Head-Fi's Sponsors
(Premier Sponsors bolded) |
|
|
Can Jam '09
(2009
International
Head-Fi Meet)
Impressions,
Reviews, Photos |
Can
Jam '09 graphic
courtesy of Edwood
Click on the links below
for Can Jam '09 photos,
impressions and reviews:
blubliss
1,
2,
3
dallan
1,
2,
3,
4
santacore
1,
2
nhat_thanh
1, 2
vpivinylspinner
1,
2,
3
amb
1
augustwest
1
eaglejo
1
johnsonad
1
shellylh
1
Jon L
1,
2,
3,
4
Germancub
1
zippy2001
1
IPodPJ
1
bhd812
1
Edwood
1,
2
abellaw
1,
2
minidiscs
1
atothex
1
HighLife
1
achristilaw
1
SiBurning
1,
2,
3,
4
SiBurning
5,
6,
7
LFF
1
Iron_Dreamer
1
doping panda
1
morphsci
1
ironbut
1
shaizada
1
jasper994
1,
2
jp11801
1
Uncle Erik
1
drubrew
1
(More impressions/photos
still being added.)
|
|
|
Head-Fi Blogs
and Facebook |
|
|
Head-Fi's Sponsors
(Premier Sponsors bolded) |
|
|
|
| Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors Discussion of portable headphones, earphones and in-ear monitors (IEMs). |
06-16-2008, 03:50 PM
|
 |
100+ Head-Fi'er
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 324
|
|
ACS T1 Custom Triple Driver IEM
Hi:
I don't think there's a thread on this, and I sort of came across it by accident today when I snapped the cable on my Acs T2s 
Advanced Communication Solutions - ACS T1 Custom Triple Driver Monitors - SRP £649
Anyway, above is the link for the triple driver custom iem from ACS, it suddenly materialised along with the new look website. Though there is not much information on it at all as it's new.
Anyone heard it yet? And anyone going to buy it?
__________________
Start Each Day With A Smile And Get It Over With!
Portable: Cowon A3 + ACS T2
Home: Adam A7s + SVS PC12 Plus + Beresford 7520
Team-UK
Head-Fi Feedback
|
06-16-2008, 04:41 PM
|
 |
1000+ Head-Fi'er
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Denmark
Posts: 1,097
|
|
Wow triple driver with the armatures piggyback style nice. And what an insane price :/
__________________
Portable rig:
Cowon D2 --> Silver mini to mini by N_maher --> RSA Tomahawk --> Westone 3 / Sleek-Audio Customs / Head-Direct RE0.
Home rig:
Marantz CD6002 --> Head-Direct EF1 --> AKG K701 / Ultrasone HFI-680 / Grado SR-60 / Sennheiser HD580 without foam, with HD600 grills, Dowin cable.
Feedback:
Head-Fi Feedback
|
06-16-2008, 04:46 PM
|
 |
1000+ Head-Fi'er
Formerly known as "gautam"
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 1,820
|
|
the connector looks like a cheapo one from maplin... and the price is not exactly competitive.
|
06-16-2008, 04:49 PM
|
 |
Headphoneus Supremus
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: San Jose/Orange, CA
Posts: 8,227
|
|
LOL @ the huge 1/8 output jack! 
__________________
Home: KECES-151 + Gilmore Lite + Shure SHR840
Home(2): KECES-151 + Little Dot I+ + Grado SR225
Portable: iPod Classic 160GB/Sansa Clip 2GB + Yuin PK3/Koss KSC75/Koss PortaPro/Shure SE530
College: Pico DAC + Gilmore Lite + SR225/SRH840
College(2): Pico DAC + Audioengine A2
Speakers: Marantz CC4001 + NAD C325BEE + Monitor Audio Silver RS6
There are those who treat music as a convenience,
and then there are those who recognize it as an art.
Feedback
|
06-16-2008, 07:42 PM
|
 |
Headphoneus Supremus
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Milano - Italy
Posts: 3,426
|
|
Price is similar to their their last flagship model, the T2. The connector looks nice.
|
06-16-2008, 08:23 PM
|
 |
Headphoneus Supremus
|
|
Join Date: May 2005
Location: London
Posts: 1,700
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by gautam
the connector looks like a cheapo one from maplin... and the price is not exactly competitive.
|
the connector is a Neutrik jack. one of the best you can get.
__________________
Portable;....Rockboxed Fuze>modded e5c
Home;.......Linn LP12/PS1!>B&W dm601mk1
Headphones; modded Ksc75, Modded DT770pro80
my feedback
|
06-16-2008, 08:59 PM
|
|
Headphoneus Supremus
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Milano - Italy
Posts: 3,426
|
|
Exactly. Weirdly enough, though, it doesn't look gold plated.
|
06-16-2008, 09:01 PM
|
 |
500+ Head-Fi'er
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Dirty Jerz
Posts: 649
|
|
those are quite purty.
one day i too will be able to afford customs. for now it is but a dream.
__________________
www.simplyathos.com
Portable: ZUNE 120GB > M-Audio IE-40's
DJ: 2 Technics 1200's & Pioneer HDJ-1000
PC: Q6600@ 3.4ghz, X-FI gamer to crummy speakers
Photo: Canon 30d w/ 70-300IS, 17-85IS & Sigma 10-20EX, 105mm Macro
http://www.digitaldaysphoto.com
|
06-16-2008, 09:26 PM
|
|
1000+ Head-Fi'er
Formerly known as "gautam"
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 1,820
|
|
|
06-17-2008, 12:47 AM
|
 |
Headphoneus Supremus
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Hong Kong SAR & Edinburgh, Scotland
Posts: 8,283
|
|
Very interesting. So it's finally arrived, and I've waited a year and a half for them. They're cheaper than I expected, but still very expensive. I believe it is a unique product though, ie the only soft silicone molded 3-way, triple-driver IEM.
Quote:
Originally Posted by antonyfirst
Exactly. Weirdly enough, though, it doesn't look gold plated.
|
It's a bit of a gimic, the gold-plated ones. It's very thin plate anyway and protects against corrosion, nothing else. That said, the Neutrik plug is ridiculously bulky and inelegant. The normal plastic one they used for mine was good enough and if I were to order the T1, I would probably ask them to use the old ones.
The following are two official pictures found on the T1 page:
Why is the first one missing the funny wiring? Also, the mid-range/bass driver seems to be smaller in the first picture than in the second. This leads me to believe that the first one is actually a picture of a T2, not a T1 (and I'm pretty sure of this). It's awfully confusing for observant and pedantic consumers when they use a picture of another product to illustrate a point eg Teflon wiring, personalisation, etc... If you flip between the T1 and T2 pages, you'll see certain pictures being reused and it's IMO very misleading.
Anyway, enough with the bitching. So who's going to take the dive
__________________
desktop • foobar-asio → cambridge audio azur 740c → stax srm-oo6t/raytheon → sennheiser he6o
portable • bb storm → acs t2
|
06-17-2008, 01:31 AM
|
 |
Member of the Trade:
Rudistor Sound Systems
US/Canada
Proved that despite its huge size, the CD3000 can be shoved down one's throat.
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: West New York, NJ
Posts: 12,200
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by gautam
|
That connector is pro/broadcast quality, one of the best you can get and very resistant to abuse, it is also avialable in black/gold plated that looks better IMO...Not because you pay $25.00 for a connector, what IMO is quite absurd, you will get a better one.... 
But the price is completely off IMO, a good competition for Westone and UE (pricewise)... 
__________________
I do love the Edition 9, and probably you know what that means, so you have been warned...!!!
Disclaimer: Please assume every single of my statements, to mean: “in my system”, “to my ears”, "in my experience", “in my opinion”, etc...(otherwise stated).
Neutrality, accuracy? OK, just ask yourself first: Do you certainly know how the recording is supposed to sound? Sorry, but for me euphony is all about!!! Please do yourself a favor, stop listening your gear, and enjoy the music instead!!!
Home setup: Sony DVP-NC555ES => BJC IC's => RPX-33 MKII/RPX-31 => UE9
"On the go" setup: Panasonic SL-CT570 => XJ-03 => Sleek SA6/Klipsch Images X5/X10
Proved that despite its huge size, the CD3K can be shoved down one's throat...wait...but now I'm shoving the Ultrasone Edition 9???
EQUIPO HEAD-FI HISPANO: DILE ADIOS A TUS AHORROS!!!
My feedbacks in: Head-Fi , eBay and Amazon
|
06-17-2008, 03:52 AM
|
 |
Headphoneus Supremus
|
|
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Johor, Malaysia.
Posts: 4,704
|
|
Their website is really clean and tidy, but the lack of information for such an expensive pair of IEM is really not encouraging. Plus there is only one real photo on the T1 (the rest are mock up T2 photos as mentioned by milkpowder).
It is also really strange that they offer the T1 with a 2.5mm jack instead of the more common 3.5mm. With the 2.5mm -> 3.5mm adapter on the already bulky Neutrik jack, the whole thing must look ridiculously big.
Last edited by ClieOS; 06-17-2008 at 06:47 AM.
Reason: typop
|
06-17-2008, 04:02 AM
|
|
Member of the Trade:
Rudistor Sound Systems
US/Canada
Proved that despite its huge size, the CD3000 can be shoved down one's throat.
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: West New York, NJ
Posts: 12,200
|
|
The only thing i like from that page was the personlized Pelikan Case.....
__________________
I do love the Edition 9, and probably you know what that means, so you have been warned...!!!
Disclaimer: Please assume every single of my statements, to mean: “in my system”, “to my ears”, "in my experience", “in my opinion”, etc...(otherwise stated).
Neutrality, accuracy? OK, just ask yourself first: Do you certainly know how the recording is supposed to sound? Sorry, but for me euphony is all about!!! Please do yourself a favor, stop listening your gear, and enjoy the music instead!!!
Home setup: Sony DVP-NC555ES => BJC IC's => RPX-33 MKII/RPX-31 => UE9
"On the go" setup: Panasonic SL-CT570 => XJ-03 => Sleek SA6/Klipsch Images X5/X10
Proved that despite its huge size, the CD3K can be shoved down one's throat...wait...but now I'm shoving the Ultrasone Edition 9???
EQUIPO HEAD-FI HISPANO: DILE ADIOS A TUS AHORROS!!!
My feedbacks in: Head-Fi , eBay and Amazon
|
06-17-2008, 09:21 AM
|
|
Headphoneus Supremus
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Hong Kong SAR & Edinburgh, Scotland
Posts: 8,283
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by ClieOS
Their website is really clean and tidy, but the lack of information for such an expensive pair of IEM is really not encouraging. Plus there is only one real photo on the T1 (the rest are mock up T2 photos as mentioned by milkpowder).
It is also really strange that they offer the T1 with a 2.5mm jack instead of the more common 3.5mm. With the 2.5mm -> 3.5mm adapter on the already bulky Neutrik jack, the whole thing must look ridiculously big.
|
I'm pretty darn sure they'll change it to a normal 3.5mm one if you ask. It would make no sense otherwise.
I would be tempted to plonk down the money for one, if I had any  Soft molds are very comfy and if these sound better than the T2, then they are winners already. The $400 premium over the UE10Pro is unfortunate... but the T1 is 3-way vs the 2-way UE10Pro and most important of all, soft silicone! Non-EU buyers can divide price by 1.175 because you guys don't need to pay VAT so that drops the price to $1.1k. Not too bad if you ask me!
__________________
desktop • foobar-asio → cambridge audio azur 740c → stax srm-oo6t/raytheon → sennheiser he6o
portable • bb storm → acs t2
Last edited by milkpowder; 06-17-2008 at 02:02 PM.
|
06-17-2008, 10:19 AM
|
|
Headphoneus Supremus
|
|
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Johor, Malaysia.
Posts: 4,704
|
|
You just love soft mold, don't you?
I am not so sure about the non-EU price cause the import tax on such an expensive item will definitely goes through the roof, well, in my country at least.
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT. The time now is 10:41 PM.
|
