Kennerton ODIN, MAGISTER, VALI, Magni, Gjallarhorn, Rögnir, Thridi, Wodan, Thekk, and Thror Discussion.
Dec 13, 2019 at 9:14 PM Post #2,611 of 10,116
Thank you Milan for this scoop! :)

It is a planar headphones that takes up the cups and headband of the new Odin 2019, except that the (wooden) grids are now one with the cups of the same wood; very original and bold. :)

https://www.instagram.com/p/B6BeRb5I_LM/

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The coating of the pads (perforated) and the headband look like Alcantara or more probably suede (overturned leather).

The drivers are either those of the new Odin 2019 (i. e. also those of the Odin Thridi) or those of the Thekk.

I would bet more for the drivers of the new Odin: a Custom version of the Odin, more comfortable (and original) than the new Odin 2019?

I thought I was done buying headphones, but I need to start saving up. These are amazing looking! Even the picture looks soft. :o2smile:
 
Dec 14, 2019 at 4:03 AM Post #2,612 of 10,116
I thought I was done buying headphones, but I need to start saving up. These are amazing looking! Even the picture looks soft. :o2smile:

It is more than amazing! :)

It did not go unnoticed on Facebook! :beyersmile:

https://fr-fr.facebook.com/KennertonAudioEquipment/

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Dec 16, 2019 at 3:48 AM Post #2,613 of 10,116
Hi lovely people.) Today I want to tell a little about the new headband Vali 2019. At first, I was skeptical about this, because in my opinion, without the old headband, a piece of the brutality of the previous headphones disappeared. But after a while I can say for sure that it is even better than the old one in terms of comfort and usability. The weight of the headphones is now evenly distributed and you can sit in them for hours without fatigue. So if someone else is thinking about buying-take the MKII.
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Dec 19, 2019 at 7:25 AM Post #2,615 of 10,116
Hi all.

VIIIth St. Petersburg international cultural forum (November 2019).

A dream headphones!

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A trilogy of headphones of the highest level of listening and technology!

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But the most beautiful headphones on this picture, is not necessarily the best, especially if the outsider is associated with the same Kennerton custom cable used on this most beautiful headphones! :beyersmile::)

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The amp is original, but you all know that we can find even better ...
 
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Dec 19, 2019 at 1:48 PM Post #2,616 of 10,116
Hi again.

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" But the most beautiful headphones in this picture, is not necessarily the best, especially if the outsider is associated with the same Kennerton custom cable used on the most beautiful headphones! "

I'm about to think that more and more.

The Kennerton Thekk headphones combined with the Kennerton Custom Cable (and not the Vectura C cable, by comparison) are imho better than the Thror on a lot of audio criteria because they improve some of the weak points of the Thror, while keeping its main qualities:
Better dynamics and bass presence (in SPL), with more impact.
Legibility, bass texture and extension in the sub-basses preserved.
Mids less emphasized, better balanced with the other registers (bass and treble).
Very good definition on all registers, at the same level as the Thror.
Better timbres on voices and instruments, which appear even more balanced, fuller, especially for strings, but also male and female voices.

Thekk is the best I've found to listen to Debussy or Schumann on the piano; to listen to a French opera (Carmen); to listen to the mixed voices of the female trio L.E.J accompanied by a cello (acoustic and electric); to listen to the voice of the folk singer Nolwenn Leroy and her accompanying guitar in the album Folk; to listen with accuracy to the folk guitar of Paco De Lucia and his famous "Entre Dos Aguas"; and last but not least to listen again, with the greatest pleasure, without any frustration, to Hans Zimmer's Live in Prague (on the LPCM track of the blu-ray, which is for me more authentic than the dolby Atmos track for the timbres of musical instruments).
The Thekk allows you to listen to this live concert at a good SPL sound level, without hearing fatigue, and especially this track, which with a lot of speakers (and surely, some headphones) can quickly turn into a sound porridge and/or with an unpleasant sound.



There, nothing of all that: the drums and percussions are at the same time dynamic, well present for the SPL level of the bass, with enough impact and readability (to follow the melodic line); the strings are there and sound "just right"; the sub-basses of the synth and the drums (bass drum) are also well present and readable, participating a lot to the atmosphere of the live concert ; the voices are present and readable and "true" (whether it is the voice of Hans Zimmer in his pitch, or the voice of the singers...): in fact everything is very legible over the entire sound spectrum, with preservation of details, respect of dynamics, and above all preservation of timbres, which is more than appreciable! :)
 
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Dec 20, 2019 at 1:41 AM Post #2,621 of 10,116
Soundstage is a bit smaller then d7200 and dx 1000 but not much. Dont mind it much but I would say like all closed headphones it got a room where with open headphones its just air. Not necessarily a negative for music its mostly gaming and movies with big open vistas The room should not be there :)
 
Dec 21, 2019 at 4:16 PM Post #2,624 of 10,116
Hi all.

I've just made a new comparison of the Thror headphones + Vectura C cable versus the Thekk headphones + Custom cable from Kennerton, on the Viva 2A3 amp, this time on the well known JS Bach Cello Suites : Bach Cello Suites by Jean Guihen Queyras - CD recording Harmondia mundi - Diapason d'Or award.

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I listened to this track on the CD, on both headphones (which you can hear on the YouTube video below).



The listening differences between the two headphones are obvious.

The Thror gives a fairly clear, precise, slightly soft, well-spacialized cello sound, with an emphasis on the sound of the strings.

The Thekk gives imho a more realistic rendition of the cello, with a good balance between the sound of the sounding board (body sound) (giving body to the instrument) (nb: the body sound is a bit absent with the Thror) and the strings sound, which sound with more matter and density than the Thror, and also with more grain (nb: the strings sound is more smooth (slick) with the Thror).
The Thekk is therefore more precise (the grain of the strings is better highlighted) and more natural than the Thror (with a better perception of the sound of the sounding board giving body to the instrument).
The Thekk is therefore more faithful (compared to the Thror) for the cello's restitution; it therefore deserves its qualification of Pro compared to the Thror! :)
 
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