Just pre-ordered his open back model. I have been waiting for this since he first mentioned it on hifiguides! https://sjyaudio.com/products/moonlight-planar-magnetic-headphone
SJY Audio Starry Night Planar Magnetic Headphone
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Wow!
The itch is there, but i will wait for some measurements / impressions.
He did the hard thing, making a great closed back planar, so this one should sound good no matter what, it's way easier.
Right along ZMF's stabilized drop and 1/5 of the price...
This man knows how to do business!
The itch is there, but i will wait for some measurements / impressions.
He did the hard thing, making a great closed back planar, so this one should sound good no matter what, it's way easier.
Right along ZMF's stabilized drop and 1/5 of the price...
This man knows how to do business!
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Is there no head gear thread for these?
I used the search function but found nothing...
Noone has added them to head gear yet?
I have to create a head gear page first to do a review right?
Or i could just post it in here, of course then the visibility will be way lower...
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I'm creating one and then also post my review.
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https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/sjy-starry-night.26550/
I used the search function but found nothing...
Noone has added them to head gear yet?
I have to create a head gear page first to do a review right?
Or i could just post it in here, of course then the visibility will be way lower...
:edit:
I'm creating one and then also post my review.
:edit2:
https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/sjy-starry-night.26550/
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BOOM, DONE!
https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/sjy-starry-night.26550/reviews
Triple post, i don't care, have fun reading!
https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/sjy-starry-night.26550/reviews
Triple post, i don't care, have fun reading!
I listen a lot to Katie Melua, Missy Higgins and Rurutia. I am really curious how these female voices sound on this headphone. I am in doubt if I should go for this closed one or try the new open 'Moonlight' version.
UberHaxorMarty
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Once I have some time a bit later today, I'll check that for you and reply back.
The Moonlight version is still a few months away, so you have a little time to make your decision. I listen to a few female Jpop artists on my Starry Night V1s and it does sound really good, but they sound different depending on the amp you pair them with. My moonlight is pre-ordered, and I will post my thoughts after spending some time with them. What amp and DAC are you using?
Thanks for the info.
At the moment I don't have a specific headphone amp but I wanted to hook them to speaker terminals of my Denon X3500h with a Hifiman He Adapter.
But I might go down the road of a Topping L70+E70 Velvet setup just for the Headphone.
The speaker amp might do the trick as I have hooked up mine to a Schiit Audio Gjallarhorn and it paired fairly well.
Also, The new Topping A70 pro might be the better option if you go the headphone amp rout. I own the L70 and it works, but you are hitting 80% + on the pot lol.
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I have posted it before, but here is a list of my gear: Bifrost 2/64, Soloist 3XP /w supercharger, Topping L70, Schiit Gjallarhorn, Schiit Asgard 3, and SMSL A300. Feeding the DAC via a Wiim Pro using coax.
You have quite an impressive gear collection!
The combination of Bifrost 2/64, Soloist 3XP with a supercharger, Topping L70, Schiit Gjallarhorn, Schiit Asgard 3, and SMSL A300 demonstrates your passion for high-quality audio.
Lol, thanks. My descent into the rabbit hole started with a Asgard 3, Mani, and a Sennheiser Hd 660s. I list my gear just to give some context to my opinions on pairings.
I would honestly check if there is one Starry Night that you would absolutely love to own, every cup looks unique.
I was in the very lucky position to be at the right time in the right place so to speak, and grab the only (!) black / gold stabilized that popped up. I suspect that he will focus on the open back Moonlight for now, so more closed back variants may not appear as frequently as before.
For example, there is only 1 green one left.
Also: Zeos will do a (probably hyped) video about it soon(ish), i saw him having a bunch of them in a short right before Highend Munich, so demand may spike after it.
That being said: I suspect that the Moonlight will sound a bit better, or at least, different. It states that he uses a "pure silver driver", and i can guarantee you that it will have a bigger soundstage just because it's a open back. Will it also be focused on the upper midrange for female vocals? Nobody can tell (yet).
I was in the very lucky position to be at the right time in the right place so to speak, and grab the only (!) black / gold stabilized that popped up. I suspect that he will focus on the open back Moonlight for now, so more closed back variants may not appear as frequently as before.
For example, there is only 1 green one left.
Also: Zeos will do a (probably hyped) video about it soon(ish), i saw him having a bunch of them in a short right before Highend Munich, so demand may spike after it.
That being said: I suspect that the Moonlight will sound a bit better, or at least, different. It states that he uses a "pure silver driver", and i can guarantee you that it will have a bigger soundstage just because it's a open back. Will it also be focused on the upper midrange for female vocals? Nobody can tell (yet).
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UberHaxorMarty
100+ Head-Fier
@ThePupil All three of those artists sound better with EQ vs the stock tuning to me. Just scrubbed though many songs over 30 minutes. A bit too forward with stock tuning in this case with more noticable ssss on trailing words that end with s vs EQ which takes that edge off. I personally prefer the V1 sound stock to the V2 sound stock for these artists. However with EQ I prefer the V2 overall.
Thanks for testing!
I might just wait a bit on the Moonlight version. I really dislike the sses)
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