[rovex]

Surely Philips intended to release these during the holiday period?  There must be some sort of production delay.
 
My excitement is dwindling.

 

[Anathallo]

I think people are focused more on the new Shure and Sennheiser offerings, thread seems to be dying a sloooow death.

 

[khaos974]

Review in French at: http://www.lesnumeriques.com/casque-audio/philips-fidelio-l1-p12356/test.html
 
Frequency response:
 

 

[Sakharov]

I was about to post it =)
 
These are quite sexy.
I'm looking foward to read some reviews done by more specialized sites.

 

[LizardKing1]

Quote:

Review in French at: http://www.lesnumeriques.com/casque-audio/philips-fidelio-l1-p12356/test.html
 
Frequency response:
 

Wait what? The other posted graph had a peak in the 2kHz~3kHz region, this one has it at about 7kHz. Also the bass response seems different, but that might just be me. Different dummies give out different results I suppose

 

[stv014]

Wait what? The other posted graph had a peak in the 2kHz~3kHz region, this one has it at about 7kHz. Also the bass response seems different, but that might just be me. Different dummies give out different results I suppose

This is an equalized graph, while the previous one is raw. Without equalization, the frequency response includes the ear canal resonance, which adds a large peak at about 3.5 kHz.

 

[LizardKing1]

Quote:

This is an equalized graph, while the previous one is raw. Without equalization, the frequency response includes the ear canal resonance, which adds a large peak at about 3.5 kHz.

This is still highly colored. Kind of reminds me of a Grado's FR graph with much less bass roll-off.

 

[RPGWiZaRD]

Yea that peak still looks a bit worrisome, luckily it's close to 8kHz and many people got access to a EQ that has 8kHz band, would probably reduce it by around 5dB at 8kHz and it should probably sound very balanced.

 

[MayaTlab]

No, the measured peak shouldn't in itself be worrisome at all, as one can only compare graphs from the same source, and here is their HD650's graph :
 

 
As you can see it has a very similar peak at the same place. So their measurement system gives different results than others - which is fine, none of them should be used as absolute measurements, only relative. And as the HD650 certainly doesn't have boosted trebles at all, I suppose the peak seen in the L1's graph, in itself, shouldn't be a worry. It doesn't mean that it won't sound harsh somehow, but it means one cannot infer so much out of a graph.

 

[RPGWiZaRD]

Yea I should have checked out the other graphs too for comparision's sake, these look like they might be very neutral sounding cans for a good price (and easy driven).

 

[marlonmarabe]

Disregard the graph guys. I just bought the L1 in HK on one of my recent trips. The sound is good although i bought it at a little more than msrp for 2899 from HMV tsim sha sui branch. Sound is very good. Smooth from highs to lows. Will burn in and post some more impressions. Pics to follow

 

[JamesMcProgger]

Quote:

Disregard the graph guys. I just bought the L1 in HK on one of my recent trips. The sound is good although i bought it at a little more than msrp for 2899 from HMV tsim sha sui branch. Sound is very good. Smooth from highs to lows. Will burn in and post some more impressions. Pics to follow

 

[pinoyman]

thank you sir.

 

[rovex]

Seems odd to me only a select few stores have the l1's for sell.

 

[Ultrazino]

 

Philips and headphones?
 
Quote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZS_VlJCDuI

 
Approved!