Nrocket
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Went to NY headfi meet where Onkyo was exhibiting and they did not have any of the Japan Headphones. Quite disappointing.
Went to NY headfi meet where Onkyo was exhibiting and they did not have any of the Japan Headphones. Quite disappointing.
Went to NY headfi meet where Onkyo was exhibiting and they did not have any of the Japan Headphones. Quite disappointing.
It's because Gibson Innovations Ltd. owns the rights to sell Onkyo headphones in the US. So when Onkyo USA comes to a show to show off DAPs etc its technically a different company than the one importing their headphones. Spoke with them at RMAF and its a sore subject.
Guys, anyone has thoughts and impressions about Fidelio X1 vs. Onkyo A800 ? I have X1 and was wondering if A800 could be similar sounding and kind of "replacement" to X1 since X1 is discontinued quite some time.
It's written on the product page and also shown in the exploded view, you can see the multi-layer dome inset driver for A800, while H900M has a regular single membrane PET driver, also the driver impedance's and sensitivities are different A800 is 32ohm, 100dB sensitivity while H900M is 16 ohm, 105dB sensitivity.
I wish I could say. I do know that the drivers are made by the same company, but that means little ultimately. The A800 is an excellent headphone and I hope you get a chance to try it. Shame they fly under the radar here.
How do you think the A800 stacks up against the B&W P9?
Don't know what it looks like in the rest of the world, but these headphones are not available in Poland, no distribution at all. Could be because the previous Onkyo headphones didn't sell well around here due to non-existent marketing, known connector problems that Onkyo has failed to address (except in the Iron Maiden Ed-Ph0n3s version that have permanently attached cable, which Onkyo kept very quiet about anyway), obscenely expensive replacement cables with the same bad connectors etc. Shame, I'd love to try them as I own the ES-FC300 and really like them despite their flaws, and the Philips A5pro too.
Come to think of it, I'm not buying headphones for full retail price, period. Too easy to get good headphones in new or like new condition for half of retail price or less. But this also means I'm limited to headphones that have distribution here.