[musicman59]

  I was walking down to our credit union to get the funds to send to TTVJ Audio to order the Dharma and then it hit me so I sat back down at my desk and wrote down what I spent already this year plus what orders were still outstanding and I just couldn't finish the order for the Dharma.  This hobby is truly an addiction.  

 

Yes Steve, this hobby is crazy. This year has been expensive for me too... 
And still want a new electrostatic amp to upgrade form my Stax SRM-727II and either the Ether-C or the Dharma....

 

[musicman59]

  I think everyone should do this!!
 
It is quite eye-opening to see how the costs add up in this hobby.

I did that and then burn the paper so my wife would not see it! 

 

[Beagle]

My headphones are all over the friggin' house. My wife asked me "It's OK, it's your hobby...but may I ask why you have so many headphones?"
 
And I replied "Same reason guitarists like Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck have so many guitars........different sounds".
 
And it works much better than replying with "Why do you have so many shoes??" Believe me.
 
(You can insert that one into the multiple-headphone owner's manual)

 

 

[Stillhart]

  I think everyone should do this!!
 
It is quite eye-opening to see how the costs add up in this hobby.

 
I did this yesterday and realized how much money I had tied up in gear that I've been meaning to sell... and now I'm selling it.
 
In on-topic news, Questyle will have the production Dharma (I believe) at RMAF in two weeks.  I'm looking forward to checking them out again!

 

[Hansotek]

 
In on-topic news, Questyle will have the production Dharma (I believe) at RMAF in two weeks.  I'm looking forward to checking them out again!

 
Fantastic! Looking forward to trying these again. 

 

[achristilaw]

The Dharma has its charm-a's.... I just hope it can fit Mr. Big Head (me). The trend lately is making more of a compact phone for the traveler, piffle if you ask me.

 

[NightDayAudio]

they have arrived.....
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[achristilaw]

I'm salivating all over myself.... great pics! Todd (TTVJ) got his demo today also and was marveling at the lack of discontinuity at the crossover point. It's high enough that air and space is it's main concern. I want!! 

 

[Stillhart]

Nice pics!  I'm glad they took the white writing off the outer grill.  I was not into that...

 

[Oregonian]

How about a pic on someone's head?  Like the looks..................

 

[conquerator2]

I liked the white writing. But they're still beautiful :3

 

[istirsin]

  they have arrived.....
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Sorry to inform you, but I think you got fakes.
 
 
 

 
This is the older version.



This is the REAL updated version.

 

[conquerator2]

Yes, they do look similar but There're some major differences on the outside and major differences on the inside.
And X2 > L2

 

[istirsin]

Yes, they do look similar but There're some major differences on the outside and major differences on the inside.
And X2 > L2

Convincing myself that I already have the Dharma saves me major cash.

Also X2 > L2 in everything except looks.

 

[NightDayAudio]

brief thoughts in stream of consciousness:
 
tolerances are much tighter...  fit and finish very good....  
 
I normally prefer absolute stealth and plain look...  but i really like the 'ENIGMAcoustics' embossed into the leather on the top of the headband... and I also like the toned down barely there nature of the branding on the earcups... it's still there in the right light and angle...  just not screaming at you like before....  very classy...  
 
tightness and clamp around my enormous fat melon is better distributed and consistent...  the suspension strap seems adjusted better and it just naturally lays better and allows the headphone to go on and sit in place easier and better...  difference between soft tooling one off style construction versus hard tooled full production?  who knows..  i like it no matter what is the root cause..
 
most important thing....  they sound even better!!!!  biggest thing noticed is better driver integration.... I can still find the crossover point, but it is definitely more seamless than the most recent production sample...  I was able to directly compare with the sample model because I still have it here (thanks to in an instant finding out the hard way that the human brain is not intended to have foreign matters growing in it... and definitely not intended for said matters to burst and bleed all over its tissues.... not a fun couple weeks recovering, but at least I'm not taking a permanent dirt nap and thankful it wasn't worse that it was).... so didn't have to rely on aural memory to "compare"... got to do direct back to back comparison to confirm I wasn't imagining things...
 
this is a very, very compelling product at its price point....