halcyon
Headphoneus Supremus
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Some time ago in this forum there was talk (a rumour perhaps) about special edition HD600 from Sennheiser.
Did this turn out to be a red herring or are such things planned?
Everything I hear about HD580 Jubilee from my friends indicate that it was a great step above the original HD580. It was a special edition with limited run and turned out to be HD600 later on.
Now, if Sennheiser would do the same for HD600, I wouldn't mind it
Any inside info anyone?
On a related note, is it me, but have most headphone manufacturers (excluding Audio Technica) ground to a stand still in their high end product releases?
Beyerdynamic has DT880 coming out, Sennheiser has nothing (?), Sony has nothing, Grado has nothing...
I would have guessed that with all the HTRF and psychoacoustic measurement techniques in the past 10 years there would be a wealth of new knowledge based on which to build a new set of great headphones.
Maybe the market just isn't there?
regards,
Halcyon
PS This site is making me dizzy. I thought I had it nailed down with one set of phones. Now I have one set of closed, one set of open, one set of ear canal and possibly even one set of electrostatics on the "want to have" list. I think I need to seek professional advice soon...
Did this turn out to be a red herring or are such things planned?
Everything I hear about HD580 Jubilee from my friends indicate that it was a great step above the original HD580. It was a special edition with limited run and turned out to be HD600 later on.
Now, if Sennheiser would do the same for HD600, I wouldn't mind it
Any inside info anyone?
On a related note, is it me, but have most headphone manufacturers (excluding Audio Technica) ground to a stand still in their high end product releases?
Beyerdynamic has DT880 coming out, Sennheiser has nothing (?), Sony has nothing, Grado has nothing...
I would have guessed that with all the HTRF and psychoacoustic measurement techniques in the past 10 years there would be a wealth of new knowledge based on which to build a new set of great headphones.
Maybe the market just isn't there?
regards,
Halcyon
PS This site is making me dizzy. I thought I had it nailed down with one set of phones. Now I have one set of closed, one set of open, one set of ear canal and possibly even one set of electrostatics on the "want to have" list. I think I need to seek professional advice soon...