[isquirrel]

It would be nice if you knew before you mentioned that! It's not the case at all that demo was sold a while back and was a full edition not lite.

The one we are selling now is almost brand new really!

 Oops, your from Addicted to Audio? Then yes it would have been nice to have known that. My apologies.

 

[Joe Skubinski]

We're going to have some very cool toys a few weeks from now in Munich...

http://abyss-headphones.com/abyss_shows.html

 

[Beolab]

Received the new Abyss Phi today!

Post the first impressions / pics soon.

 

[onsionsi]

I'm looking forward to see your impression also your opinion for original one vs Phi will be appreciated

 

[mulder01]

What happened to the 14 week wait?

 

[jlbrach]

when can those of us who indicated interest in sending our abyss in to be upgraded expect to hear about a date to do so and how to go about doing it?

 

[Joe Skubinski]

Beolab was the first to respond so he got first dibs on a set of drivers. We're only upgrading so many per week to keep it sane at our end. Timing is by date of request, first in-first out basis. If you were quoted 18 weeks, it's an 18 week backlog...

 

[mulder01]

I was going to wait till I head one first... What a mistake

 

[Kiats]

Haha! I'm just sitting tight and waiting for Joe to give me a holler when my turn is up.

 

[Beolab]

Why i haven't comment on the sound on the Phi is because of i have set them on burn in, and they do progress every day.


I have in the same time began testing the Phi's against 5 different High End Amps / Dac combos, and a few pure DAC's, combined with the best High End cables.


The result are slight different, but positive.


Will be continued, when i find time for the whole writeup..


In the mean time i will give you a few songs that was made for Abyss as usual:

Stella ( Andreas Vollenweider )
https://tidal.com/track/4944309

The Notting Hillbillies: Your Own Sweet Way https://tidal.com/track/1110948

Andreas Vollenweider: Dance of the Masks https://tidal.com/track/5613015

Andreas Vollenweider: Steam Forest https://tidal.com/track/10961028


Bugge Wesseltoft, Henrik Schwarz, Dan Berglund: Movement Eleven https://tidal.com/track/33691399

Bugge Wesseltoft, Henrik Schwarz: Leave My Head Alone Brain https://tidal.com/track/37278006

TIDAL - Kill J: Phoenix https://tidal.com/track/23683999

TIDAL - Kill J: Mama Taught Me Well https://tidal.com/track/58050042

TIDAL - Knut Reiersrud, Iver Kleive: Jesus, Det Eneste, Helligste, Reneste https://tidal.com/track/415420

 

[FiftyKilo]

Hi,
just some informations about my new PHI Drivers.

First for the headphone friends in the "Good Old World" which are perhaps afraid to buy a Headphone from a Company far away from Europe and thinking what will be happening when there is a repair or change to a newer technologie.
NO Poblem with Joe's Company, I did send my old Abyss on the 13. April to him via Airfright and the Headphone with his new PHI Drivers had been back on my door on 20.April. These are 7 day's and in this time there was also the Eastern weekend and the German Custom Office ! Unbelievable FAST work !!

Now the new drivers are well burned in ( via my Egoista 845 ) and I'am absolut stunned what they are deliver.

Some of you did know me, that I mainly hear big Pipe Organ Music ( Theatre Pipe Organ ), there are so much more informations in the middle of the Tone Frequencies and in the Trebel sections with the new drivers.

I did hear the very thin and fine ringeling of a Glockenspiel in a large Theatre as I never did before with the old drivers.
With this new informations in the middle and trebel sections, I also think, that this is the reason for the much better room acoustic now. Deep and Wide of the Stage is with the Phi Driver absolut authentic like realy good big loudspeakers.

The Bass sections is more acurate and had more contours, so there is a better cleanes in the Bass tones.

The new Drivers still need a potentional HeadAmp. I have my most fun with them, when the Volume knob of my Egoista is around twelve a' Clock or more.

My big thanks to Joe for this wonderfull new drivers and the Joy they will bring me !!

Ralf

 

[TWerk]

I think abyss would be my end game headphone. Probably version 1 since it's cheaper. I'm a bass guy, listen to lots of electronic and bassy genres of music and enjoy the cans I own a lot right now.

Problem is the price. It's just too far beyond my means unless I sell everything I've got for one abyss, which I'm not doing, since yeah I love the stuff I have.

Anyone can make any recommendation for the type of sound signature abyss gives you for cheaper? Even if it just gives me like 60% of an abyss?

I find my HE-400 gives me a crisp energetic treble, pretty hard hitting bass, vast soundstage, imaging etc hooked to a powerful amp. It gives me a "wow" affect with lots of the EDM music I like. I would think you'd probably need a planar... any suggestions for something closest to the abyss but cheaper? I understand there's nothing that will be the equivalent but is anything even in the ballpark?

It seems to me the only comparable type of thing for mind blowing bass with some research would maybe be an HE-6. But then you need a speaker amp... ugh. I'll probably just have to stick with my mid-level gear till (if) I ever have the means to buy an abyss. First world problems...

 

[TWerk]

Actually think i answered my own question. Innerfidelity measurements of HE400 and abyss frequency response look quite similar. It's probably the HE-400 or HE-6 would be as close as you get for cheaper.

 

[mulder01]

FWIW I was going to buy an LCD-X before I heard the Abyss... The Abyss Diana is coming out pretty soon which I imagine should have a similar signature for less money, though still quite expensive.

 

[TWerk]

Lol, apparently it's a 3K MSRP on the Diana. At that point, you can find a used abyss for less.