paul2qute
Headphoneus Supremus
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Why isn't houses all around the world filled with electrostatic speakers in their lounge instead of dynamic speakers?
Houses aren't filled around the world with either.Why isn't houses all around the world filled with electrostatic speakers in their lounge instead of dynamic speakers?
Why isn't houses all around the world filled with electrostatic speakers in their lounge instead of dynamic speakers?
That is a good point... how is the price-performance ratio of 009/BHSE compared to Utopia?
Because when weight, amping, (and cost) isn't an issue, dynamic speakers are more flexible (in term of amping and connectivity and convenience), and have better dynamics, and have better high frequency extension than electrostatics.
Headphones aren't really conducive for multi-driver use due to size, lobing, and sensitivity so the advantages of dynamics over electrostatic drivers aren't really that apparent in headphones.
Sure, if you could build a 2-way or 3-way concentric dynamic driver headphone with vapor deposited diamond drivers and an amp that could drive the thing, and somehow not make the thing excessively heavy or have lobing issues, it would blow away any electrostatic you could build.
How long do you think the Utopia would be in production before another version comes out? I would think at least a few more years. From all the reviews out there it seems leaps and bounds ahead of other dynamic headphones that it will take something really special to surpass it. I guess they are safely king of the hill for a while.
For those that have had or tried the HD800S is it true that the Utopia makes it sound veiled in comparison? That would be really amazing.
It was the stax srm 007 driving the 007 headphones not the blue Hawaii, I listened to the blue Hawaii with the 009 which sounded superb on certain music but I didn't feel it scaled like the focal utopia and the bass was very weak to my ears, I've read since that the stax srm 007 amp over loads on the tube side,it just couldn't drive the 007 headphones at all, should of kept the headphones and changed the amp looking back what I know now.I feel even with all that detail the stax headphones have,they feel emotionless at times and other times mind blowing,it's not consistentHouses aren't filled around the world with either.
For having owned Stax for most of your life, your comment about the BHSE and 007 being awful is suspect.
Perhaps your hyperbole was in haste. My cheek is in jest.
Hopefully this facetious..... I saved a while to buy my Utopias, now I am saving to buy the Dave. I am an hourly employee, so whenever I am stuck in traffic trying to get out of Manhattan on a Friday night I remind myself that every minute brings me closer to Dave. I've seen a few teenagers here in the forums with some really high end stuff that they probably didn't pay for with wages from summer jobs at Six Flags, but most people here work for a living and choose to put their spare cash into this (expensive) hobby that we all enjoy.
I've not heard any clipping at any volume I've used them and I've had them quite loud at timesHi all,
I have the Utopia, and although it sound fabulous, there's an issue I had and I'd like to know if it's an isolated one or not ...
The first pair of utopia I had had been returned, because there was some serious bass clipping at loud but listenable volume. I noticed it on Bjork's tune Notget; at around 2:00 there's some deep synthetic bass that made me feel the Utopia was blowing on my ears, it was clipping like crazy. I've several other headphones, and none of them is clipping at this sound level on that tune.
Short story long, the utopia was exchanged with a brand new one, put in burnin for 200 hrs, and the new one is also clipping at a relatively low volume. Appart from that, they sound great, but the bass start clipping at a volume level that I enjoy from time to time when going nuts on some tunes.
Am I that bummy to have received 2 defective Utopia, or is it a known limitation?
How interesting, I'll have to look that dac up and read the reviews when the product comes outHi doggiemon,
besides being like you (working also very hard, which does not allow meto often post comments),
I would like to draw you attention to the upcoming DAC from iFI, the iFI iDSD Pro (not to be confused with the iDSD micro, nano, and iCAN PRO). Hopefully it will be competing with the DAVE at a much lower price and should be a TOTL product (like the iCAN PRO headphone amp is). If it doesn't take too long to come up and it has super SQ, it could save you a lot of money compared to purchasing the DAVE.
May I ask you the type of music you usually listen to? I do not hear any clipping on say an accoustic jazz double bass ... but definitly on synthetized ones as on Bjork's tuneI've not heard any clipping at any volume I've used them and I've had them quite loud at times