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08-08-2006, 03:41 AM
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Finally Ultrasone Edition 9
Here is couple of pics, AFAIK they expect to have it here in US by the begining of September....
More information here for the ones who read japanese...
http://blog.so-net.ne.jp/headphones-music/2006-08-01
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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!!!
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08-08-2006, 03:49 AM
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Nice. I wish Ultrasone with go with a more sturdy headband though, and I'm curious if those two little strips that covered the bending parts of the handband are still there.
On my HFi-550 those two strips cracked and there was simply nothing at all you could do about it unless you simply didnt wear the headphone.
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Something like that...
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08-08-2006, 03:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Sovkiller
More information here for the ones who read japanese...
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and what if we don't speak Japanese?
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08-08-2006, 03:55 AM
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Wow, very cool. I would love to hear it someday.
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08-08-2006, 03:55 AM
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Member of the Trade:
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Originally Posted by VR6ofpain
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We are screwed then, same as I do, as there is no more info until September, till now AFAIK...
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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
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08-08-2006, 04:00 AM
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Headphoneus Supremus
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Well it seems to cost around $2400...
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08-08-2006, 04:03 AM
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Well it seems to cost around $2400...
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Ouch!! I'm feeling the Ultrasone love, but not this much!!
I guess their Edition 7 sold well then? What happened to Edition 8?
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08-08-2006, 04:04 AM
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Doing this quickly, but according to the linked Japanese blog, the cans are based on the Edition 7, though both pads and cables are now black as well. The cans will come with an alumnium carrying case (unlike Edition 7 which came with a wood box). The cables are made from Oehlbach cable.
The MSRP is ~$2100-$2200 at the current exchange rate.
Also, at one spot in the blog, it says that production is limited to 500, though on another spot, it says that sales in Japan is limited to 500 pairs.
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08-08-2006, 04:09 AM
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Headphoneus Supremus
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Originally Posted by Sovkiller
We are screwed then, same as I do, as there is no more info until September, till now AFAIK...
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Curious about the high-end Ultrasone that you own - can you describe the sound a bit?
The Edition 7 looks like it was basically designed around the Proline 750, which was a bright and coloured headphone to my ears.
I'm not sure why they chose to make their uber-expensive flagship headphone closed. It's not like they are doing anything revolutionary with the housing like SONY did with the R-10...
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08-08-2006, 04:11 AM
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Headphoneus Supremus
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I realized this after I quickly translated the section in Japanese, but if you scroll all the way down, you can read it in English.
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08-08-2006, 04:15 AM
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Previously Owned :
Headphones : Sennheiser HE90, HE60, HD650 · Stax Omega 1, Omega 2 · AKG K1000, K701, K81DJ · Grado RS-1, HP-2 · ATH L3000 · Headphile K3000 · Sony SA5000
Amplifiers : Singlepower ES-1 · Aristaeus, GS-1, GLite · Woo GES · Pass Labs Aleph 3 · AudioValve RKV MKII · Stello HP100 · Stax 007t · ATH DHA3000 · Dynahi-SA
Sources : Resolution Audio Opus 21 · Lite DAC-60M · Stello DA100 · Ack Dack 2.0 · Squeezebox 3 · Benchmark DAC-1 · Jadis JS-3 DAC · CIAudio VDA-1/VAC-1
Cables & Misc : PS-Audio UPC-200 · MIT Shotgun Terminator w/ CVT · MIT-MI330 · Kimber KCAG · Zu Oxyfuel · Blue Dragon II · Black Dragon
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08-08-2006, 04:19 AM
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Member of the Trade:
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Location: West New York, NJ
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Originally Posted by TheSloth
"....The Edition 7 looks like it was basically designed around the Proline 750, which was a bright and coloured headphone to my ears.
I'm not sure why they chose to make their uber-expensive flagship headphone closed. It's not like they are doing anything revolutionary with the housing like SONY did with the R-10...
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Having similar looking enclosures, and similar drivers, doesn't make the sound alike, if the internal volume and internal shape is diferent. At least they sounded different to me, and the drivers IIRC are almost centered...BTW they are closed as many other high end headphones, those are not the first and will not the last...
Also the Ultrasone headphones need a lot of time to get used to them, as I have stated many times, and that is by my personal expereince...
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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
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08-08-2006, 04:26 AM
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Originally Posted by akwok
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Do you know how these will sound?
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08-08-2006, 04:29 AM
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Headphoneus Supremus
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Join Date: May 2005
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Originally Posted by seacard
Do you know how these will sound?
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Nevermind. I didn't see that the pictures were mockups.
My bad..
Or are they? On the page it says "* This picture is an imagination figure.（＾＾；", but on here it looks correct:
http://www.h-navi.net/edition9.htm
It seems kinda cheap looking for $2400, if that is final.. is that a rubber cable, plastic housing, and pleather? 
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1.) Slim Devices Transporter >> Pass Labs Aleph J >> Sonus Faber Guarneri Homage & Gallo TR-2
2.) Motherboard >> Sennheiser HD650
Previously Owned :
Headphones : Sennheiser HE90, HE60, HD650 · Stax Omega 1, Omega 2 · AKG K1000, K701, K81DJ · Grado RS-1, HP-2 · ATH L3000 · Headphile K3000 · Sony SA5000
Amplifiers : Singlepower ES-1 · Aristaeus, GS-1, GLite · Woo GES · Pass Labs Aleph 3 · AudioValve RKV MKII · Stello HP100 · Stax 007t · ATH DHA3000 · Dynahi-SA
Sources : Resolution Audio Opus 21 · Lite DAC-60M · Stello DA100 · Ack Dack 2.0 · Squeezebox 3 · Benchmark DAC-1 · Jadis JS-3 DAC · CIAudio VDA-1/VAC-1
Cables & Misc : PS-Audio UPC-200 · MIT Shotgun Terminator w/ CVT · MIT-MI330 · Kimber KCAG · Zu Oxyfuel · Blue Dragon II · Black Dragon
Team "I don't believe in cables"
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08-08-2006, 04:31 AM
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Headphoneus Supremus
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From that japanese page:
"the technical data of Edition9 -- Edition7 -- the same".
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