Ok, Now the rest of impressions from the Show.
Phiaton :
I liked their noise cancelling, bluetooth IEMs. Decent sound except the battery time is relatively short (I think it was 7 hours or something)
Beyerdynamic :
T70 was ultra-terrible. Just... wow.
T90 and T5p were not that bad, but I'd rather buy DT880.
Audio-Technica
Unfortunately AT decided to NOT present their real audiophile lines, instead they put crappy sport-oriented ones. They did put their gaming lines (simply their audiophile headphones + mic) and a new MSR7 headphones. MSR7 sounded good and I liked it. Sounded very neutral-ish.
Blue Mo-Fi
Sounded ok, it's dark. The problem is weight. Jesus.
Sennheiser
Orpheus
It's about third time I heard this legendary headphones, and my opinion has not been changed. It's slightly warmish estat. Very good sound. But I do not sense any special about it. The price of HE90 is probably based on rarity rather than sonic performance.
Urbanite XL.
God, They are not that good. Too boomy and too dark.
Little Dot and Yulong
Both of them are first timer at CES. Little Dot's representative (I think he was the owner of the Little Dot. Businesscard says he is a general manger). Hardly could speak English so people from Yulong helped him.
Little Dot MK6+ with LDP 500 power supply
Wow, these ones are seriously good. Sure, they sound indeed mellow, but in really good way. I could not believe what I heard from T1.... It completely tamed T1 while not sacrificing much on details and soundstage. I could listen to this amp all day. Amp costs around 800 bucks.
Little Dot III
It has automatic impedance detection. It will change the operating mode depend on the headphones. Again mellow and slightly less spacing than MK6+, but I say the amp is decent. It took a while to completely power up.
Yulong U200 WiFi DSD DAC.
Yes folks, it can play DSD via wifi indeed. Unfortunately with so many wireless devices in CES, it did not work properly due to overcrowded wireless signals. It works with normal computer and NADs.
Here is a Wifi module.
D200 and DA8.
Unfortunately I got too lazy so I did not hear them. The funny story is that during the development of these ones, they destroyed several pairs of HD800 (they used HD800 as reference headphones) They bought so many HD800 that they eventually got a discount price from Sennheiser.
Dune
B1 Their upcoming class-A portable amplifier. Will cost 199 and the battery should last about 6 hours.
Panasonic
Other than their overpriced new Technics stuffs, they also put their newest flagship headphones, RP-HD10. Sorry folks for no picture here, but for some reason the pictures I took were too terrible. Typical good V-shape sound. Emphasis on treble, yet still tolerable and clear enough.
Sony
Personally I have no interest in DAP, but due to Kunlun's request, I decided to bother going into Sony's booth.
ZX2
I don't know man. They are heavy, thick (but well-built). Well, it feels good. Sound is... well I can say good enough. But for $1200 price tag, I'd expect at least a balanced output, not a single 1/8. And with that thickness around the phonejack, they could had put a stronger, more luxurious 1/4 inch instead. Sorry for this lame impression, but I have little interest in expensive DAPs.
Fiio
X1 and X5
Wow, they are really thick and heavy, and bigger than I imagined. All I can say.
....to be continued...
