[UtzY]

Sorry if there is another thread about these!
Here I have seen the pictures : CanJam 2009 (those from head direct)

What headphones are these? Electrostic, dynamic? How do they sound?

 

[moonboy403]

If you meant the ones on the headphone stands, they are new open orthos by head-direct. They are to be price around $700 or so but they are very very impressive especially the bass.

 

[mbd2884]

I think someone mentioned might be orthodynamic/planar.

 

[UtzY]

Any related threads? More information about the sound

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I quite like the look... and hey, this are orthos!

 

[mbd2884]

I'd probably guess they are going to be OEM. So start looking around who still makes Ortho drivers and may lead to some hints or more information about these headphones. Like when people found the pictures of headphones at Fostex website, so we now know who actually makes Denon headphones.

 

[Kabeer]

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Originally Posted by mbd2884 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'd probably guess they are going to be OEM. So start looking around who still makes Ortho drivers and may lead to some hints or more information about these headphones. Like when people found the pictures of headphones at Fostex website, so we now know who actually makes Denon headphones.

Nope, the only modern manufacturer who makes orthodynamic drivers is Fostex.
And the new Head-Direct/HifiMan do NOT use Fostex drivers. They are completely new. I believe they were developed by Head-Direct themselves.
There is also another company Audeze who debuted their Orthodynamic at the same time at CanJam, and again they developed their own driver too.

 

[jageur272]

Heh, I'm also interested in that little EF2 amplifier next to it.

 

[tintin47]

Is $700 the final word on pricing or is that an estimate?

 

[spacemanspliff]

Wow. Head Direct is going for it what? Nice.

 

[moonboy403]

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Originally Posted by tintin47 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Is $700 the final word on pricing or is that an estimate?

Nope, Fang said somewhere around $600/$700/$800 if I'm not mistaken. That's why I took the middle ground and said $700.

 

[uraflit]

those things look like an old school grado headband with a modified denon d2/5/7k cups

lol

 

[HeadphoneAddict]

The HE5 planar magnetic phones sounded very good on the EF1 amp. It reminded me a lot of my Stax Gamma Pro woodies that Smeggy made up for me (aka Smegma Pro). I did like it and would like to hear it again sometime with even better amps.

The EF2 amp someone referred to is mine, and with my HD600 it sounded quite similar to the EF1 and is very nice; but it didn't have enough power to properly drive the HE5 to the same loud and punchy levels the EF1 could. However the HE5 are the exception and it has no problem driving my HD800 or HF-2 either. I am burning it in and then can report on the amp later.

 

[Xan7hos]

Truly exciting news and a very gorgeous headphone

 

[Jap]

[size=small]So . . . after the impressive RE0 IEM, Head Direct serves up an ortho? Very, very interesting . . .

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[ericj]

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Originally Posted by Kabeer /img/forum/go_quote.gif There is also another company Audeze who debuted their Orthodynamic at the same time at CanJam, and again they developed their own driver too.

And they won't show it to us for some reason.