Audeze EL-8 OB (Open Back)

The Audeze EL-8 headphones may not be the most practical for public use, but their fantastic audio performance trumps any design inconveniences.

Audeze delivers a planar magnetic headphone with beautiful, lifelike sound. But they're very expensive and very particular.

Much-loved high-end headphone manufacturer Audeze has introduced a new 'entry-level' set of cans in the shape of the EL-8. We got our hands on them at CES.

Kopfhörer von Audeze habe ich schon einige getestet (LCD-2 & LCD-X für fairaudio) und ich freue mich auch diesmal auf die Amerikaner. Es wurden mir diesmal mehrere geschickt – genauer gesagt: zwei. Den „Audeze EL-8“ gibt es nämlich in zwei Varianten:...

I'll start be saying I won these through a Richer Sounds Facebook competition (yes it is possible to win) but I have no association with the company or the brand. So far I have spent about ten hours listening to music I love and music I thought I knew...

I have had these headphones for around a month now. Have to admit i am very disappointed. The first pair i owned had popping sounds in both ear cups when i moved my head. Richersounds are excellent and exchanged them for a replacement set (very good...

These so far dethroned all my top headphones. Deeper more natural bass than the M50X, or the HE-400, better 3d imaging, and speed than the AD900x, better comfort than the DT990pro. Mine is the 2016 refreshed model. It came in a white box shell, and a...

So I treated my myself to a pair of EL-8 OB for Xmas and had really high hopes given the Audeze pedigree. There are many really positive aspects to these headphones. They are beautifully put together (I experienced no issues with the connectors), very...

I used the Audeze EL-8 Open-Back headphones paired with a McIntosh MHA-100 amp. I was in a quite room with foam on the walls to make the room very quite. I used Vinyl albums such as Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon,Miles Davis's Kind Of Blue, Adele's...

The EL-8 are a beautiful set of headphones. From the minute you get the packaging you know a lot of thought went into the design of every piece of these headphones. They are really beautiful. I think it's pretty well known that they partnered with BMW...