[Operakid]

If new stats do come out and sound better than Orpheus we may see a sudden drop in Orpheus prices........glad I don't have to make that decision of when to sell a set of Orpheus.

 

[wink]

May have to sell a kidney for one of these as my wallet has heamhorraged long ago.....

 

[singh]

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If new stats do come out and sound better than Orpheus we may see a sudden drop in Orpheus prices........glad I don't have to make that decision of when to sell a set of Orpheus.

NO
there is nothing "better", that high up.

 

[pila405]

So I don't understand, When the HD900 are expected to be released?

 

[gilency]

The coming of a new Orpheus has been like the second coming.
Many think is true, but nobody knows when.
There have also been numerous sightings and prophecies before this one, always said to be coming from a Sennheiser contact or similar.

 

[dukeskd]

Quote:

The coming of a new Orpheus has been like the second coming.
Many think is true, but nobody knows when.
There have also been numerous sightings and prophecies before this one, always said to be coming from a Sennheiser contact or similar.

To be honest, I don't see why Sennheiser wouldn't create a successor to the throne that is seated by Orpheus. They are a largely pure headphone company, or corporation when compared to the likes of Stax. In comparison, Sony also had the Sony MDR-R10, but I don't see a new king of headphones from them coming anytime soon since they are in financial trouble (so is the whole of Japan) and the are merely a conglomerate. I am betting on the new successor too, just a question of when.

 

[gilency]

We all have been betting on a successor for a while. Actually, quite a while.....
That is the meaning of the  joke.

 

[Eee Pee]

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So I don't understand, When the HD900 are expected to be released?

 
 
Look at it like this; 24 months from today you might see an HD 900.

 

[wink]

Quote:Eee Pee

 
Look at it like this; 24 months from today you might see an HD 900.

Or, you might not.

 

[anetode]

Quote:

The coming of a new Orpheus has been like the second coming.
Many think is true, but nobody knows when.

 
Oh the plebeian masses of dynamics I would gladly sacrifice to immanentize that eschaton

 

[wink]

Quote:anetode

Oh the plebeian masses of dynamics I would gladly sacrifice to immanentize that eschaton

That would depend on the plethora of different views of eschatology.
 
Different views of Chiliasm certainly put a different slant on the future.
 
In any case I certainly would like an Orpheus - new or old in mine.  Future, that is....

 

[gilency]

The end is near, I better get me an Orpheus before I go to h.....
Come on Senn, give us a sign

 

[anetode]

Quote:

The end is near, I better get me an Orpheus before I go to h.....
Come on Senn, give us a sign

Behold, it speaks:
 

 

http://www.head-fi.org/t/660597/new-abyss-planar-magnetic-headphone/210#post_9455280

 

[tdogzthmn]

Maybe they will explore a hybrid which uses both elecrostatic and dynamic drivers similar to what AKG did with the K340.  The HD800 driver is a ring so there's  possibility to have another driver withing the ring to cover the treble.  

 

[spritzer]

A hybrid like that would be very difficult to pull off.  Also, does anybody think the HD800 needs more treble?