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26838
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5,500.00 USD
- Condition
- Excellent/Like new
- Negotiability
- Or best offer
- Ships to
- Anywhere
Due to trying to afford a down payment, I am putting for sale my revered Phi TC.
This is the complete package which includes the Headphones, the long Superconductor cables, the adapters*, the leather carrying/storage bag (which is very nice), box, pick, warranty card, papers, foam and original shipping carton.
I am also including a Corpse Cable Gravedigger for these headphones so you will be able to hear the difference that the SuperConductor makes.
I am willing to sell the headphones without the SuperConductor but I am not willing to sell the SuperConductor without the headphones.
*The original 1/4" adapter is unfortunately missing but I am including a Corpse Cable Gravedigger 1/4" to replace it.
Asking price includes insured FedEx shipping and Paypal fee.
If outside the US then please inquire, continental is preferred.
I am open to offers and trade deals.
I've had these for something like a year and a half. The warranty is registered under my name and is three years so there is something like half the warranty left, and except in the event of my untimely death I will still be around and on Head-Fi to help if there is any issue but basically these headphones will outlive you. Despite having these for over a year they actually don't have that many hours on them (hard to guess how many though) and you can tell the pads are still pretty nice and firm with little wear. I've used them with reverance and mostly always stored them back in their bag in an airtight container when not in use, and I've brought them (in the bag) to high end audio dealers to use for gear evaluation.
Hopefully later I can own a pair again if I have unused cash around.
If I end up having to keep it, I guess that's acceptable too.
For solid state I also have a CFA3 which I may be willing to sell, inquire if interested (and definitely look into this amp).
I also have my Ampsandsound Nautilus listed for sale.
I also have cheaper stuff like Astell & Kern Acro L1000 and Modhouse Mk3 Argons for sale.
Thanks for looking.
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As with everything I sell, my opinion and experience with the gear is below, as a warning I ended up writing a lot this time.
tl;dr the hype for these headphones is in my opinion warranted, they actually exceed the hype, it is a revelating eyes-wide-open jaw-on-the-floor experience at times. These headphones will end your search for headphones and begin your unending search for electronics (at least they did for me), it is like the limitations of the headphones are completely removed.
They are a lot more comfortable than they look and I find them more comfortable than most flagships including Empyrean.
I'll describe my experience with this headphone if you are interested.
Right after I put this headphone on my head through my at-the-time LTA Z10, I sold off my entire headphone collection. It is a reference sound and even if you think you don't like that kind of sound just wait until you hear the bass.
Watching live videos on youtube, especially single-mic (e.g. smartphone) recordings from people at live music events and waves, I really do feel almost like I'm there. Especially due to the bass, they somehow recreate the experience of feeling the bass at a rave.
These are the best headphone in a very objective way. It redefines reference and really spoiled me for any other headphone. Especially listening to any headphone back-to-back with these. It is kind of one headphone to rule them all, everything else is a flavor headphone. An interesting balanced tuning which is not bright or dark but evenly extended in the bottom end. It is spooky how much things really sound like they are coming from somewhere in the room at times.
In comparison to these headphones, I absolutely did not like the Susvara which I found to have a way uptilted frequency response with distracting and annoying treble (through Chord Dave and Headamp GS-X Mk2), while on the same system these were very even and faster with tighter bass, much more satisfying for my taste.
These have been a critical tool in evaluating other equipment, especially bringing them to dealers and listening to TOTL gear like dCS Vivaldi and MSB Select. Having gone to said dealers I can confirm that the overall presentation is tuned similarly tot TOTL multi thousand dollar speaker systems (eg dCS Boulder Wilson), but with even more detail and bass due to avoiding the power and room requirements of said systems. I've preferred listening to these through the Ampsandsound Nautilus or CFA3.
The construction of everything, including the pads, is simply unmatched. The technical prowess and frequency response is simply unmatched. The only thing to compete with these on speed is electrostatics, which in my ex and depth and power of bass is shocking. They respond in an extreme way to your source and amp and cables so they can make for a relaxing experience or a hard-hitting one.
Just holding these in my hands I really feel the power. Just thinking about these headphones evokes an emotional, almost physical response from me. It is an interesting product lol.
That being said, they sound alright on cheap stuff but they really do warrant a decent investment in source and amp, and they focus on technicals and truth. On these they are unmatched but I do find myself wanting a calmer or more casual listen at times so to complement these I have the Audeze LCD1 for more casual listening. I'm not trying to gush about these but it's my honest thoughts. I usually don't keep stuff for very long but these have remained.
Thanks for reading even more.
This is the complete package which includes the Headphones, the long Superconductor cables, the adapters*, the leather carrying/storage bag (which is very nice), box, pick, warranty card, papers, foam and original shipping carton.
I am also including a Corpse Cable Gravedigger for these headphones so you will be able to hear the difference that the SuperConductor makes.
I am willing to sell the headphones without the SuperConductor but I am not willing to sell the SuperConductor without the headphones.
*The original 1/4" adapter is unfortunately missing but I am including a Corpse Cable Gravedigger 1/4" to replace it.
Asking price includes insured FedEx shipping and Paypal fee.
If outside the US then please inquire, continental is preferred.
I am open to offers and trade deals.
I've had these for something like a year and a half. The warranty is registered under my name and is three years so there is something like half the warranty left, and except in the event of my untimely death I will still be around and on Head-Fi to help if there is any issue but basically these headphones will outlive you. Despite having these for over a year they actually don't have that many hours on them (hard to guess how many though) and you can tell the pads are still pretty nice and firm with little wear. I've used them with reverance and mostly always stored them back in their bag in an airtight container when not in use, and I've brought them (in the bag) to high end audio dealers to use for gear evaluation.
Hopefully later I can own a pair again if I have unused cash around.
If I end up having to keep it, I guess that's acceptable too.
For solid state I also have a CFA3 which I may be willing to sell, inquire if interested (and definitely look into this amp).
I also have my Ampsandsound Nautilus listed for sale.
I also have cheaper stuff like Astell & Kern Acro L1000 and Modhouse Mk3 Argons for sale.
Thanks for looking.
--
As with everything I sell, my opinion and experience with the gear is below, as a warning I ended up writing a lot this time.
tl;dr the hype for these headphones is in my opinion warranted, they actually exceed the hype, it is a revelating eyes-wide-open jaw-on-the-floor experience at times. These headphones will end your search for headphones and begin your unending search for electronics (at least they did for me), it is like the limitations of the headphones are completely removed.
They are a lot more comfortable than they look and I find them more comfortable than most flagships including Empyrean.
I'll describe my experience with this headphone if you are interested.
Right after I put this headphone on my head through my at-the-time LTA Z10, I sold off my entire headphone collection. It is a reference sound and even if you think you don't like that kind of sound just wait until you hear the bass.
Watching live videos on youtube, especially single-mic (e.g. smartphone) recordings from people at live music events and waves, I really do feel almost like I'm there. Especially due to the bass, they somehow recreate the experience of feeling the bass at a rave.
These are the best headphone in a very objective way. It redefines reference and really spoiled me for any other headphone. Especially listening to any headphone back-to-back with these. It is kind of one headphone to rule them all, everything else is a flavor headphone. An interesting balanced tuning which is not bright or dark but evenly extended in the bottom end. It is spooky how much things really sound like they are coming from somewhere in the room at times.
In comparison to these headphones, I absolutely did not like the Susvara which I found to have a way uptilted frequency response with distracting and annoying treble (through Chord Dave and Headamp GS-X Mk2), while on the same system these were very even and faster with tighter bass, much more satisfying for my taste.
These have been a critical tool in evaluating other equipment, especially bringing them to dealers and listening to TOTL gear like dCS Vivaldi and MSB Select. Having gone to said dealers I can confirm that the overall presentation is tuned similarly tot TOTL multi thousand dollar speaker systems (eg dCS Boulder Wilson), but with even more detail and bass due to avoiding the power and room requirements of said systems. I've preferred listening to these through the Ampsandsound Nautilus or CFA3.
The construction of everything, including the pads, is simply unmatched. The technical prowess and frequency response is simply unmatched. The only thing to compete with these on speed is electrostatics, which in my ex and depth and power of bass is shocking. They respond in an extreme way to your source and amp and cables so they can make for a relaxing experience or a hard-hitting one.
Just holding these in my hands I really feel the power. Just thinking about these headphones evokes an emotional, almost physical response from me. It is an interesting product lol.
That being said, they sound alright on cheap stuff but they really do warrant a decent investment in source and amp, and they focus on technicals and truth. On these they are unmatched but I do find myself wanting a calmer or more casual listen at times so to complement these I have the Audeze LCD1 for more casual listening. I'm not trying to gush about these but it's my honest thoughts. I usually don't keep stuff for very long but these have remained.
Thanks for reading even more.
Listed by:
vgmusics (20)
Listed:
2022-06-02