wppk
100+ Head-Fier
Hello
I am french, Living in Burgundy, and I ve been reading with great pleasure so many things on head fi ! I would like to share some experiences, and show you some rarities, that few of you must have heard of, and maybe none of you, for the LEM.
I have found two sets of headphones, one made in 1975, name of the brand : audiotec. it was french, and this society closed a few years after, victim of its own success. It made such good quality product, but in so low quantity, that it couldn't follow the orders of the buyers. this is quite confidential, but thos in france who know what this society made ( amps, loudspeakers, turntables and headphones) know that it is really the top, the real high end.
collector items, them, which are very hard to find. I found a pair of headphones, coming with its energiser, and bought it because seeing the annoucement of this set made me curious, and I decided to read about it ( unhappilly for you, it's all in french, but that what I can tell you about it. i fact, what was very surprising is that at the time these headphones were made, stax also made some, and it was probably the sr5, or the srx. ( I have a srx mkIII) and specialised sound magazines said , making a review of both stax and audiotec , that the audiotec were better. so, stax was furious and decided to stop making any adverts in theses magazines. but they bought one of the audiotec systems, and then, corrected things on theirs in order to get back to the first place. The magazines were saying, also, that the audiotec had much more bass than the stax.
When I received them, I was then very imaptient to compare them with my srx.
I received, then, two audiotec headphones, from the same vendor. one of them had an important imbalance, but the second one was perfectly balanced.
In fact, there was no more bass on the audiotec than on the stax. and they had a weakness compared to the stax. the enregiser was not to be plugged on electricity, just to the loudspeakers. Which I found odd, because I had seen the electronic scheme before buying, and there was eanelectric supply.... the result was that the level of the audiotec couls not reach the power of the stax. but still could be heard loud enough, even if one would have probably been pleased to have a reserve of power. the very good point, for the audiotec, was that I found the mids and highs much more detailed than in the stax. more pleasant, too, and understood that it was the point that made the magazines say that they were better. they were, indeed, but not on the total band. even laking a bit bass, compared to the stax.
They are old-looking, of course, but they are very pleasant to listen to.
I will leave photos as soon as I manage to find how to do it on head fi. I did it long ago for my sxr, but I will have to remember.
another antiquity/surprise came also. I found a very strange headphone set ( still electrostatic) the LEM er 903. what was very strange was that I couldn't find anything about it on the net, and still couldn't since then. ( I have told about those two set to spitzer, who very kindly answered to me that he had never seen the audiotec, but he didn't tell me about the Lem yet.
the lem has a very small energizer, that has has no electric supply neither. when I plugged it, I was quite desappointed, because LEM , in France ( I don't know elsewere) is a very well know microphone maker for the professionnal. theirs mics are still used in national radios, for instance. the sound of the headphones was rather flat, and seemed even quite poor, for an electrostatic. but could be put in front of some dynamic models, except for the power, whixh was not very important.
but It would be intersting to know if other persons hold this piece of history, and what they know about it.
on another point, I will leave pictures of my personnnal handcraft made tube amp. It was made by a french electronician, who since then became a friend of mine, and he made it to fit perfectly my sennheiser HD 800. as it is the only one in the world, and experimentally hand made, it does not look like a brand new amp from woo audio. Lol. But I love the sound it gives. It is very powerful, and I can plug also my akg k340 on it, which sings, then, even if the akg is much harder to drive.
if you are interested in having one, I can tell my friend. I couldn't compare this system to the dedicated sennheiser, 'cause I don't have it... but I find its sound amazing.
BTW, I am a sound engineer, producer, voice talent, for pro broadcasting, movies, tv, and so on. and I am passionated about sound.
also, just for the detail, I bought lately a baby orpheus with its hev 70, and a Stax srm T1, with a pro lambda signature. My friend is going to make an adaptor for the baby orpheus to be plugged on the stax amp. Then, as many of you say, probably I will then take the best of the baby O, which is very good already, with the hev 70.
all the best to all of you !
and please, sorry for my mistakes in writing. don't forget you're reading a froggy !
I am french, Living in Burgundy, and I ve been reading with great pleasure so many things on head fi ! I would like to share some experiences, and show you some rarities, that few of you must have heard of, and maybe none of you, for the LEM.
I have found two sets of headphones, one made in 1975, name of the brand : audiotec. it was french, and this society closed a few years after, victim of its own success. It made such good quality product, but in so low quantity, that it couldn't follow the orders of the buyers. this is quite confidential, but thos in france who know what this society made ( amps, loudspeakers, turntables and headphones) know that it is really the top, the real high end.
collector items, them, which are very hard to find. I found a pair of headphones, coming with its energiser, and bought it because seeing the annoucement of this set made me curious, and I decided to read about it ( unhappilly for you, it's all in french, but that what I can tell you about it. i fact, what was very surprising is that at the time these headphones were made, stax also made some, and it was probably the sr5, or the srx. ( I have a srx mkIII) and specialised sound magazines said , making a review of both stax and audiotec , that the audiotec were better. so, stax was furious and decided to stop making any adverts in theses magazines. but they bought one of the audiotec systems, and then, corrected things on theirs in order to get back to the first place. The magazines were saying, also, that the audiotec had much more bass than the stax.
When I received them, I was then very imaptient to compare them with my srx.
I received, then, two audiotec headphones, from the same vendor. one of them had an important imbalance, but the second one was perfectly balanced.
In fact, there was no more bass on the audiotec than on the stax. and they had a weakness compared to the stax. the enregiser was not to be plugged on electricity, just to the loudspeakers. Which I found odd, because I had seen the electronic scheme before buying, and there was eanelectric supply.... the result was that the level of the audiotec couls not reach the power of the stax. but still could be heard loud enough, even if one would have probably been pleased to have a reserve of power. the very good point, for the audiotec, was that I found the mids and highs much more detailed than in the stax. more pleasant, too, and understood that it was the point that made the magazines say that they were better. they were, indeed, but not on the total band. even laking a bit bass, compared to the stax.
They are old-looking, of course, but they are very pleasant to listen to.
I will leave photos as soon as I manage to find how to do it on head fi. I did it long ago for my sxr, but I will have to remember.
another antiquity/surprise came also. I found a very strange headphone set ( still electrostatic) the LEM er 903. what was very strange was that I couldn't find anything about it on the net, and still couldn't since then. ( I have told about those two set to spitzer, who very kindly answered to me that he had never seen the audiotec, but he didn't tell me about the Lem yet.
the lem has a very small energizer, that has has no electric supply neither. when I plugged it, I was quite desappointed, because LEM , in France ( I don't know elsewere) is a very well know microphone maker for the professionnal. theirs mics are still used in national radios, for instance. the sound of the headphones was rather flat, and seemed even quite poor, for an electrostatic. but could be put in front of some dynamic models, except for the power, whixh was not very important.
but It would be intersting to know if other persons hold this piece of history, and what they know about it.
on another point, I will leave pictures of my personnnal handcraft made tube amp. It was made by a french electronician, who since then became a friend of mine, and he made it to fit perfectly my sennheiser HD 800. as it is the only one in the world, and experimentally hand made, it does not look like a brand new amp from woo audio. Lol. But I love the sound it gives. It is very powerful, and I can plug also my akg k340 on it, which sings, then, even if the akg is much harder to drive.
if you are interested in having one, I can tell my friend. I couldn't compare this system to the dedicated sennheiser, 'cause I don't have it... but I find its sound amazing.
BTW, I am a sound engineer, producer, voice talent, for pro broadcasting, movies, tv, and so on. and I am passionated about sound.
also, just for the detail, I bought lately a baby orpheus with its hev 70, and a Stax srm T1, with a pro lambda signature. My friend is going to make an adaptor for the baby orpheus to be plugged on the stax amp. Then, as many of you say, probably I will then take the best of the baby O, which is very good already, with the hev 70.
all the best to all of you !
and please, sorry for my mistakes in writing. don't forget you're reading a froggy !
