MaloS
Headphoneus Supremus
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...that was the most painful unpacking experience ever. Opened the box, dug through paper, found another, open the other found a third one ?! In the third one was the actual case, which I could not quite get a grip on the cover of to make it open...go Audiocubes, stretch out the experience! (no complaints about actual shipping time, shipped on Monday received in USA on Friday).
Took the headphone out of the box - kinda heavy, but looks very dark and really impressive, my type of headphone look =] Finish - perfect, smooth, and the grain is all in one direction on both cups, wave with corners upwards, looks slick!
Cable even though was rolled up untangle in matter of seconds, great. Plugged into my Larocco, boot up the amp and the Micro DAC, time to have some fun.
First - untempered check for comfort. Inside the leather pads there is just enough space to fit my ears - no less, no more, and the leather firmly seals around my ear, sound isolation is just enough so that I don't have to hear anything outside my room anymore nor the noise of my computer. Excellent.
The weight of the headphone does not feel as much as it did in the hands, I guess it is distributed very well. Lack of full-size headband also yields less pressure on the top of the head, which so far is very pleasant, the only headphone that I have ever worn that matched the comfort was Stax SR-303/404, although the Stax headband feels differently.
And the sound? Well I'll have to do some comparisons later on or it will be hellishly biased, but out of the box it is awesome. I can attest to it sounding balanced and very intimate unlike anything else I have heard. Detail is astounding, the bass is deep and this is the first headphone I do not get a 'rubbery bass' sensation out of. And it does not sound closed at all to me, there is a sense of an open sound, or something of an own little word existing in these cups that is beautiful.
In short - glad I took the plunge, 5 minutes and no regrets. Cheers to all who have answered my plentiful questions regarding this headphone, all the replies fit perfectly together.
For some long overdue pics:
Took the headphone out of the box - kinda heavy, but looks very dark and really impressive, my type of headphone look =] Finish - perfect, smooth, and the grain is all in one direction on both cups, wave with corners upwards, looks slick!
Cable even though was rolled up untangle in matter of seconds, great. Plugged into my Larocco, boot up the amp and the Micro DAC, time to have some fun.
First - untempered check for comfort. Inside the leather pads there is just enough space to fit my ears - no less, no more, and the leather firmly seals around my ear, sound isolation is just enough so that I don't have to hear anything outside my room anymore nor the noise of my computer. Excellent.
The weight of the headphone does not feel as much as it did in the hands, I guess it is distributed very well. Lack of full-size headband also yields less pressure on the top of the head, which so far is very pleasant, the only headphone that I have ever worn that matched the comfort was Stax SR-303/404, although the Stax headband feels differently.
And the sound? Well I'll have to do some comparisons later on or it will be hellishly biased, but out of the box it is awesome. I can attest to it sounding balanced and very intimate unlike anything else I have heard. Detail is astounding, the bass is deep and this is the first headphone I do not get a 'rubbery bass' sensation out of. And it does not sound closed at all to me, there is a sense of an open sound, or something of an own little word existing in these cups that is beautiful.
In short - glad I took the plunge, 5 minutes and no regrets. Cheers to all who have answered my plentiful questions regarding this headphone, all the replies fit perfectly together.
For some long overdue pics: