Right, so how can a transient be "thin" lol. If anything it sounds like he's saying the transients are sharp/fast, which is a good thing.

Only thing I can think of is because it's vented in the front and not the back, maybe there's more residual sound energy in the back of the cup? Just guessing here. I could also see this being a benefit, making the soundstage wider because there's more to your side/back rather than just in...

What does thin transients even mean? How can the rate of change in a sound be thin? I'm curious about this hearing the different drivers on their own thing though.

I'll be comparing X9000 to Immanis when mine arrives anywhere between 1 month and 1 year from now :sweat_smile: Estat drivers are lighter than ribbons since they're only 1 to 2 microns thick plastic, they're basically weightless. BUT ribbons still may be faster since they move in free air...

I guess that's why we disagree, I felt the Immanis had less impact and was less dynamic than the Magna. While Magna was less spacious than Immanis. They both lose something to the other or a better way to put it is they both gain something over the other. Magna is a guitarist in a rock band...

I see them both as "flagships" It's just like how some prefer the cheaper CA-1a over the more expensive SR1a. They're both approximately the same level of performance but have different character. I put Immanis and Magna at the same flagship tier, but they have differences. Like a Porsche GT3RS...

Yup, I think many people blindly buying Immanis because "It costs more, it must be better" might not be making the right choice. I preferred Magna when I listened at CanJam. Also your impressions seem pretty similar to how I heard it so it's a nice bit of confluence I wasn't mishearing things.

I prefer to think of it as the STAX headphones have character lol. Like an old car that takes a couple turns of the key to start and smells of gas but it puts a smile on your face

Probably a similar reason to why there's 89 pages of discussion on a headphone that's not even officially launched yet. We daydream about this thing every day :smile:

So I bought a new amp and by new I actually mean it's 30 years old... Recently discovered vintage Sansui amps and wow, I think this is the best I've ever heard the CA-1a. The transformer in this thing is 28lbs alone, the chassis is copper and teflon, the capacitors are made of silk, copper, and...

Personally I think RAAL Immanis is going to slaughter that market. $9k is more than most $4-6k TOTL models but significantly less than the $30-70k "summit" segment. Yet as someone who recently heard HE-1 and Immanis within 30 minutes of each other, I feel they're comparable in performance. It...

Very interesting, I wonder how many years of development it typically takes them, it's curious they're already starting to develop an SR-X9000 successor. I would have thought that would start later but maybe that process takes many years. Also he mentioned he wishes to "complete the series" in...

Great seller, easy to work with, packed the headphone well and it arrived without any issue! Would buy from again.

Oh, I don't use the embedded version and thus I don't follow the updates for it. I didn't know that, thanks.

Is this actually coming? I would love that.