How much is the big phi in Switzerland?
Mine is free in France. I can't even hold it on my head. I must be the first one to face this problem otherwise Abyss would have found and issue. May be rubber bands.
How much is the big phi in Switzerland?
other than the few people who had bought the Phi and were surprised by a new model perhaps a few days or weeks thereafter i am not sure what the rest of people are complaining about?...all technology continues to improve and nobody would want a manufacturer to have a better product and not release it. I do feel for those who buy a product and find a new one released concurrently and do think those few should be dealt with fairly and i am confident they will be...the rest really have nothing to moan about ....HIfiman put out the HE-1000 and followed it with the v2 and then the SE version...I could list others exactly the same, the discussion is silly
Hifiman can provide an upgrade path because it is based on cheap Chinese labor.
For Abyss, I think it is almost impossible because its manufacturing is based on US labor, which costs whole lot more. Also, Abyss is a small company. Small companies need a healthy profit margin to sustain their business.
Can't find on you post the explanation why an upgrade is not possible.
"considerably more expensive to manufacture"
Anyway, the manufacturing cost of the 1266 TC is below $1K, that leaves a tremendous profit for you and your sellers. In hindsight, you could put on the market a new model within 6 months now that you are mastering the abilities of your new brother high speed CNC's should fastened your ability to design new models. New one could be the TC AH (TC fitting All Heads, as other TOTL headphones do).And there would be a hudge soung improvment due to the fact that they would fit almost exactly the shape of each head. Then the next one would be TC LP (TC Laser Pads) : each would have individually made Pads that would fit exactly their ears made in 30 minutes via 3D laser the TC MS (TC with Memory Shape pads. Or you new cans might be closed ones. Or a BOTL one because you can't stay on one market segment.
"In hindsight we should have raised the price, of course that possibility is always on the table."
I bet you've spent much more time on this insight than Eric to master your new Brother CNC's (bought six months before you said that the CC would be the last model line : from that, I guess a new TOTL line is already in the pipes). That possibility is always on the table ? How many would you bet you won't do it ? Just do it and you're down and out. The $4K+ market is not a very huge one and there are more and more competitors.
Thanks for the valuable input, any more recommendations from the rest of the Abyss 1266 users.I liked the Abyss mostly with this amp..
Thanks for the valuable input, any more recommendations from the rest of the Abyss 1266 users.
Frankly, at that price range I would just run it off a speaker amp and not worry about headphone amps at all.
I think a few companies make 4x banana plugs to 4 pin xlr adapters. I think you just have to not disconnect them with the power on?I've been reading about this here and there. How does one safely and properly connect headphones to speaker binding posts? Is the benefit simply a more powerful amp than a headphone amp? Thanks
I've been reading about this here and there. How does one safely and properly connect headphones to speaker binding posts? Is the benefit simply a more powerful amp than a headphone amp? Thanks
The 2 channel used market is a lot bigger and the established players put a lot more R&D into their products. It's both a factor of more people being 2 channel enthusiasts and the fact that companies have been around for longer, and their old products remain highly competitive. At the very high end 2 channel companies use better components (Nagra, Accuphase, Brinkmann, to name a few examples) because you just can't put the same parts cost in a headphone amp and sell enough units to make money.
For something like the Abyss you don't need an attenuator - a simple XLR to spade/banana adapter will work. The headphones can take 15w+ without damage and it's only when you get to the seriously big amps that you run even a small risk of blowing the drivers.
completely disagree the HE-1000 was very well reviewed and i owned it and loved it and i upgraded to the v2 which was even better....i have not heard the SE....the fact remains no matter what you think of the 1000 and the upgrades that they were indeed upgrades....
Thanks for the valuable input, any more recommendations from the rest of the Abyss 1266 users.