Symphonium

Symphonium is a small team in Singapore that makes every earphone in-house, and they've spent years on one idea: getting more out of four balanced armatures, the small, precise drivers inside most high-end earphones, than other brands get out of ten. Every pair is measured and matched against a reference before it leaves the workshop, and the shells are milled from aluminium.

The two I stock sit at opposite ends. The Symphonium Meteor is small and warm, built around bass that hits harder than its size suggests. The Symphonium Zenith is the flagship, tuned with Elise Audio over more than fifteen prototypes, with weighty bass, airy detail and a wide, deep stage. Both fit smaller ears well.

What they share is a warm foundation, so neither is the set for a lean, analytical sound. Come and hear both in Utrecht before you choose.