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KENNERTON THROR HEADPHONES

If Kennerton’s previous flagship headphones had a fault, it was that they were heavy. Very heavy. So the welcome news from this Russian company (it’s a division of Fischer Audio, based in St Petersburg) is that its new flagship model is 200 grams lighter, at just 480g. As for its model name, it’s not a misspelling. It’s a J. R. R. Tolkien reference—Thror was Tolkein’s Dwarven King under the Mountain.

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