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post #31 of 5757
1/7/09 at 11:29pm
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Don't hold me to it (and it will be announced in about a half-hour), but I think MSRP should be around $1399 (USD).

Holy sh*t balls. I was hoping for maybe 899. Don't think I could ever convince myself to spend that much. Damn.
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post #32 of 5757
1/7/09 at 11:29pm
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Please forgive me if I don't answer any more questions for a few hours, but I'm off to dinner. Trust me, there's nothing I want to talk about more right now than this. (But I've got a dinner engagement, and so I'm off.)
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post #33 of 5757
1/7/09 at 11:30pm
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Yes it is. I'll get the name of the exact type of connector tomorrow, but it looks like a little lemo connector. I was told that it's a standard connector, which should make the cable replacement companies happy, as well as the DIY'ers.

Don't hold me to it (and it will be announced in about a half-hour), but I think MSRP should be around $1399 (USD).
1. That's great!
2. That's NOT great!
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post #34 of 5757
1/7/09 at 11:32pm
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Yes it is. I'll get the name of the exact type of connector tomorrow, but it looks like a little lemo connector. I was told that it's a standard connector, which should make the cable replacement companies happy, as well as the DIY'ers.

Don't hold me to it (and it will be announced in about a half-hour), but I think MSRP should be around $1399 (USD).
please pretty please listen to some metal / hard rock.. let us know how they compare with that against grado's
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post #35 of 5757
1/7/09 at 11:35pm
I was hoping for a price to be set around what the D7000 cost, 1399... that is what, 1000 jump from the HD650!? :|

For that price I'd go for a Stax rig instead, and keep my 650 as my dynamics.
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post #36 of 5757
1/7/09 at 11:35pm
What I like: it looks super cool, sports a full metal chassis that will help with bass response, and seems to be a finished product!

What I don't like: the pads are the type that collects dead skin and dust

Another thing I noticed is that the drivers are angled like the Sony R10:

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post #37 of 5757
1/7/09 at 11:36pm
good god, i think i might have to take back my words about getting this...$1399USD
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post #38 of 5757
1/7/09 at 11:36pm
HOLIHOOOOO
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post #39 of 5757
1/7/09 at 11:37pm
Thanks jude for this early dish. I'm excited but not $1,400 excited.
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post #40 of 5757
1/7/09 at 11:40pm
HAHA!!!

So, those photoshoped pictures turned out to be true. I laugh my butt off.
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post #41 of 5757
1/7/09 at 11:40pm
I knew I should've went straight from my trip in Florida to Vegas. LOL.

Sennheiser has the resources to pull out a world class headphone. The price is also there though.

I'm not so hot on the looks but who cares about that. . Can't wait to hear this at some meets. I doubt I'd own one of these though.
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post #42 of 5757
1/7/09 at 11:41pm
Jude,

Thanks for the impressions. When you get back, please also let us know the rig they had set up for listening.
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post #43 of 5757
1/7/09 at 11:41pm
$1400......
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post #44 of 5757
1/7/09 at 11:42pm
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Jude,

Thanks for the impressions. When you get back, please also let us know the rig they had set up for listening.
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The source is Meitner. The amp is Benchmark. The headphone--obviously it's Sennheiser (the HD800).
fyi
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post #45 of 5757
1/7/09 at 11:42pm
Looks and sounds awesome. But I just got my HD650s and can't afford to spend 3 - 4 times that money on this new model. :'(
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