The best headphones ever created by man -Oppo PM-1 review

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; width: 480px;"> There's really no other way of saying it: these headphones cost £1,099. Yes, one thousand and ninety nine British pounds. The equivalent of US$1,838 and AU$1,957.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"> It's a truly staggering amount of money, enough to buy you 92 pairs of Apple EarPods; 33 iPod shuffles; Or, the metaphysical concept of shame.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"> But suspend your disbelief for just a few minutes and come with me on a journey through the PM-1's credentials and maybe, just maybe, you'll get to the end of this review in the belief that they're worth the cash.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"> Oppo, of course, is better known for its kick-ass Blu-ray players and more recently its Android smartphones than high-end ultra-headphones. But actually, it's not the only reference-grade headphone manufacturer operating out of China - HiFiMAN is also largely based there.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"> The PM-1 headphones are the first such products Oppo has made, and the result of many years of research, development and testing by a team of chemical and materials scientists, acoustic engineers and a flock of wild audiophiles captured in the jungles of Madagascar.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"> They're launching in the UK and Europe at the end of April, and will be joined in May by the slightly cheaper £699 Oppo PM-2 and the Oppo HA-1 headphone amp - price to be confirmed.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"> </div> <figure style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 178, 178); clear: both; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.695999145507813px; margin: -1px 0px 20px; overflow-x: hidden; position: relative;"><img alt="Oppo PM-1" src="http://cdn2.mos.techradar.futurecdn.net//art/headphones/Oppo/Oppo%20PM-1%20review/P4159011-580-100.JPG" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; vertical-align: middle;" width="580"><figcaption style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); bottom: 0px; color: white; font-size: 14px; padding: 10px; position: absolute; text-shadow: black 1px 1px 0px; width: 558px;">The Oppo PM-1 uses planar magnetic drivers to produce their super-pure sound</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; width: 480px;"> </div> <h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 1em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; width: 480px;"> </h3></div>

The best headphones ever created by man -Oppo PM-1 review

There's really no other way of saying it: these headphones cost £1,099. Yes, one thousand and ninety nine British pounds. The equivale...

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