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03-16-2008, 08:49 PM
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Impressions Meet @ Hans from Qables 16-03-08
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03-16-2008, 08:55 PM
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Definitely a huge thanks to Hans, who let us run rampage in his beautiful store with lots of very nice equipment. Great stuff. The food was also very nice.
I'm rebuilding my system here (one of the less fun parts of meets  ), after that I might drop some impressions (though the only new things were the Beyer ET1000 and the Stax Lambda Nova). I can say this though: If I were to get back into headphones in a serious sense, it would be either the K1000 or the dynamic Ergo 2. That thing, like the dynamic Float, is just a very fine headphone. The dynamic Float blew my mind during the Dusseldorf meet, and the Ergo 2 blew me away today. Great stuff indeed.
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03-16-2008, 09:07 PM
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03-16-2008, 09:12 PM
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Thanks Hans for being a great host.
I really enjoyed the people, headphones, food and hospitality.
What an amazing collection of great equipment you have in your store.
I have been drooling all afternoon.
Rob
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Social listening: Cyrus dAD 7 + PSX-R / Squeezebox Duet > Cyrus III > Sonus Faber Concertino
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03-16-2008, 09:27 PM
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Hi Guys and gals,
Thanks for the nice words, it was great to host you all. I was very afraid we would have too little room, the first two came in and starting unpacking and scared the hell out of me. Jesus In thought, if they all have as much I need 3 halls like this  .
But as always it all went in smoothly. Thanks for the Duvel, brownies and cake. That was a very nice addition.
Glad you all enjoyed the equipment and music, that is why we are doing this after all, right?
I will not post pics because I am a horrible photographer  .
Hans.
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03-16-2008, 09:34 PM
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You are very welcome, Hans. You did a great job handling all this loons at your place haha! Awesome day!
I'll start with an impression on the Ultrasone HFI-780. I posted this on another forum as well, and since I'm too tired rewriting it you'll have to do with this:
The impressions will be kept somewhat short because of that but I listened to the 780's today and....I don't like them at all. I don't understand the hype about them after listening to them.
The bass is simply toooooo much. The highs feel more pronounced (didn't think that was possible after hearing many people complaining about the Proline-highs, but it is) and at times they even hurt my ears. The headphones were fully burned in, like had 500hrs on them so that's not the problem. I listened to them via the Larocco and Ipod.
The music I listened to was Talkie Walkie from Air, some stuff from Pleymo to check out how they handle the metal-part and to see how they would cope with more 'busy' music. I also listened to Pink Floyd.
With Air, the song was Alone in Kyoto for example, it sounded not too bad except for the bass. Compared to the Proline 750's they are less transparant, have more pronounced mids and highs and because of that I think it's more difficult to listen to each part in the music seperately which is something I really like about the 750's. (I don't know if it's because of that, I'm not knowlegable enough to describe it properly I guess).
I decided to feed them Pleymo which is really heavy stuff, with lots of different things in it to see how they would handle it. Disgusting. The bass went real low but it sounded muddy and absolutely awfull. Way too much there. You have a certain string in one song which was so piercing they hurt my ears. They have absolutely no control when it gets heavier in the music. The 750's are much calmer to listen to and you can focus on everything seperately without losing harmony. Their bass is not bloated and stays very controlled whatever you throw at them. Yes, I am a 750 fangirl, simply because I like them. If you find the 750's to bright or not like fun and because of that you wanna hear/have the 780's please look into the Proline 650's. Much more pleasant to the ears.
I also don't understand why they are being compared with the ED9's, they are totally different animals. Qua presentation of sound, control and transparancy the Prolines resemble them way more.
Oh, one good thing about them, they were really comfy!
P.S. please forgive my noobish way of descibing my impressions, but I hope they make sense and you can catch my drift.
I am still looking forward to your review, Dex, as you are more capable of describing what you hear in a proper way and I'm interested how you feel about them compared to your other Ultrasones. I feel like I have been bashing the 780's which is not the intend but I was really dissapointed with them after all the raving going on here.
That's about it for now I guess. I'll slowly work on the rest.
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03-16-2008, 09:56 PM
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some more pictures of ...
stuff
stuff
you did like the Ergos
more stuff
top of my list at the moment
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03-16-2008, 10:20 PM
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Well I had a great day, wonderful phones, wonderful host, very nice people.
Hans thank you for organizing this thing!
I'm glad the people liked my setup and my Duvel 
And why am i sitting in the same pose in every single pic?
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03-16-2008, 10:20 PM
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Looks cool guys/grls, very nice, but only one short HF780 impression
I give you like one day extra and no more, so come on and write some
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03-16-2008, 10:27 PM
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Stax SRM-T1S & Stax Lambda Nova Signature = wow! Best set-up I have heard in a while. I was really impressed by these. Very detailed, didn't lack impact and sounded very controlled. They were really comfortable as well. Too bad they're open for me or I might have even considered them, really awesome stuff and thanx for sharing!
Riks PMB-500 was amusing to listen to. It sounded quite canny and I suppose you can get used to that. They lacked the bottom end and impact but the voices sounded really pretty with them.
The Ergos....lovely as well!
I don't remember which I wore most, I believe the mod2. The other one was heavier and felt not really comfortable on my head.
But the one I listened to, my god, I liked it a lot. Lacked impact for me when listening to drumsessions and the like, but with, for example, Erik Claptons Stairway to Heaven, wow, really good smooth warm touch to it. I think they work really well with acoustic stuff although with electronic music they wouldn't be for me I guess.
Ow, I almost forgot...the iQube!
So far, best portable amp I've heard except for the Larocco (luckily for my wallet  ). Very neutral, very detailed and smooth, combine that with long battery-life and you have an absolute great amp here.
Sounds very spacious and has an enjoyable sound.
It looks and feels great as well. I was surprised by this little one. It lacks impact and speed but it's being powered by 4 AAA batteries so. Because of that I still prefer my Larocco although they drain the batteries like a madman haha!
A big thanx to the representative from Ultrasone as well, for taking my broken 750's with him and fixing it more rapidly than I could have ever dreamt of. Hopefully they'll be back by tuesday / wednesday and that's really fast. They even helped me out while I lost my official receipt of the purchase, and that's being really appreciated
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03-16-2008, 10:54 PM
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Great pics! looks like fun.
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03-16-2008, 11:08 PM
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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!!!
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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???
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03-17-2008, 01:24 AM
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Hahaha! Ummm.. you'll be in line behind me!
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03-17-2008, 01:28 AM
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Quote:
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Hahaha! Ummm.. you'll be in line behind me! 
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Don't be so sure of that, OK?....
And behave like a gentleman, at least let her decide, OK?....
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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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03-17-2008, 01:41 AM
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Looked to be an excellent meet guys (I should hop on a plane to one of these one day). To whom does the Ergo AMT belong? What amp was it being used with?
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