Is six years ago a long time? Recently, I was talking to my friend, and this conversation came about. "Six years ago? You were still an LG -- literally." ('LG', in this context, is an abbreviation of "little girl" -- except used in a literal sense without any further implications.) For some people, six years ago was a long time, like my friend. But for me, without making myself sound too old, was a lot more recent than I perceived. When I was chatting with my colleague Aaron Lai about the last time I wrote an in-ear monitor review, it turned out to be the Arctic Cooling Arctic Sound E352 in early 2010. While we are quite the sound enthusiasts here at APH Networks, and my colleague Aaron Lai has reviewed the EMTEC Stay Earbuds Wireless as recently as August 2015, I am quite picky on the kind of audio products I cover. More often than not, they are either really good, like the V-MODA Crossfade Wireless, or really bad, like the Gigabyte Fly. When I came across Audiofly's product lineup a few months ago, I knew I was interested. The Australian company is a professional musician-driven manufacturer of premium and professional audio products. To see if they are as awesome as they look, we got in touch with them, and took in one of their midrange offerings, the AF56m, for our review today. The AF56m is a features 13mm dynamic drivers for "astonishing clarity over the whole spectrum with a rich and detailed bottom end? all with a nostalgic smirk". The little 'm' at the back means it comes with a microphone. Interesting fact: Six years ago, Audiofly did not even exist. But will that matter? Read on to find out!

Despite the fact Audiofly is an Australian company, I was slightly disappointed to discover the package actually did not come upside-down to us here in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Instead, our review unit of the Audiofly AF56m came in a padded envelope from the company's public relations firm in Miami, Florida, USA. While it is not as interesting as something arriving from Down Under, a peek outside the window makes me almost wish I was at Miami right now. Or at least Las Vegas, where my colleagues Preston Yuen and Aaron Lai are both hanging out for their coverage of CES this year. Anyway, UPS got the stuff to us using their Standard service, which arrived in great condition as always.