[yomomma1]

Well Iam very tempted to see how these measure up.I have emailed Fischer to ask shipping cost to the UK. Anyone up for a bulk buy to the UK?

 

 

[yomomma1]

Just noticed this has been mentioned! Ooops. Ignore the following.
 

Look at the Fischer Audio Hyperion. That is exactly the same as the Turtle Beaches but without the mic! Now I am starting to think....are these the same shells only? Or do they share the same insides as well? You tell me. Because the Turtle Beach are around the same price I think?
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These look remarkably similiar to the Turtle Beach HPX headset.  A lot of the parts look the same.
 


 
 

 

 

[yomomma1]

sorry

 

[Seidhepriest]

The Fischer audio fellows explained this in an interview (it's in Russian though). A custom mould for headphone cups costs more than $10000 to prepare.
 
Which is why Creative, Senn, and AKG all reuse the same earphone shells, and Fischer uses the same shells as Turtle Beach. The internals ought to be different though, Fischer wasn't OEMing for anyone.

 

[gjohnst4]

The Turtle Beach is a 4 driver surround sound headphone (the best on the market in my opinion, got mine for 35$ on ebay) so I very much doubt that they share anything besides a shell. The re-use of parts is whats helping keep the cost so low on these new phones!

 

[LFF]

Wow...if Fischer Audio were to put that microphone of the FA-011 it would make them the ultimate gaming headphone IMHO.

 

[rhfactor1]

Actually most of the headphones and probably most of the Fischer Audio earphones are produced in China at the factory for Yoga Electronics Co. Ltd. (probably most of the headphones for Turtle Beach also). I'm sure the R & D is taken care of in the parent's company country, in the case with Fischer it would be in Russia. Then the specifications are given to the Chinese factory so the rebadged or rebranded headphones can be manufactured for that particular company. The Fischer FA-011 is the Yoga Electronics Model CD-440 without the wooden cups, Fischer says that the FA-011 is made in Russia but truth be known the final assembly with wooden cups is the only manufacturing probably done in Russia. Many of the Yoga Electronics headphone products have the same specifications as Fischer, but some do not. This type of manufacturing has been going on for years for companies headquartered in Europe, U.S. and Japan. The first time I heard of this was 25-30 ago for large Car Audio companies such as Clarion and Kenwood (actually made in the same factory at one time). Doesn't really matter if products are produced in China as long as SQ and QA is kept high for most consumers. Happy Listening.

 

[matbhuvi]

Wondering whether Astro gaming mixamp can power these up well..that could make a nice combo.

 

[mcnoiserdc]

I believe the mixamp can power it well for gaming. I used to have a hd600 paired with the mixamp.
 
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Wondering whether Astro gaming mixamp can power these up well..that could make a nice combo.

 

 

[legodt]

Do these sound better than the ATH M50s unamped? How about amped?
 

 

[rymd]

Yep,everyone reuses, modifies, and rebadges OEM (mostly Chinese) stuff. It's just that some companies do it better than others (not skullcandy, wesc, =|, etc)

 

[matbhuvi]

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I believe the mixamp can power it well for gaming. I used to have a hd600 paired with the mixamp.
 


 

Thanks..would you recommend mixamp for movies too or it is just recommended for gaming?
 

 

[mcnoiserdc]

I would.
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Thanks..would you recommend mixamp for movies too or it is just recommended for gaming?
 

 

 

[Szadzik]

Just got a shipping confirmation for my HA-02 and FA-011! Now just a month before I get home and listen to them! (Also ES10 and ESW10 on order)

 

[Marximus]

Pulled the trigger on these yesterday.  My wallet is currently filing for a restraining order against this website.