CHANGSTAR: Audiophile Headphone Reviews and Early 90s Style BBS

  • December 31, 2015, 11:06:57 AM
  • Welcome, Guest
Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  
Pages: 1 2 3 4 [5] 6 7 8 9 10 ... 12

Author Topic: Audeze EL-8  (Read 18720 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

DefQon

  • Powder Monkey
  • *
  • Brownie Points: +1/-1
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 44
Re: Audeze EL-8
« Reply #40 on: January 22, 2015, 12:47:56 AM »
Just found out Audeze has a DAC/Amp combo dubbed the Deckard out as well, seems both Hifiman and Audeze are competing with each other again this year.
Logged
Mike Mercer is the biggest shill in this industry.

shipsupt

  • Mate
  • Pirate
  • ****
  • Brownie Points: +160/-4
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 1687
Re: Audeze EL-8
« Reply #41 on: January 22, 2015, 01:04:26 AM »
Looks like an odd entry product... Mid-range DAC/amp combo... Interesting.
Logged
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

DefQon

  • Powder Monkey
  • *
  • Brownie Points: +1/-1
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 44
Re: Audeze EL-8
« Reply #42 on: January 22, 2015, 01:12:36 AM »
Yeh, it's good that Audeze is paying some attention to the > $1k market margin. Hopefully these will sound as good as there commanding price tags.
Logged
Mike Mercer is the biggest shill in this industry.

pfillion

  • Powder Monkey
  • *
  • Brownie Points: +3/-4
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 18
Re: Audeze EL-8
« Reply #43 on: January 22, 2015, 03:52:24 PM »
Logged

pfillion

  • Powder Monkey
  • *
  • Brownie Points: +3/-4
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 18
Re: Audeze EL-8
« Reply #44 on: January 26, 2015, 07:44:35 PM »
Interview with Audeze CEO Alexander Rosson about EL-8, planar magnetic tech and HiFi streaming

Logged

thune

  • Able Bodied Sailor
  • Powder Monkey
  • ***
  • Brownie Points: +20/-0
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 60
Re: Audeze EL-8
« Reply #45 on: February 09, 2015, 07:32:25 AM »
Silly tech trademark labels aside, the EL-8 specification sheet conspicuously includes:
Quote (selected)
Total harmonic distortion    Less than 0.01% (1kHz, 1mW)
Efficiency    102dB / 1mW
Spec-ing 0.01% (-80dB) THD @ 102dB is a sit-up-and-take-notice, boss/mic-drop/shot-calling act that clearly reflects the pride Sankar and Alex feel about what they've accomplished. Sure, many headphones have already achieved this for 3rd harmonic and higher (D3+), but getting 2nd harmonic (D2) down to these levels shows that Audeze knows WTF they're doing in simulation and design. If true, Audeze really has created a state of the art "planar-dynamic" motor (trace-arrangement+magnet-arrangement) that is technically superior to anything than has come before.  In the end, a 2nd harmonic level this low probably has little subjective effect compared to the driver's frequency-response/linear-distortion [plus we know nothing of the bass distortion yet.] Nonetheless, if true, <0.01%@1khz@102dB is accomplishment to be noted and appreciated, as it moves the technical bar for headphones forward.

« Last Edit: February 09, 2015, 08:00:12 AM by thune »
Logged

pfillion

  • Powder Monkey
  • *
  • Brownie Points: +3/-4
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 18
Re: Audeze EL-8
« Reply #46 on: February 18, 2015, 08:31:25 PM »
Logged

Armaegis

  • Uphill, both ways
  • Able Bodied Sailor
  • Pirate
  • ***
  • Brownie Points: +76/-3
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 883
  • metallurgist, rocket scientist, swing dancer
Re: Audeze EL-8
« Reply #47 on: February 18, 2015, 10:53:30 PM »
Logged
Do you think there may be an acoustic leak from the jack hole? ~Tyll Hertsens

Not sure if I like stuffing one hole or both holes. Tending toward one hole since both holes seems kinda ghey ~Purrin

Bill-p

  • Would you like graphs with that?
  • Mate
  • Pirate
  • ****
  • Brownie Points: +49/-14
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 336
  • Midrange-head
Re: Audeze EL-8
« Reply #48 on: February 18, 2015, 11:04:16 PM »
Just noticed Audeze's specs.

EL-8 says "driver size: 100mm", and I'm going like... "that's ****ing massive!"

Just for perspective, the old LCD line says diaphragm surface area is like 39.8cm^2, which translates to about 3980mm^2. Applying surface area equation for a circle gives me 35.5mm for the radius, which means the diaphragm of the old LCD line is about 71mm.

So does that mean the actual surface area of the EL-8 is even bigger than the old LCD line? Hm......
Logged

antifocus

  • Able Bodied Sailor
  • Powder Monkey
  • ***
  • Brownie Points: +11/-1
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 64
Re: Audeze EL-8
« Reply #49 on: February 19, 2015, 12:52:08 AM »
Logged
Pages: 1 2 3 4 [5] 6 7 8 9 10 ... 12
« previous next »