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I tested Austrian Audio’s superb ‘semi-open-back’ wired headphones and not even the budget-level build quality could put me off

Any shortcomings where The Arranger are concerned don’t have much to do with the way these Austrian Audio headphones sound. If you can get beyond the way they look you’ll find an adaptable and extremely likeable product that can turn its hand to more-or-less anything…

Pros

+Direct, informative and wide-open sound
+Don’t sit in judgement on less-than-perfect recordings or source equipment
+Remain comfortable even after very long listens

Cons

-Nothing special about the look or the materials
-A balanced cable costs extra
-Profoundly unsexy colorway with no optional alternatives

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Austrian Audio The Arranger: Two-minute review

The Arranger by Austrian Audio are an attempt to at least begin to fill the gap that exists between...

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I took the new Sony RX10 V superzoom and a pro Sony mirrorless camera with 400-800mm lens on a bird photography trip…

Sony surprised the camera community this week with the launch of the new RX10 V, reviving its best-in-class series of bridge cameras. The mark V comes nine years after the now-discontinued Cyber-shot RX10 IV. It has the same versatile 24-600mm F2.4-4 lens and 20-megapixel 1-inch stacked sensor, but with