Reviews

The RAD-0 resonates in the same way the D8000 impressed me in terms of being an absolute riot to listen with for my old rock and modern dance hall anthems. Like the D8000, the RAD-0 is not a reference headphone in the traditional sense. It is tuned for listening and enjoying your music at a very high level. On that score, the overall balance and seductive timbre are just brilliant.

Pair this with a punchy amp and resolving DAC and you get one heck of a presentation with a strong emphasis on a solid but controlled pure planar bass response and slightly intimate mids with excellent vocal performances.

The one thing that stands above all others is just how well Alex has tuned the treble of the RAD-0. Quite a lot of planar headphones deliver uneven treble performances and some overcompensate by dulling it down to avoid peakiness or overtones that upset the harmonic balance. Not so with the RAD-0. It’s treble is both energetic yet wet enough and smooth enough to avoid any accusation that it is peaky, too thin or uneven sounding.

And this excellent treble tuning in turns delivers an excellent instrumental timbre that is both exciting with just enough bass/treble contrast and ‘sweet’ enough for excellent long-term listening potential. I commented in my original CanJam Singapore 2019 report that the RAD-0’s treble sounded better than Audeze’s tuning on the LCD-4 and I stand by that now 5 months later.

Full review here

https://headfonics.com/2019/08/rosson-audio-design-rad-0-review/

HEADFONIA BEST HEADPHONE OF 2019

I first listened to the RAD-O at London’s Canjam show and I was immediately hooked. I can’t remember what they were driving it with there but I at home have it hooked up to my Auris Audio Nirvana headphone amplifier, so I can switch back and forth between single ended and balanced.

Because of the link with Audeze, you expect to hear an Audeze style sound when you put it on for the first time, but to me it’s better. Great dynamics and fullness are things we already know, but the natural presentation, air and spaciousness of the RAD-O is something else. The sound stage is wider and deeper as well and as a result you get everything you expected and a lot more.

Full sounding bass with great impact, with the typical planar characteristics. The mids are rich and layered with a natural presentation and especially the treble is lively, energetic, precise and for a planar, quite extended. It’s not a neutral and analytic presentation, but a musical and dynamic one. The musicality and engagement factor is high, and you’ll be head shaking, singing and foot-tapping in no time.

The RAD-O is a high end headphone for the music-lover and so far we love every bit of it.

https://www.headfonia.com/rosson-rad-o/