Thinking of selling mine, still in warranty (1 more year left). Bought from Hungary (EU). Battery is in perfect condition. Send me DM if you are interested. No case unfortunately, but all the original accessories and packaging is present.

I wrote about it here, check it out if you are interested.

I think it is safe, I never had any issues.

I found AIC-10 respond very well to tubes, my findings are here. I was considering purchasing WA33 JPS EE, but was difficult to audition so instead tried Viva Egoista 845 and Riviera AIC-10. After realising how hot Viva runs, I decided not to pursue WA33 anymore. Riviera on the other hand runs...

Are you upgrading to Shangri-La Sr? :)

Congratulations on your own pair of 1266 TC, a wonderful headphone. As someone who owned Bartok and Riviera AIC-10, and demoed Viva Egoista 845 extensively, I must say that Bartok is a fantastic amplifier. Viva (for 12.5k Eur) only raised the bar by 10%, which was not worth it in my opinion. As...

Dear friends, new head-fiers and oldies who remember me, I wanted to report in our Audiophile Anonymous that after taking some time off, and speaking with a therapist, I am feeling much better. I hope you don't mind me sharing, what I learned. I am now of an opinion that one needs to satisfy 4...

As someone who considered and listened to both, I gotta say that HE-1 feels much more intimate (and less detailed), but has better slam (not as much as AB-1266 though). Be careful with HE-1, after speaking to their sales rep, they said they no longer do black marble, warranty is only 2 years...

And then you realise AIC-10 is Riviera's cheapest amp :)

With sources like this, it starts feeling disproportional, would prefer having more percentage spent on the transducers. Smaller announcement than 1266 was, or smaller product (physically)?

Am I the only one hoping for 10-20k Abyss headphone? A successor to 1266 TC that can surpass Shangri-la Sr?

Super lovely buyer, willing to travel across a border to pick the headphones up in person, thank you!

Parting with AB-1266

Absolutely!

Reliable buyer, great communication skills, fast and hassle free payment, a true gentleman. Thank you!

Riviera AIC-10 with extra tubes

TT2 is absolutely capable of driving 1266, no issues with power. I had the same problem, improved it by changing TT2 to dCS Bartok and later added Riviera AIC-10 for some tube magic. Now 1266's mids are no longer lacking.

I have to agree. To be honest, when I was new into this I thought the only thing which matters is transducer (headphone or speaker) but when I compared TT2 and Bartok side by side, the difference was huge. Made me realize that headphones currently aren't yet at their peak and one shouldn't be...

Thank you for posting your predictions, I will definitely make sure to update the thread once I listen to SGL. I will have like 4 hours at the demo room, so plan to spend as much as possible with familiar songs, so that I can judge for myself, even if the conditions are less than perfect. It is...

They both did one thing very well, but overall, did not feel like a headphone for me to be honest. I liked strings on 009S and SR1a presented music in a way I have never heard before - like a waterfall into which I put my head, the music was seemingly coming out of nowhere, I liked that, so it...

That would be "Dark Mystery" limited edition of Elite.

Did not like it at all - felt "digital" and "zingy", not sure if distortion or something else. I much more preferred RAAL's HSA-1b.

Soooo, going to listen to Shangri-la Sr in a couple of weeks, curious if I will end up like @number1sixerfan and order it with T2 🙃