Audeze EL-8 Headphones

Michael Mercer has posted a review of the Audeze EL-8 headphones ($699) at Enjoy the Music. His conclusions:

“[T]he bass is thumpin’, the percussion is wickedly dynamic, the mids and lower-mids are full-bodied and tight and Nas’ vocals are fantastically rendered and represents the present and the past for me. Heard this song a million times and this early morning it feels like victory. I’m eager to dig in deeply for my formal review, but in the meantime I’m psyched to report that Audeze has done what they promised. They said they’d deliver with the EL-8. If I was another headphone manufacturer in that price range, and I’m not a monster company with piles of money for marketing, I’d be afraid. I’d be very afraid… ”

You can read the full review here.