Beyerdynamic to launch new top headphone at IFA -- called T1 - Page 8

I agree entirely with both the above. I am uncertain as to whether ultrasone even intended their pro2500 to have a weak magnetic field strength, but once they realised decided to milk it for marketing

This sounds very exciting! They look excellent and if they fit and feel like 880s on the head Im in.

I'm enough of a fan of all manufacturers so I'm just going to have to buy this, the HD 800, Edition 8 and whatever AKG brings along. If these blow all the others out of the water it will make my life much easier!

I don't know if this was posted yet:

Press release

thanks IPODPJ

What materials are they made from,looks like a bit of real metal in places,or is it painted plastic,hope not,looks like 2009 is the year of plastic fantastics,in price anyway.
But in True audiophile fashion if it costs a lot of money it must be good,nothing worse to an audiophile than the thought that good gear could be cheap and available to the masses.

Hi

Here i can confirm: No metallized or painted plastic!

My bet is that like other Beyers it has a steel headband and metal grills, but that the rest of the cup will be plastic.

Knopfy:

I just read the English translation of the Press Release and find it confused by the repeated use of the word "filigree". Using a word that refers to fine metallic decoration makes no sense in these instances........hence, we have NO idea of what is meant to be conveyed:
"It took an incredible effort by beyerdynamic's engineers to achieve those objectives using the extra-light 600-Ohm coils that the company prefers for their lightness yet perfect sound fidelity. Traditional extra-filigree drives tend to suffer from low efficiency rates. That prevents them from achieving real loudness when faced with underpowered headphone outputs, especially the popular 32 Ohm headphones that have become common in this age of the MP3. Yet the engineers didn't completely re-develop the driver just to increase its efficiency. They also achieved higher maximum volumes compared with previous 600 Ohm models – an impressive 7 decibels." .....filigree is also used in paragraph three and makes no sense.

Furthermore, just to be sure (this first reference from paragraph Two) "......features newly redesigned transducers that can produce an extremely high drive power of over one Tesla—making them the new top model at Heilbronn-based audio specialists beyerdynamic. That is roughly double the strength of normal headphone transducer systems. " Does this mean simply the ability to play louder at a given setting, ......or is this a reference to overall dynamic ability?

A question - when will Beyerdynamic act sensibly (and stop shooting themselves in the foot) by making the Gen. Leather Headband Covers, and Gen. Leather (with perforated backs) dt770 Earpads available as ordinary replacement parts instead of the nonsense of verifying and limiting their sale to specific prior Manufaktur purchases? This policy does NOT encourage further Manufaktur purchases and drives owners to aftermarket manufacturers.......which results in lost sales revenues to Beyerdynamic. I luv Beyer headphones - but, Beyerdynamic insists on doing things to their own detriment.

I believe that translation is Google translation or some similar thing.....

Filigree are metalic decorations made from very thin metal wires. I think in this context it refers to the way the voice coil (very thin metal wire) is meshed with the driver.

No, the meshed metal wires are the back of the cups...very good looking, like in the picture;-)...surrounded by aluminum rings.

In stores starting mid-November.
MSRP: 880.- euros

pretty steep considering their last flagship is way cheaper

Not really, they have checked the market and with HD800, gs1000 and ps1000, ed8, etc.. they see they will be selling, so why not get more bucks?

I think 880 euros is good price, 1000 euros is a little too expensive to me.

880 euros > woooo, not cheap, but i can take that.

1000 euros > hmmm.....let me think a while