[golov17]

I am in Hong Kong, can one just buy one at a store here?

Only from Taobao

 

[KetchupNinja]

Monks are back in stock!  Just ordered 5, 94 left!

 

[waynes world]

  Monks are back in stock!  Just ordered 5, 94 left!

 
Where? Not at aliexpress (where they are still $500..)

 

[jmills8]

Only from Taobao

Thxs!

 

[KetchupNinja]

   
Where? Not at aliexpress (where they are still $500..)

Select the black color in the color options.

 

[zhibli06]

 

Only from Taobao

Thxs!

if u email me , I can forward u the contact info of my friend in hk
 
if u live close to him, he can even get u some monk when I send him stuff again.
 
Cheers 
 
Lee
 
p.s. my email is geargeeksp@qq.com

 

[waynes world]

 
Select the black color in the color options.

 
Thanks! I did that, and the price went to $15 (as expected), and I just left my message for Master Lee.

 

[jmills8]

if u email me , I can forward u the contact info of my friend in hk

if u live close to him, he can even get u some monk when I send him stuff again.

Cheers 

Lee

p.s. my email is geargeeksp@qq.com

Thank you, I emailed you. Thxs

 

[yoyorast10]

Where do I buy them?

 

[ngoshawk]

Where do I buy them?

Check one page back, post by mochill.

 

[asymcon]

Just confirmed my order on AE. It'd be challenging to power them though, seeing they're only 32Ohm in impedance.

I don't think I have many DAPs that are up to the tasks for handling impedance this low.
 
Thanks, Lee for the update.

 

[myemaildw]

not really, you get full volume with iphone on hd25 which is 70 ohms
although its not consistent flare audio r2a is 16 ohms and is quite quiet but you still get listenable volume on full volume on iphone with flare audio r2a

in short ohms are not everything. but it might mean that you probably get more and better bass with higher impedance amp with ve monks.

 

[asymcon]

I would prefer much higher impedance, if physically possible, even 600 Ohm. At 32Ohm, they will be underdamped in most of my gear, unless I made myself a voltage divider, which however well designed, will affect crosstalk by good 6dB

 

[golov17]

I would prefer much higher impedance, if physically possible, even 600 Ohm. At 32Ohm, they will be underdamped in most of my gear, unless I made myself a voltage divider, which however well designed, will affect crosstalk by good 6dB

this?

 

[asymcon]

this?

No, I don't mean to invest extra $100 just to get 320Ohm earbuds. I'm perfectly happy with all my headphones. Ordered Monks just for testing, but I only said I'd prefer them in higher impedance, but for the same price, if possible.
Also voltage divider is easily made around $2. There are zero benefits for me to shell out this money for Zen.
 
I don't mean this any bad, I still admire Lee what he has achieved for such price.
 
I originally wanted to contact him, whether he'd take custom order for higher impedance. Technically it's not more challenging to manufacture, not by much at least. You'll just need thinner wire for coils (I'm guessing 0.012mm) approximately 4 times the original length. Coil mass would stay the same.
 
But seeing how much trouble would that be, I let it slide and think of a solution myself.
Apart from Fiio X3II all my devices are above 15Ohm in output impedance, which put only 1/2 damping factor on Monks. What's more, TLE2062, low-power op amp in Objective2 handles such impedances with much higher distortion factor (THD+N).
Let's just say I never thought of getting headphones with this kind of impedance.