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New Head-Fier
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I think this headphone will make its owner looks funny when wearing it.
I'd say most negative comments were aimed at their looks.
They fried my brain in the 4-5 seconds I used them at RMAF. I couldn't get them off fast enough.
They that bad?
So, the concensus is that they won't be abyssmal...?
Nope there price mainly and the fact that modern orthos have design issues of there own if any company are striving to achieve an ortho to sound close to a stat. That said, me think's it is pretty ballsy for this company to come up with an ortho at an introductory price of $5k and I know "not from listening to it" or anything that it isn't going to be remotely close to any of the TOTL Stax let alone the 009's. Sure it could be a good sidegrade with a different type of sound sig and tonality but the thing is and I was notified by radio_head that prices of 009 run along the lines of less than $4k in Japan. I don't know about anyone else here but I'd take that drop another 1.5k on a SRM-717 or modded 323S and call it a day as it will most likely 90% sound better than the Abyss and will be break even in cost.
My 2c.
Oh yeah I forgot, at least the 009's somehow look decent and not some type of bear trap looking torture device on your head.
Spoken like a true fanboy, i didn't hear them, but i ''KNOW'' they're not ''remotely'' as good as Stax.
Here's the way i see things, its a simple concept, if i see, X headphones, i'll comment on how they look. If i touch, X headphones, i'll comment on how they're built. If i HEAR, X headphones, i'll comment on how they sound.
Spoken like a true fanboy, i didn't hear them, but i ''KNOW'' they're not ''remotely'' as good as Stax.
Here's the way i see things, its a simple concept, if i see, X headphones, i'll comment on how they look. If i touch, X headphones, i'll comment on how they're built. If i HEAR, X headphones, i'll comment on how they sound.
Most impressions I've read from around the time of RMAF have been more or less "good but not $5k good." Usual meet caveats apply: noisy environment, unfamiliar tracks, short audition. Also JPS seemed intent on running these from a fairly mediocre setup until The Cable Co. display at the NY Audio Show.
I suspect the Abyss will be "good but not $5k good."