i'm interested to see how much of the performance will be able to be trickled down to the lower price point models. E3 driver looks absolutely massive and AMT doesn't look easy to manufacture either. Hopefully we see companies continue to push the price to performance envelope.

I'd be interested in seeing pics of the driver, especially in comparison to the original aeon. Not sure how easy that would be

I remember originally the driver housings were going to be ceramic, I see that it has changed to ABS now. Can you elaborate on why you ended up making that decision and how it will impact sound. I was impressed when I saw you would be using ceramic because it is difficult to manufacture, more...

It would be awesome if we could get a picture of the drivers, very interested in the design choices you made

stretch the metal headband out gently.

if those 1060's are from the oem I think they are they are likely using a driver designed very closely after audezes drivers. 

Its impressive audeze was able to do this but why do these need to exist? what will they do better than dynamic or ba iems, they are pretty competent all around already

that 20db higher bass distortion figure I quoted for the hd800s is from measurements on a site that is verboten on head-fi, but innerfidelities measurements show the same bass distortion in less detail. deny it all you want though if it makes you feel better.

the 800s has 20db more bass distortion than the original hd800. It is still better to buy an 800 and mod it with felt or cork or whatever than to buy the 800s

hopefully the pads will be easily available since the utopia pads on the elear seem to largely solve its largest issue, the 4k hole.

I would much rather see companies constantly working to improve their product instead of waiting 7 years for an update, the quality of sound will never improve if we don't keep pushing boundaries. The hd800 is a special case because of the quality of engineering and ingenuity put into it...

what kind of connectors are those even

I imagine plastidip would be a way better option if you want to change the color of the rings on your unit

Just curious but what kind of computer modeling did you guys do to optimize the shape of these true flow pieces, those videos of the difference in air flow look be made with some expensive software! Also are they 3d printed or cast?

as in an under $1k headphone. Dan has stated he plans to return to low priced cans at some point.

no, stahp, what happened to the cheaper model.

Over the past few weeks I have noticed some things have come to a head. First I would like to thank the moderators for not only allowing these sometimes heated discussions to take place but for also somehow managing to keep the threads on track despite my, and some other users best attempts...

4k doesnt cause sibilance it is responsible for crunch, and even so 20db would be complete overkill to avoid any sibilance. And the compensation curve or measurement rig isn't the issue because the very consistent hd800 was measured and is available on the same rig so it shows how the different...

OK, I'll talk about the new focal headphones. I don't think it is remotely possible for the Elear to be considered "High fidelity" when the measurements (head-fis own measurements I should add) show it to be down 20 decibels! at 4khz from 1 khz.

Listen I am the furthest thing from a fan of the 400i, i really dont like it, but I would NEVER describe it as muddy, yes different people hear different things, and prioritze different strengths in a headphone, and use different words to describe things , but i dont think anybody would call the...

I find it pretty amazing they were even able to source a BE driver for less than $200 much less sell an entire headphone for that price

It would be great to see a surge in popularity for electrostats like planars saw a few years ago. I wonder how Stax will react to this new standard plug you are coming out with. They dominate the low end electrostatic market but there are a few things Stax is missing that could really make...

I hope we get a something cheaper after the ether e is launched. hasn't been anything to change the value equation in the mid-fi area for a while.

Manufactured hype train. I'll believe it when somebody trustworthy gets their hands on these.

really? that doesn't really make sense why they would do that. and they don't even offer the tuning kit for sale separately either, they really should do both imo. Oh well guess I was wrong.