doublea71
Headphoneus Supremus
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Did LH Labs have any sort of Geek Wave prototype with them? Was anybody able to speak with Gavin and/or Casey? Curious backer here.
I was surprised at the amount of bass coming from the AKG K7XX - *significantly* more than from the old K701.
Yeah same here. I still don't know what to buy for less than $400 pair of headphones.
Yeah same here. I still don't know what to buy for less than $400 pair of headphones.
Yeah same here. I still don't know what to buy for less than $400 pair of headphones.
I didn't hear them in close enough proximity to really compare, but it should be said that even with the show discount, the A12 is quite a bit less expensive than Layla. I really thought the 1964 Ears were delightfully musical, across the board. There was just something very involving about their sound sig.
The JH IEMs were just crazy impressive and honestly, I didn't listen as critically because there's a limit to how much money even I want to throw at a pair of IEMs at this point. I'm going to try to get a better comparative impression of the two today, if I have time.
There really was only one headphone under $400 that caught my attention immediately and that was the Oppo PM-3. I already own the K7XX and those are just very hard to beat at $200.
Am I the only one that though the EL-8 sounded really bad? The open version was ok but at $700 there is no way. At the Hifiman table there were a pair of headphones labeled HE-500i @ $499 but I am not sure if that was a typo and it was supposed to say HE-400i. Anywho those sounded a lot better than the EL-8.
Also don't get the Ether hype. While they did sound good and were quite neutral I just can't see myself paying $1500 for them.
My favorite semi high-end setup of the show was the Enigma amp with the HD800. The sound those two made was so damn good.
The Nighthawk with Woo amps I found to be quite mediocre.
Is there a separate thread for pics?? Or will they get posted here???
Spent some quality time with both the 1964's and the Layla's and as many know I own the K10's.
Will have to say that I love the K10's best, then the 1964 A12's and then the Layla's.
If I was looking for neutral/reference voicing, then I'd go A10's, then Layla's.
Was really impressed with what they've done at 1964.
LH Labs guys went to the event, didn't they? I guess I have read they would bring the Geek Pulse Xfinite and some other stuff.
I have not read a single post about the Pulse DAC.