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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #20 on: October 03, 2014, 05:39:01 AM »
Quote from: Clemmaster on October 03, 2014, 05:30:33 AM
Forgot the Fostex HP-A3 in the cheap AND portable stuff!

Vote against the Fostex. At $300, it's beat by the GO and the Herus in terms of portable units and the modi/asgard 2 or modi/vali depending on your needs for desktop units.

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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #21 on: October 03, 2014, 05:40:12 AM »
what is SA-31? A russian missile?
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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #22 on: October 03, 2014, 05:49:50 AM »
no luv 4 audeze?
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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #23 on: October 03, 2014, 05:51:19 AM »
Quote from: Messiah Kitty on October 03, 2014, 04:22:37 AM
MA900 added to vintage :-)
MA900 is not OOP. It is only distributed in Japan, now. I'll leave you to decide where it belongs, given most of the world doesn't live in Japan.
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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #24 on: October 03, 2014, 05:56:27 AM »
How much from PriceJapan. It's really only worth it if paid $150.
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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #25 on: October 03, 2014, 06:02:26 AM »
Quote from: Boner Stabone on October 03, 2014, 05:49:50 AM
no luv 4 audeze?

Tough call, so many reasons not to put them up.  Apart from them being at the forefront of driving the horrible megabuck headphone trend, crushing vertebrae, and having highly questionable reliability and inconsistent audio performance it's going to be hard.  Regardless, the current lineup all seem to have some sort of audible deal breaker that gets in the way for one person or another.

The best Audeze we've ever heard was an unicorn LCD3 that only lasted 48 hours and has never been repeated in any of the maybe 30+ Audeze samples we've gone through at this point.  I think we'll need more positive and consistent experiences over time before we can do that.  That's my take anyway.
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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #26 on: October 03, 2014, 06:02:39 AM »
$220 shipped new via PJ. Still worth it IMO. They are the only headphones I use anymore.
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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #27 on: October 03, 2014, 06:05:52 AM »
I need to hear these.  I have trip to Nippon in the not to distant future and need to know if it's worth it.  Can they displace or match the SA5000 in resolution?
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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #28 on: October 03, 2014, 06:34:27 AM »
Probably not.

They are sorta between a HD600 and HD650 in tonality, but with soundstage of HD800s and unparalleled comfort. The HD800s are better, but for every day use (I use headphones 8-10 hrs a day) the MA900s are hard to beat. No chance of excessive treble bite like can occur from time to time with HD800s, and a bit stronger mid-bass for fuller body at lower volumes.

I'm not sure exactly why I like these so much. They are capable of HD800 depth of stage, but seem more direct, connecting to the music in a special way. So far I prefer X-Sabre -> Black Diamond -> MA900 over any other electronics combo (Mini-Is, M-Stage, GS-X2). GS-X2 is too rough in the treble, the M-Stage just isn't a good match at all, and the Mini-I units lack definition/detail.
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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #29 on: October 03, 2014, 06:38:34 AM »
Ma900 did scale with 4-45. I think they can match. Possibly exceed resolution of sa5000. Sa5000 had notable scalability limitations.
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