[technobear]

They could take a leaf out of Audio-Technica's book and ship all three cables in the box.

My new ATH-MSR7 comes with:

1.2m remote

1.2m no remote

3m no remote

Impressed I am :happy_face1:

 

[scizzro]

They could take a leaf out of Audio-Technica's book and ship all three cables in the box.

My new ATH-MSR7 comes with:

1.2m remote

1.2m no remote

3m no remote

Impressed I am

Those cables are also factored into the MSRP. The EL-8, at $699, includes a single cable. It's up to the user to buy any additional cables they want. I prefer it that way because I don't want to pay for cables that I will never use.

 

[ImmaLizard]

Should offer it with no cable to cut down on MSRP. 

 
I would consider a headphone of this price would include at least two cables.

 

[Linchpin]

  Should offer it with no cable to cut down on MSRP. 

 
I would consider a headphone of this price would include at least two cables.

 
Most likely get to markup the cables by a whole bunch more when selling them separate.

 

[NZtechfreak]

Most likely get to markup the cables by a whole bunch more when selling them separate.

One of the advantages, to the vendor, of proprietary cables.

 

[mangler]

X2.  Very good news!

X3 for me! It may be silly, but such a short cable was a big downside for me. Thank you Audeze for listening and responding

 

[Stealer]

Is the EL8 officially launch yet?
Don't remember reading any date...
Maybe I had missed it?

 

[MrGoat]

Is the EL8 officially launch yet?
Don't remember reading any date...
Maybe I had missed it?

It was originally Feburary, but now it says the end of march according to Audeze's website.

 

[baritone]

 
It was originally Feburary, but now it says the end of march according to Audeze's website.

 
according to Audeze customer service my preorder will be shipped by the begining  of march (hope sooooooooooo  )  

 

[lamode]

  We just wanted to confirm the change in specification for the EL-8 cable. The cables shipping with the headphones will be 2m (~6.5 ft)

 
Thanks for the update. I think it's a good decision.

 

[Jazic]

  Mike, if you have time could you let us know what you think between the XC and the EL-8. I know what you have right now is the open version but I am on the verge of pressing the buy button on the closed EL, but am being very very hesitant because I do not want to pass up a possible much better sound from the XC if that is the case.
 
Thank you very very very much.

 
I'm not Mike but I also have the XC and to be honest it's the end game HP for me. I've had the HD800, TH600, heard the TH900, LCD-2, LCD-X and many others and I can honestly say the XC is the sound I was hoping. It is my reference HP and I've started EQing other HPs to sound similar to them to remove the upper-bass and lower-mid muddiness that tends to plague most headphones.
 
That said, I have a very good feeling they (EL-8 closed) will be tuned similarly to the XC and will sound incredible. If you look at Audeze's past you can always walk away knowing that even if you didn't particularly care for the sound they sounded amazing and it's a matter of finding one that you like the most not whether or not you like them to begin with. I can say that I'm personally not worried about the EL-8 being a bad headphone and disappointing.
 
If the closed EL-8 does manage to be cleaner and lighter sounding like the XC vs the X then I'd be more than happy. If they manage to maintain more of the Audeze house sound I'll be happy as well. 
 
Yes, Audeze will likely put out a revision relatively quickly but I don't see anyone having a problem with that when it comes down to it. If you're going to say they made a mistake by making their product better then maybe we need to reevaluate our hobby. To be honest even the LCD-2 both fazor and non-fazor have a very good resell value even still. 

 

[Audeze]

   
It really doesn't make any sense to review preproduction in detail. Could have saved yourself the hassle. 

Thank you, good point. Interesting first impressions but for the record the original EL-8 had a resonance that put some listeners off at CES. Some of these pre-production units had been distributed to dealers. The problem was addressed and the fix, an extra step in diaphragm production, has been applied to all production EL-8s. We're almost ready to supply dealers with production headphones which includes a head-band pressure adjustment. Regarding the cables... we're still not able to tell you what's coming, awaiting various approvals, will spill the beans as soon as possible. 
 
Thank you all for your avid interest, it means a lot to us. 
Audeze

 

[YtseJamer]

  Thank you, good point. Interesting first impressions but for the record the original EL-8 had a resonance that put some listeners off at CES. Some of these pre-production units had been distributed to dealers. The problem was addressed and the fix, an extra step in diaphragm production, has been applied to all production EL-8s. We're almost ready to supply dealers with production headphones which includes a head-band pressure adjustment. Regarding the cables... we're still not able to tell you what's coming, awaiting various approvals, will spill the beans as soon as possible. 
 
Thank you all for your avid interest, it means a lot to us. 
Audeze

 
Thanks for the update.
 
I hope that the EL-8 will be worth the hype 

 

[Wildcatsare1]

^x1M

 

[scott5526]

Now shipping starting wednesday!