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My waiting comes to an end. Now I know how these headphones sound like.
Today we had a chance to try these headphones,regretably my T1 is by a friend of mine, so no T1 here.
Still like I said before I and all the 3 people, who sat around trying these headphones were agreed that the ED10 are the most impressive here. (Exclude O2MKI because of lacking a proper amp,we can not judge them)
I myself own the HE6,T1,Stax O2 MKI ,which I just recieved today from yahoo japan.
I have the HE6 for 2 weeks now ,T1 for almost 2 months. I used to own the HD800 but already sold them to my friend. I have a chance to purchase the LCD2 in the pic ,because a freind of mine lent me for a week,I decided not to keep them. The ED10, PS1000, Twaged ED8,HD800 belong to business JJ .
Short words about these phones.
LCD2: very dark ,very thick ,very strange in positive way. They just lack the openness of the HE6 and ED10.Still LCD2 are something ,you got to have if you yourself plan to own more than one headphones.
HE6 : the system ,we used to test the HE6 is not suitable for them( I didn't bring my amp with),but I've been living with them for two weeks,so I can say a little word about them. If you ask which headphones are to my ear sound like (similar to) the ED10 the most from this bunch ,I will say the HE6. They both sound open,great sometime sibilance high for some records or some set up ( like I said before the Ed10 sound really great,when pair with weiss202,that's the reason I sold my meier stage Dac and stello cdt200 to find a better source). The ED10s Bass is heavier then the HE6's Bass. I like the mid of these two ,because of it's naturalness
HD800 is somehow different,because of their soundstage,we felt relax ,when listening to the HD800. I think I will buy the HD800 again,because for some music I like HD800 the most,esspeially when I don't want to concentrate to the music too much.
Twagged ED8 sound like the ed8 ,but the edges smooth out a bit and more listenable,that's all.
PS1000 I don't know how to say I just don't like the PS1000,They're like mixed bag of things, so no comment here.
O2MKI no proper amp here so no words to say,but this saturday I think I will have a chance to amp them properly ,I will try to compare them with the HE6 (with proper amp too)
Finally The ED10 . Hear them with your own ears ,but please play them with a proper system and give them time to burn in, then judge them.
I hope the people ,who pay for them will like them,because of the price and a very long waiting for some.
conclusion
The set Up here is not properly for some headphones like the HE6 and O2mkI or maybe the HD800 ,but I think it's decent enough to give us here some clues about the LCD2,ED10,recabled ED8,PS1000 and maybe HD800. We just used Meier StageDac with Meier Concerto here.
Our Memory, though not 100% accurate, tell us ,how different the sound of ED10 when paired with Weiss202 comepared to the meier combo (By the way I used to hear them side by side).
My setup at home,which I use to evaluate the HE6,T1 and HD800 is the Following:
Wall Plug: WattGate381 AG from main power switch
AC : Pangea ,IEGO power cord
Amp: Minute Tube DIY Headphone Amp ( 12 watt per chanel for speaker driving ) with EL34 Mullard XF1 OO getters (for vocal) and EL34 Telefunken OO
getter (for something else ) ,we've buit them because ,we felt the EF5 couldn't drive the HE5 to their best and now we use them with the HE6.
CDP: Ayre CX 7e
Interconnect : Xindak FA Gold RCA
If I am forced to live with just one headphones,I would choose the ED10,then the HE6,Then T1 (I didn't write anything here,but I know how they sound like cuz I thing I own them long enough)
If I have just 2000 $ to pay ,I may choose the HE6 and HD800.
If I have 3000$ then HE6,HD800,LCD2.
P.s I really like the sound of Stax .I tried the Stax Sigma today and They enjoyed me so much.The stax sounded so different. Short words bout them "The music is flowing" . So I now know,why many people keep on saying that the O2 MKI or MKII are the best sounding headphones.I am very excited to hear the O2 mkI
P.S2 I tried the ES5 demo today. Compared to my JH13 pro,I would say the high and mid of the ES5 are really great and superior to the JH13,The bass of the es5 is less presence than the JH13pro bass but the both have great bass in their own way, Even though I've found the ES5 really great ,still I don't want to invest more for my portable gear.
P.S3 to my surprise.I imagined that the Stax O2 MkI lacks Bass,but wow I've been always wrong. But I don't want to say much about them,I have to wait for many months till my freind's Blue Hawaii is coming in order to have a words about the O2.
Today we had a chance to try these headphones,regretably my T1 is by a friend of mine, so no T1 here.
Still like I said before I and all the 3 people, who sat around trying these headphones were agreed that the ED10 are the most impressive here. (Exclude O2MKI because of lacking a proper amp,we can not judge them)
I myself own the HE6,T1,Stax O2 MKI ,which I just recieved today from yahoo japan.
I have the HE6 for 2 weeks now ,T1 for almost 2 months. I used to own the HD800 but already sold them to my friend. I have a chance to purchase the LCD2 in the pic ,because a freind of mine lent me for a week,I decided not to keep them. The ED10, PS1000, Twaged ED8,HD800 belong to business JJ .
Short words about these phones.
LCD2: very dark ,very thick ,very strange in positive way. They just lack the openness of the HE6 and ED10.Still LCD2 are something ,you got to have if you yourself plan to own more than one headphones.
HE6 : the system ,we used to test the HE6 is not suitable for them( I didn't bring my amp with),but I've been living with them for two weeks,so I can say a little word about them. If you ask which headphones are to my ear sound like (similar to) the ED10 the most from this bunch ,I will say the HE6. They both sound open,great sometime sibilance high for some records or some set up ( like I said before the Ed10 sound really great,when pair with weiss202,that's the reason I sold my meier stage Dac and stello cdt200 to find a better source). The ED10s Bass is heavier then the HE6's Bass. I like the mid of these two ,because of it's naturalness
HD800 is somehow different,because of their soundstage,we felt relax ,when listening to the HD800. I think I will buy the HD800 again,because for some music I like HD800 the most,esspeially when I don't want to concentrate to the music too much.
Twagged ED8 sound like the ed8 ,but the edges smooth out a bit and more listenable,that's all.
PS1000 I don't know how to say I just don't like the PS1000,They're like mixed bag of things, so no comment here.
O2MKI no proper amp here so no words to say,but this saturday I think I will have a chance to amp them properly ,I will try to compare them with the HE6 (with proper amp too)
Finally The ED10 . Hear them with your own ears ,but please play them with a proper system and give them time to burn in, then judge them.
I hope the people ,who pay for them will like them,because of the price and a very long waiting for some.
conclusion
The set Up here is not properly for some headphones like the HE6 and O2mkI or maybe the HD800 ,but I think it's decent enough to give us here some clues about the LCD2,ED10,recabled ED8,PS1000 and maybe HD800. We just used Meier StageDac with Meier Concerto here.
Our Memory, though not 100% accurate, tell us ,how different the sound of ED10 when paired with Weiss202 comepared to the meier combo (By the way I used to hear them side by side).
My setup at home,which I use to evaluate the HE6,T1 and HD800 is the Following:
Wall Plug: WattGate381 AG from main power switch
AC : Pangea ,IEGO power cord
Amp: Minute Tube DIY Headphone Amp ( 12 watt per chanel for speaker driving ) with EL34 Mullard XF1 OO getters (for vocal) and EL34 Telefunken OO
getter (for something else ) ,we've buit them because ,we felt the EF5 couldn't drive the HE5 to their best and now we use them with the HE6.
CDP: Ayre CX 7e
Interconnect : Xindak FA Gold RCA
If I am forced to live with just one headphones,I would choose the ED10,then the HE6,Then T1 (I didn't write anything here,but I know how they sound like cuz I thing I own them long enough)
If I have just 2000 $ to pay ,I may choose the HE6 and HD800.
If I have 3000$ then HE6,HD800,LCD2.
P.s I really like the sound of Stax .I tried the Stax Sigma today and They enjoyed me so much.The stax sounded so different. Short words bout them "The music is flowing" . So I now know,why many people keep on saying that the O2 MKI or MKII are the best sounding headphones.I am very excited to hear the O2 mkI
P.S2 I tried the ES5 demo today. Compared to my JH13 pro,I would say the high and mid of the ES5 are really great and superior to the JH13,The bass of the es5 is less presence than the JH13pro bass but the both have great bass in their own way, Even though I've found the ES5 really great ,still I don't want to invest more for my portable gear.
P.S3 to my surprise.I imagined that the Stax O2 MkI lacks Bass,but wow I've been always wrong. But I don't want to say much about them,I have to wait for many months till my freind's Blue Hawaii is coming in order to have a words about the O2.
