier Black. Buy it. It retails officially at S$79 but currently at launch price of S$59. Design I love how this pair of over-ear headphones look. It’s classy, non-pretentious, doesn’t … continue
Sennheiser CX Sport Review: Wireless Earphones for Workout
Sennheiser does not make a lot of sport earphones. In fact, the last one it launched was back in 2015 with the 686 series SPORTS headphones. After nearly 3 years, they have launched another sport earphones, the CX Sport, so that Sennheiser fans finally can enjoy … continue
NAD VISO HP70 Review: Active Noise Cancelling Wireless Headphone
NAD Electronics is founded in London in 1972, by Dr. Martin Borish. Most of NAD’s best products are designed by audio engineer Bjorn Erik Edvardsen. The NAD aims to engineer affordable high quality audio electronics. NAD is now based in Canada under Lenbrook, the same business … continue
Jabees Beebud Review: True Wireless Fitness Earphones
Jabees is a China audio brand by FreeTek International who has been manufacturing OEM Bluetooth products since 2004. They decided to focus on their own in-house brand, Jabees, and since then, has developed several wireless earphones, and of recent months, true wireless earbuds. They are … continue
Comparing Sennheiser HD660S, HD650 and HD6XX
I have heard of the legendary HD 600 series headphones for years. They have existed for over 2 decades, but I wasn’t a fan of open back headphones. Until I finally got a chance to review the newest HD 660 S. That changed my perception … continue
MrSpeakers Aeon Flow Review: Closed Back Headphones
I briefly owned the MrSpeaker Aeon Flow (closed back) headphones for a few weeks. It was somewhat an impulse purchase, though not exactly. You well, when I heard the Aeon Flow at CanJam Singapore 2017, I fell in love, but I do not spend on … continue
Sony NW-ZX300 Walkman Review: Elevates Audio Quality
I got hooked to Sony digital players after Sony provided an extended loan unit of the NW-WM1Z, easily recognised with the golden body made of gold-plated copper and weighs like a gold bar too. When Sony requested for its return, I scrambled to find a … continue
Sony MDR-1AM2 Headphones Review
The Sony MDR-1AM2 was announced in January 2018. and replaces the Sony MDR-1A launched in 2016. The 1A series are the affordable premium range of wired headphones with 40mm HD drivers with a retail price of S$429. The uber-premium signature series from Sony is the Z1R with … continue
Giveaway Contest: M4U TW1 True Wireless Earphones from PSB Speakers
Father’s Day is around the corner, so we are giving away a set of PSB Speakers M4U TW1 true wireless earphones worth S$199. Follow the instructions given in the Rafflecopter below to get higher chances of being selected as the winner. a Rafflecopter giveaway There … continue
Sudio Niva Review: True Wireless Earphones from Sweden
Sudio Sweden reached out to me, among other tech bloggers and social media influencers, for Sudio Nivå earphones review, their first in the personal wireless audio collection. If you think Sudio sounds a little familiar, that is because the founder is inspired by Phil Collin’s … continue
Jabra Elite 65t Review: True Wireless Earbuds
Jabra has a track record of making great sounding fitness wireless earphones. I have personally owned 2 previous Jabra products, the Jabra Rox and Jabra Sport Pulse. While Jabra is not the first to launch true wireless earbuds, they are very active in product development. … continue
SOUL X-SHOCK Review: True Wireless Sports Earbuds
Soul Electronics manufactures a wide range of audio products like earphones, headphones, and speakers. Needless to say, they too ventured into true wireless earbuds, but instead of merely going through their traditional sales channel, they went through crowdfunding, Indiegogo, to garner interest. Response was overwhelming … continue
Plantronics BackBeat at 20% Discount with Coupon Code
Plantronics Singapore and Ban Leong partners with Music Photo Life in this discount code campaign from now till 22 Jul 2018. Your benefit is that you enjoy Plantronics BackBeat at 20% discount. While I get a commission of about S$6 for every unit sold, it does … continue
Creative Aurvana Trio Review: Triple Driver Hybrid Earphones
Creative Labs, our Singapore tech darling, does not engage with the media frequently, nor do they actively reach out to media to send products for review. The reason I am reviewing the Aurvana Trio is that it is a press gift during the Super X-Fi … continue
