WTF is that?
I mean it looks just horrid.
This kind of look is okay for development purposes.
But for 2500$? :O
I mean it looks just horrid.
This kind of look is okay for development purposes.
But for 2500$? :O
For what?Reserved
EQ parameters most likely.For what?
Except for Amir's favorite Dan Clark Stealth..Every single headphone review here reinforces the fact that the more expensive headphones are the worse they perform.
I think it's been shown pretty conclusively through tests of DACs, amps, preamps, CD players, headphones, and speakers that, with the exception of high-end studio monitor speakers, there's just no real correlation between price and performance.Except for Amir's favorite Dan Clark Stealth..
Even some cheap monitors (JBL, Adam) are very good already. Good times for the informed buyer.... The adage "you get what you pay for" just doesn't seem to apply at all in the audio world, for anything except high-end studio monitors which pretty consistently blow away the cheap stuff.
Absolutely, but you do get something meaningfully better if you step up to a KH310 or Genelec 8361.Even some cheap monitors (JBL, Adam) are very good already. Good times for the informed buyer.
Absolutely, but you do get something meaningfully better if you step up to a KH310 or Genelec 8361.
The level of performance you can get on a budget these days if you're smart is pretty wild, though.
well.. do you need to?Yeah no.
Also, why am I still reading this stuff? I haven't bought an audio component since before COVID!
Various insults!For what?
AKG K371 performs very well for a very reasonable price. There are several models of Hifiman that also perform well for reasonable prices.The headphone market has been whacked for quite a while. I believe the ball started to roll around 2004ish. There has literally been no real progress made other than coming up with the next boutique "flagship", steampunk infested headphone. More outlandish styles and exorbitant prices hightens the appeal to audiophile trophy headphone crowd more than measurements.
Other than Sennheiser HD580/600/650, I see no reasonable performing headphone for a reasonable price out there.
There are also several cheaper Hifiman models worth the money, like the HE400 or the Sundara, and then you can get a used HD800 (S), which with EQ is a marvel.The headphone market has been whacked for quite a while. I believe the ball started to roll around 2004ish. There has literally been no real progress made other than coming up with the next boutique "flagship", steampunk infested headphone. More outlandish styles and exorbitant prices hightens the appeal to audiophile trophy headphone crowd more than measurements.
Other than Sennheiser HD580/600/650, I see no reasonable performing headphone for a reasonable price out there.
If this transformer box is designed to be driven by a high power headphone amplifier, it's not trivial and it would be quite pricy.Given the extra box, one would think that they could put in a passive equalizer in there to compensate but they have not.
I was thinking the same thing, and it would probably be possible to put a network in there, albeit it would make the box bigger and the impedance more complex and potentially too difficult to drive by a headphone amp. But a speaker amp could probably make short work of it, and given the driver topology has more opportunities for interacting with the pinnae and actually giving something unique imaging-wise, it would be worthwhile. At least getting the response inline with actual headphones and giving good imaging could justify a high price. As it is, its really nothing more than a ribbon tweeter shoved into a 3D printed headphone cup with some foam gasket tape on it. Cheap, nasty, and wildly overpriced.If this transformer box is designed to be driven by a high power headphone amplifier, it's not trivial and it would be quite pricy.