[VandyMan]

I bet X9000 would not be the bass wonder we hope. Long live the SR007 MK2 bass port mod.
Edifier has not the money to produce a gamechanger imo.

Edifier is an 1.7 billion USD company.

 

[greenhorn]

In 2005 Meier Audio managed somehow to offer for sale a very limited number of Sennheiser Orpheus HE-90.

The price was 4100€.

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/he-90s-are-almost-here.135196/#post-1591002

 

[tumpux]

It’s amazing to see people projecting their expectations in an object that still not be out yet..

Carry on folks.

 

[ThanatosVI]

In 2005 Meier Audio managed somehow to offer for sale a very limited number of Sennheiser Orpheus HE-90.

The price was 4100€.

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/he-90s-are-almost-here.135196/#post-1591002

What was the price of the HEV-90?

 

[padam]

What was the price of the HEV-90?

It was sold as a set only, US price here (and it was possible to buy an additional headphone with a set, you can subtract that price to have an idea about the amp's value)

For anyone who got the HE90 from that late group buy, it was also possible to purchase the HeadAmp Aristaeus, a variation of the HEV90 (still available today)

 

[eee1111]

It’s amazing to see people projecting their expectations in an object that still not be out yet..

Carry on folks.

its out in my mind and I want one

 

[ThanatosVI]

It was sold as a set only, US price here (and it was possible to buy an additional headphone with a set, you can subtract that price to have an idea about the amp's value)

For anyone who got the HE90 from that late group buy, it was also possible to purchase the HeadAmp Aristaeus, a variation of the HEV90 (still available today)

Thank you

 

[number1sixerfan]

It’s amazing to see people projecting their expectations in an object that still not be out yet..

Carry on folks.

That's the purpose of product launch announcements. The excitement and the build up is a part of the fun.

But seriously, I think there's a ton of anxious speculation and expectation because Stax hasn't had a net new TOTL offering in what feels like forever.

 

[lsantista]

I know you are not counting the "revision" of 009, the "S version". I may be mistaken but by then (2018), it did feel like a new TOTL and is still touted everywhere as new flagship today. That was just 3 years ago.. actually quite small window for a new TOTL release IMHO

 

[number1sixerfan]

I know you are not counting the "revision" of 009, the "S version". I may be mistaken but by then (2018), it did feel like a new TOTL and is still touted everywhere as new flagship today. That was just 3 years ago.. actually quite small window for a new TOTL release IMHO

The head-fier I bought my 009 from had both it and the 009s. He mentioned that the differences were so subtle that he was selling and keeping either of them based on the buyer's preference. So no personally, I don't consider it a "new" TOTL release, even though it could be better or improved. I do wish I could hear it, but purchasing it always just seemed silly. But certainly it is Stax's current flagship, no argument there.

Also, I just couldn't refrain or help myself. I've ordered the SR-X9000. Can't wait.

 

[greenhorn]

What was the price of the HEV-90?

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Originally Posted by Trogdor Hey GROD, how much did you pay if you don't mind me asking? (just curious)

The price for the HE-90's, including world-wide shipping, outside the European Community, was 4100 Euros or $4920 USD.

For additional information, see Dr. Meier's thread entitled "Meier Audio: My Request to Sennheiser regarding the Orpheus," especially the 5th Post, in the Member of the Trade Sponsored Threads forum.

GRod »

 

[tumpux]

I also think that 009S is more like HD800S. A refinement of an existing flagship product.

For some of us X9000 could be the last Stax flagship launch that we’ll ever see.

 

[elton7033]

I also think that 009S is more like HD800S. A refinement of an existing flagship product.

For some of us X9000 could be the last Stax flagship launch that we’ll ever see.

why is that? as long as people are buying these stuff they will keep on making new product to get our money?

 

[tumpux]

tiiiiny market and high r&d budget to come up with something that really better than their previous offerings.
Just because Edifier think of them as a cute pet project now, doesn’t mean that they get an unlimited budget to develop their next flagship product.
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unless they go hifiman.

 

[KDS315]

They have less bass and more treble but the overall tone and voicing is just as smooth as a 007.
That's exactly the weakness as well: feeling too bland at times. As I wrote, "perfect" sound simply does not exist and it is just a question of which "imperfect" sound the user is satisfied with the most, and of course the right amplification might also exploit the maximum out of it.

Why not then use some advanced DSP to EQ a headphone to a normalized standard like the Harman curve? I use ROONs convolver and ORATORY1990’s for that for my Staxes and am quite happy with the results...