[Beolab]

Diana will be available in September. Abyss dealers are taking preorders and reserving colors.

Thousands of hours in design before the first prototype was assembled, and another year of refinement to get to this point. In the end, she's worth it!

Great work Joe!!

Skip the paint on one of the edition's, and just clear coat them, and then add dark grey-black alcantara for the ear-pads and the inner headband would look very cool.

 

[mulder01]

Diana will be available in September. Abyss dealers are taking preorders and reserving colors.

Had a quick look at a few dealers and it doesn't look like anyone is taking pre orders yet?

 

[ithilienrp]

Have to start making up my mind between the colors. Also have to make more money.

 

[kadamian]

So...could Diana be driven by iPhone?

 

[Joe Skubinski]

iPhone does not have enough output. She really requires a portable player that can play with decent power levels, say 250 mW+, or a headphone amp.

 

[Beagle]

iPhone does not have enough output. She really requires a portable player that can play with decent power levels, say 250 mW+, or a headphone amp.

Considering they are portable-friendly, do they leak a lot of sound? Can they be used in office environments?

 

[Beagle]

Considering they are portable-friendly, do they leak a lot of sound? Can they be used in office environments?

Never mind. According to this article, " they leak sound profusely". I'm out.

 

[mulder01]

Those guys did not like it at all... I suppose no open headphone is suited to being truly portable though

 

[Joe Skubinski]

Are they Made in America and well built? Do they sound like an Abyss?

 

[Joe Skubinski]

Never mind, I found what I was looking for..
Abyss Diana CanJam NYC 2017 Best of Show Award winner...

 

[Zojokkeli]

iPhone does not have enough output. She really requires a portable player that can play with decent power levels, say 250 mW+, or a headphone amp.

Would Chord Mojo be enough?

 

[Beagle]

Never mind, I found what I was looking for..
Abyss Diana CanJam NYC 2017 Best of Show Award winner...

So they do leak profusely. For a portable option, not good.

 

[Joe Skubinski]

Would Chord Mojo be enough?

Mojo would be good for most music so long as you're not looking to play EDM or in a loud environment. In a home setting she plays well out of a Macbook pro.

 

[mulder01]

Are they Made in America and well built? Do they sound like an Abyss?

Hey I'm pretty keen to hear it! - I think people who are reading about this for the first time might think that "portable" automatically means closed.

I think that guy was a tool for writing a review on a high end audio product but ignores the sound. What a waste of time.

The things that people complained about with the Abyss 1266 were: high price, heavy and weird looking. These are (I'm hoping) similar sounding to the abyss, but: cheaper, lighter, and more "normal" looking. Seems like it addresses everything that people didn't like about the 1266 so I'm surprised there's not more interest. Maybe there will be more when they get out there on the market.

Is the release still on track for September?

 

[Beagle]

Hey I'm pretty keen to hear it! - I think people who are reading about this for the first time might think that "portable" automatically means closed.

I think that guy was a tool for writing a review on a high end audio product but ignores the sound. What a waste of time.

The things that people complained about with the Abyss 1266 were: high price, heavy and weird looking. These are (I'm hoping) similar sounding to the abyss, but: cheaper, lighter, and more "normal" looking. Seems like it addresses everything that people didn't like about the 1266 so I'm surprised there's not more interest. Maybe there will be more when they get out there on the market.

Perhaps he felt that the looks, comfort, leaky sound and weight had already made it a fail for the $3000 asking price, so sound was now irrelevant. It's not, but I understand why he basically gave up on them.

On the low level of apparent interest, $3000 is a lot of money for something that looks rather insubstantial. Can a pair of drivers really be worth $2975? Might be more interest if it was $500...if it's target is the portable crowd.