Genelec 8550A headphones

[Sacha]

Those crazy fins finally did it https://www.genelec.com/unio

 

[PuX]

price not announced?

 

[Pearljam5000]

 

[AnalogSteph]

crazy fins

Would that make Finnish the language of sharks?

On a more serious note: There's no headtracking involved, right? That would seem quite manageable then.

 

[Ricku]

These have me interested. Knowing Genelec, I'm sure they'll measure excellently.

 

[LearningToSmile]

Interesting, but seems they're intended to be sold exclusively with their(rather expensive) 9320A controller.
I wonder how well that Aural ID technology that's supposed to generate your own personal HRTF from 360 videos of your head and torso can actually work in practice.

 

[holdingpants01]

They talk more about what it actually is, they don't even want to call them headphones, it's a whole software and hardware system for monitoring not really meant for media consuption. There's a support for head tracking via external webcam

 

[Sacha]

If you can't buy the headphones separately I'd be out; I have no need for the controller. Hopefully they don't cut off a large portion of the market like that but TBD I guess! The marketing does indeed seem to refer to it as a package only. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Joffy1780]

Surely they must be sold separately from the controller - as well as a package - for customers who already own the controller?

 

[MTZ]

As far as i have heard the people who already own a controller can order a headphone with the serial number from the controller. The headphone will than be calibrated with the controller.

 

[MTZ]

This link will provide more information.

Genelec PRM Personal Reference Monitoring

The Genelec UNIO PRM is a groundbreaking active headphone monitoring solution designed to seamlessly bridge the gap between in-room calibrated and headphone monitoring, offering unmatched precision for your headphone mixes. A Revolutionary Headphone Monitoring System The UNIO PRM is not just a...

kmraudio.com

 

[Joffy1780]

As far as i have heard the people who already own a controller can order a headphone with the serial number from the controller. The headphone will than be calibrated with the controller.

So each pair is individually measured and calibrated? I wonder what they are calibrated to.....Harman?

 

[Joffy1780]

This link will provide more information.

Genelec PRM Personal Reference Monitoring

The Genelec UNIO PRM is a groundbreaking active headphone monitoring solution designed to seamlessly bridge the gap between in-room calibrated and headphone monitoring, offering unmatched precision for your headphone mixes. A Revolutionary Headphone Monitoring System The UNIO PRM is not just a...

kmraudio.com

It does explicitly state they are not available separately.

 

[MTZ]

It is calibrated with the headphone output from the controller. It doesn't state if they will follow the Harman curve.

 

[MTZ]

Availability of 8550A Headphones​

Owners of the 9320A can purchase the 8550A headphones separately by providing their 9320A serial number. Aside from this option, the 8550A headphones will not be available separately.

 

[MTZ]

This is stated in the article from the link i posted.

 

[Pearljam5000]

Why wouldn't they sell it separately?
They would only sell more if anyone could buy them

 

[MTZ]

I don't know. If you look at their video they see it is a part of their UNIO ecosystem.

I think you're right that they could sell a lot more of them.

 

[Joffy1780]

It is calibrated with the headphone output from the controller. It doesn't state if they will follow the Harman curve.

Calibrated in what sense, I wonder? Perhaps it follows/mimicks the response of your monitors?

 

[MTZ]

According to the video it is calibrated with the headphone amp in the controller. What i understand is that the headphone will follow the glm calibration of the monitors, but I'm not sure.