Our brands

A short list on purpose. Every brand here made a set I kept listening to long after the review was done.

  • 7th Acoustics

    7th Acoustics is a small workshop in Indonesia that builds in-ear earphones by hand, some of them to order, with faceplates cut individually so no two pairs look the same.

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  • AFUL

    AFUL makes in-ear earphones from entry level up to flagship, almost all of them mixing different driver types in one shell. They 3D-print tiny sound tubes inside each shell so all the drivers play together as one.

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  • AZLA

    AZLA is a Korean maker best known for its SednaEarfit ear tips, in more materials than most brands bother with: soft silicone, foam, and a material that softens with the warmth of your ear and moulds to its shape. They make tips for AirPods Pro too.

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  • Binary Acoustics

    Binary Acoustics makes in-ear earphones that try drivers most brands don't, like MEMS drivers, tiny speakers built on a silicon chip that react very fast.

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  • FatFreq

    FatFreq makes in-ear earphones in Singapore, from compact sets up to a no-limits flagship, and builds almost everything in-house.

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  • FiiO

    FiiO makes a wide range of portable audio gear, from music players and Bluetooth DACs to small dongles and desktop amps, and packs in a lot of features for the price.

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  • HiBy

    HiBy makes music players, plus small DACs and amps for your phone. Their players run full Android, so Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music and Qobuz work just like they do on your phone, with a proper amp behind them and EQ that works across every app.

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  • Hisenior

    Hisenior makes hand-finished in-ear earphones with hand-painted faceplates, and I stock only their high-end sets. VividSound is their official distributor in the Netherlands.

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  • iBasso

    iBasso makes portable music players and DACs that plug into your phone or laptop, and they like to try things other brands don't, like converters built from resistors instead of a chip, or real vacuum tubes in a dongle.

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  • iFi

    iFi is a British maker of portable and desktop DACs and amps, from small dongles to bag-sized boxes that also work on your desk.

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  • Juzear

    Juzear makes in-ear earphones at friendly prices, including sets tuned together with well-known reviewers.

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  • Kiwi Ears

    Kiwi Ears makes in-ear earphones at friendly prices, plus ear tips and cables.

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  • Letshuoer

    Letshuoer makes in-ear earphones at almost every price, from affordable planar sets, which use a thin flat sheet that reacts faster than a normal driver, up to flagships built from many small drivers.

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  • Symphonium

    Symphonium is a small team in Singapore that makes high-end in-ear earphones around balanced armatures, the small, precise drivers inside most high-end earphones, in shells milled from aluminium. They get more out of four drivers than most brands get out of ten, and every pair is matched against a reference before it ships.

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  • Unique Melody

    Unique Melody makes high-end in-ear earphones built around a driver almost nobody else uses: bone conduction, small units that pass vibration through the shell instead of through the air.

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  • ZiiGaat

    ZiiGaat makes in-ear earphones, many of them tuned together with well-known reviewers.

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