This sounds to me like the only reasonable explanation. Anyway, I am really hoping to see something like R10. 

  That's exactly what I thought. R10 and 010 obviously share very little DNA in common, and putting EX1000 in makes the story more confusing. Even SA5000 is more relevant.    Also, if there are only R10 and 010 in the picture, I would expect these to be something top of the line. But EX1000...

  AKG again? 

The question is if R10, 010 and EX1000 share the same DNA

  Yes, I am running Mavericks. I don't think it has anything to do with the OS, but rather USB 3.0. Since it works fine on my old Macbook Pro running Mavericks. I sent emails but did not get anything helpful. What they suggested was just I should switch to another USB port, which is...

I have got a late 2013 iMac and Audio-gd compass II. It loses connections every 15-30 minutes and I have to restart the DAC or switch to another output device and then switch back to get it reconnected. I have tried all firmware versions available but none all them helped. I have also done a...

  $600 in 1989 >= $6000 today

  Glad to see you are still around Nomax.    My only concern is how K812 compete with K1000

  HD800 cost $2000 in NZ?

Subcontractor, more likely, and now is starting a new work with SPL

Yeah, I love you so much. More pictures please 

  If they are better than K1000, AKG should name them K1012

  Can I get any discount if I say Nomax is my friend when I purchase K812?

  In that way you can never make a top 10 funny thread in head-fi history.

  Well, I don't think English is problem as you can post in German and we can just turn on the google translation built into Chrome, as long as you are willing to share any sensible information.

  But apparently you have told MANY MANY GUYS here. Bad boy.

  Where does the 15 years come from? K1000 was introduced in 1989 and discontinued in 2006 

I upgraded from DT770 Pro 250ohms to T5p, so hope my experience sounds helpful.   1) How does bass compare? I've heard t5p is weak on bass. I find the 770s to have adeqaute bass.   I would say the T5p's bass is much better than the DT770 at almost every aspect, especially the ultra deep...

Quote:   Well, I am not quite familiar with audio technica cans, but based on the only little impression on those ADxxx and Axxx, I'd prefer Beyerdynamics at similar price. The DT770 are actually fairly good headphones. You can probably tell some drawbacks about them only after comparing...

1) Angled position of transducers. Likely, and certainly this gives T5p some features similar to T1   2) Probably the quality of cabling. Not probably. I wouldn't appreciate the quality of T5p's cable.   3) Grey membrane between transducers and ears (what is it made for?). Very...

I wouldn't say DT770's bass is better than HD650, especially when it comes to quality. In terms of quantity and speed the DT770 are a little bit better than HD650, but that also depends on what amp you use and what kind of music you listen to. The DT770's bass is concentrated in a quite narrow...

The 770 pro is bassy, but probably not so bassy as most people expect. Actually its bass is only enhanced in a fairly narrow range around or a little above 100Hz. Other than that its sound signature is pretty thin. So you're not necessarily going to feel it bassy especially when your music...

DT770s are definitely a good choice in the only few excellent closed ones. Their bass is fast and sharp enough, but does not perform so good when it comes down to 100Hz or below. Given your budget there is also T70p worth trying, but I would suspect if you could appreciate their bass since its...

I have washed my k701's earpads, and it seems like the k702s use the same model.