MacedonianHero – please try Casea Lyra solid amp with T1. You will be shocked how perfectly they sound with this solid amp. The producer can optimalize this amp perfectly for low impedance models, but perfectly for high impedance one. HD 800 with this amp sounds beautifully. The price for this amp is very good and quality to price ratio is excellent. This is not „brutal high end“, but perfect quality in range of very acceptable human price tag.
Beagle – this is only „gross“ information. In the plan is to extend with open and closed version, but when, it is question for future, it could be to next IFA (orders before Christmass), but it could be one year letter etc. Beyer now produces T1, because a lot of people are very interested on this model, they has a lot of offers so customers are waiting a lot. But when you want speculate on waiting for open or closed version, there is the risk that the pre-order and „real“ order can take couple of weeks or two-three mounts when you obtain model to hands, same as for T1, and especially for HD 800. So it is more strategical to purchase „actual“ T1, and when you will find very strong arguments to have open or closed version, then you can buy another one, or sell T1 and purchase „more optimal“ model. You can have excellent pleasure or experience with actual T1 and you not need wait several mounts, you can have fun now.
The price, I think, something near T1, you can not expect that closed version will cost 500 dolars, this is unreal but same is for price tag like 1,500 dolars. I think, something near T1.
Skylab – your strategy is actually optimal. When you like T1, you can listen them to the moment when open or closed will release. If it happens, you can do decisions and you know right information what you obtain, you know sound characteristics of actual T1. Naturally, there will be some differenes, it is rational, but not „dramatical“.
I think, the list of head-fi friends who know or like you, your comments, they will be very interested to have skylab’s souvenir, loved model, so here is good exclusiveness ...
I own T1 but I forget to pay them, I obtained my free of payment directly from producers company …
So I have no chance for exclusiveness as you.
The Monkey – The cables. As I said many times, there is used the cable which is only to the some ratio of complete price of headphones, at about 15 percents. This is true for most (or all) high end and super high end models. When headphones costs 240 euro, then 15 percents is 36 euro. When headphones costs 890 euro then it is 133,5 euro for cable. The cable for premium models is (in general) same as for DT 770. Because Beyer apply hardwired form, there the recabling is different as for Sennheiser models. Because the price tag for T1 opened much bigger space for higher cable quality, and service or support centers for Beyer are allowed do recabling, Beyer only made rational decision for owners of premium series to do cable upgrade with REGULAR Beyer cable, applied in model from higher class. Simply said, rational decision, and naturally, you can obtain classical 6.3 mm jack or balanced XLR version.
The problem with stock cable for T1 is very different aspect. The price ratio of cable for T1 to price of complete DT 770 is “very strong”, so the customer accepts that there the cable costs at about half of headphones. In this aspect, the cable from T1 is relatively accurate for premium models. But the same regular situation is for super high ends, T1 model, so there you need, for very serious application, apply cable from higher level (class), where the price ration is “terrible”, at about 50 or more percents. When you want apply very serious high end amps, or serious balanced connection, recabling is necessary for you for T1, same as for premium models. That’s all.
