Tago Studio T3-03

T3-03's driver is capable for moving the copious amount of air required to reproduce a deep, rumbling and impactful sub-bass. And shallow earpads push vocals and mid-range instruments right to the fore, for perfect clarity.

It continues to move as a piston, without cone or modal break-up, even as frequencies rise owing to its humble proportions. 

Tago Studio's resulting lack of distortion is audible, and as key to content creators accurately judging what's on their tracks as you enjoying the tunes they make for your enjoyment – as the artist intended.

That's further helped by T3-03's voice coil kept thin and light by a 70ohm impedance. Inertia is low and Tago's driver reacts instantly to the smallest voltage impulses.

Indeed, it's a 70ohm load that's simultaneously easy to drive for any partnering amplifier, such that a studio console, mixer or tube amplifier with varying output impedance mates comfortably with suitable damping factor.

Apart from frequency response being less prone to variation from impedance mismatch, T3-03's easy load means many modern bridge-tied load outputs on music players won't grind their gears pushing into inordinately low impedances – small power supplies and output stages producing less in the way of distortion and noise as a result.

T3-03 will make for a happy result running from iBasso Audio's DC04 Pro and DX170, but high output impedance, imperfect voltage sources from FiiO and Shanling will not be tested untowardly either – music players from the latter both having enough mettle to push Tago very satisfactorily. 

Clearly, there are infinite ways to enjoy the Tago Studio exciting accuracy, with infinite satisfaction following in the studio, at home or on the go. Check out the rest of Japan's best studio releases here, or view our other headphones here.