[vnmslsrbms]

That's not their new closed back reference?

 

[raybone0566]

I still have faith sennheiser has something else more affordable up their sleeve. I've got the whole hd series & would like to see an hd800 successor. How many of those Orpheus's can they sell? Couple hundred maybe?

 

[HiFiChris]

The 2nd gen Orpheus will be something like the Bugatti Veyron when it came out - a statement of the VAG that they are are able to create an expensive 1001 hp monster street car. A prestige product to show what engineering can do when price limits are barely present.

What I want to see is a planar magnetic or electrostatic HD 800 successor and an open-back HD 600 successor.

 

[purk]

The 2nd gen Orpheus will be something like the Bugatti Veyron when it came out - a statement of the VAG that they are are able to create an expensive 1001 hp monster street car. A prestige product to show what engineering can do when price limits are barely present.

What I want to see is a planar magnetic r electrostatic HD 800 successor and an open-back HD 600 successor.

Why would you want a planar magnetic from Senn?  I rather see them put more refinement into their dynamic drivers.  The HEK1000 struggles as is to pull away from the Sennheiser HD800 when the 800 is properly amped.

 

[HiFiChris]

 

The 2nd gen Orpheus will be something like the Bugatti Veyron when it came out - a statement of the VAG that they are are able to create an expensive 1001 hp monster street car. A prestige product to show what engineering can do when price limits are barely present.

What I want to see is a planar magnetic or electrostatic HD 800 successor and an open-back HD 600 successor.

Why would you want a planar magnetic from Senn?  I rather see them put more refinement into their dynamic drivers.  The HEK1000 struggles as is to pull away from the Sennheiser HD800 when the 800 is properly amped.

I see it as a market niche - Sennheiser's developers have made dynamic and electrostatic headphones in the past, but "nothing in between", though they said that they have planar prototypes in their test labs.
On the other hand, it is just incredible what they have made with the HD 800, although it is "just" a dynamic headphone. What they have created is really top-notch and I think it will be hard for them to beat it with a "kind-of" planar successor.

 

[HugoFreire]

Some sharper pictures here: http://www.itmedia.co.jp/lifestyle/articles/1510/08/news158.html

 

[Nomax]

That's not their new closed back reference?

Yes it is

Regards Nomax

 

[Rhamnetin]

  Some sharper pictures here: http://www.itmedia.co.jp/lifestyle/articles/1510/08/news158.html

 
That's such a nice looking headphone.

 

[Beolab]

Nice to hear first impressions of the Orpheus 2

 

[420204]

Yes it is

Regards Nomax

 
Nomax knows it all.

 

[jibzilla]

  Why would you want a planar magnetic from Senn?  I rather see them put more refinement into their dynamic drivers.  The HEK1000 struggles as is to pull away from the Sennheiser HD800 when the 800 is properly amped.

 
Considering there is the Teton and Pinnacle for the hd800 I don't think the he1k can pull away at all. Only hope I see for the he1k amp wise is the allnic amps.

 

[Rhamnetin]

   
Considering there is the Teton and Pinnacle for the hd800 I don't think the he1k can pull away at all. Only hope I see for the he1k amp wise is the allnic amps.

 
How about the Pinnacle with the HE1000?

 

[jibzilla]

   
How about the Pinnacle with the HE1000?

I don't know. I have not heard the Pinnacle. It could be awesome but it seems like the few Pinnacle owners I can find and talk to feel it synergizes with the hd800.

 

[willyvlyminck]

The 2nd gen Orpheus will be something like the Bugatti Veyron when it came out - a statement of the VAG that they are are able to create an expensive 1001 hp monster street car. A prestige product to show what engineering can do when price limits are barely present.

What I want to see is a planar magnetic or electrostatic HD 800 successor and an open-back HD 600 successor.

I want to see a follow up for the IE800 but going back to the IE80 design

 

[HiFiChris]

 

The 2nd gen Orpheus will be something like the Bugatti Veyron when it came out - a statement of the VAG that they are are able to create an expensive 1001 hp monster street car. A prestige product to show what engineering can do when price limits are barely present.

What I want to see is a planar magnetic or electrostatic HD 800 successor and an open-back HD 600 successor.

I want to see a follow up for the IE800 but going back to the IE80 design

I wouldn't be much surprised to see an IE 800 successor in the near future of not more than 1 year (probably next year's CES?), as reaction to Beyerdynamic's/A&K's dynamic UIEM.