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Sloflo MS001GM – covering all the angles

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Introduction Canjam London 2025 was a very interesting trip for me this year, as it seemed to be the year where a lot of the audio gear on display was tuned almost perfectly for my semi-basshead preferences. It’s fair to say I came across four in ear monitors that absolutely blew me away in the...

Hercules Audio Noah – biblically good

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Introduction Hercules Audio were a brand I knew very little about until Canjam London 2025. Wandering past their unassuming stall on my way in, I was actually heading there to check out their flagship IEM the Moses, but their demo units were already in use so I grabbed a set of the Noah to pass...

Canjam London 2025 show impressions – stars of the show

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Introduction Living in Western Europe, being a head-fi hobbyist is a little like being a Ferrari enthusiast. Unless you have an unlimited budget and access to your own air transport or have suitably well-heeled friends, you can admire the beautiful technology from afar, but never actual get to...

Pentaconn Scyne α01 – poacher turns gamekeeper

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Introduction and acknowledgement I love finding new brands, and while Pentaconn definitely isn’t a new name on the audiophile circuit, wandering past their stand at the recent Canjam London event and discovering they are now making their own in-ears in house was definitely a surprise. My...

Elysian Acoustic Labs Pilgrim – the holy traveller

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Introduction and acknowledgements Elysian Acoustic Labs are a Malaysian audio brand currently making waves in the in-ear monitor space. They started life as a one-man operation back in 2015, when founder and mechanical engineer Lee Quan Min decided out of frustration with the sound of the...

Canjam London 2024 show impressions

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Introduction Living in the relative audio desert that is the United Kingdom (for over and in ear gear, anyway), my favourite time of the audio year is always July. The sun finally comes out, the rain stops for a few days and Canjam London rolls into town. I think this is my fifth or sixth...