DavidMahler
Headphoneus Supremus
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I am really interested in seeing if we at head-fi can put together an approximation of when flagship headphones were debuted.
It will be interesting for a number of reasons:
I wonder if there is trend in what designers were shooting for a specific times. It would also be interesting to see how amp builders reacted to new flagships and make a timeline of flagship amps as well.
I guess first step is to compile a list of all the known serious flagships in the industry.
I will begin by naming a bunch here, but feel free to add and then we can start compiling release date information and also revision date information.
Sony flagships:
MDR R10
Qualia 010
SA5000
CD3000
Sennheiser flagships:
HE-90 Orpheus
HE-60
HD-800
HD-650
HD-600
HD-580
Beyerdynamic:
DT48e
T1
DT880
DT990
AKG:
K1000
K501
K701
Sextet
Stax:
Lambda
Omega 2
Omega 1
4070
Grado:
HP-2
PS1000
GS1000
RS1
Audez'e:
LCD-2
Ultrasone:
Edition 9
Edition 8
Edition 7
Edition 10
Ultimate Ears:
UE10
UE11
UE18
Hifiman:
HE-5
HE-5LE
HE-6
Jerry Harvey:
JH13
JH16
Denon:
D7000
D5000
D950
I probably left out many.... but any release date or revision on the ones listed above would be great!
It will be interesting for a number of reasons:
I wonder if there is trend in what designers were shooting for a specific times. It would also be interesting to see how amp builders reacted to new flagships and make a timeline of flagship amps as well.
I guess first step is to compile a list of all the known serious flagships in the industry.
I will begin by naming a bunch here, but feel free to add and then we can start compiling release date information and also revision date information.
Sony flagships:
MDR R10
Qualia 010
SA5000
CD3000
Sennheiser flagships:
HE-90 Orpheus
HE-60
HD-800
HD-650
HD-600
HD-580
Beyerdynamic:
DT48e
T1
DT880
DT990
AKG:
K1000
K501
K701
Sextet
Stax:
Lambda
Omega 2
Omega 1
4070
Grado:
HP-2
PS1000
GS1000
RS1
Audez'e:
LCD-2
Ultrasone:
Edition 9
Edition 8
Edition 7
Edition 10
Ultimate Ears:
UE10
UE11
UE18
Hifiman:
HE-5
HE-5LE
HE-6
Jerry Harvey:
JH13
JH16
Denon:
D7000
D5000
D950
I probably left out many.... but any release date or revision on the ones listed above would be great!