Thread: HeAudio 1.3, 1.2B and the new JADE Stat Headphones
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Old 01-20-2008, 10:28 AM   #58 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dvse View Post
I'm definitely with you on this one. Hideous compared to HE1.2 - we are firmly in Unipolar 2000 territory here.. I guess this is what they meant by making them look 'different' from HE90.
We really shouldn't have called them the HE90 clone all the time or we would still have the 1.2... A note to future manufacturers of electrostatic headphones. Before you begin, find a Beyer ET-1000 and rip it apart. It is the only "first try" headphone that both looks and sounds great and masters the supra aural fit.
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