CHANGSTAR: Audiophile Headphone Reviews and Early 90s Style BBS
Lobby => The Meeting Place => Topic started by: OJneg on May 31, 2014, 01:46:35 AM
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Let's post 'em as we go. Point out the good stuff, :spank: the bad.
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I was there all day, but didn't leave my booth. I did borrow a Lyr 2 to have in my booth. Didn't get a chance to listen to it much though. I have all the Questyle gear in my booth too.
And for Pirates, if you want to hear Alex's modded Oppo PM-1's, you can come by my booth but you have to ask for the Oppo's to try them. They won't be left out for the general public.
Also, another tip... If you are interested in any of the raffle prizes for Headphonium, Come by my booth and enter the raffle. Today there were a total of TWO completed raffle cards for the whole day! Um that means you are really likely to win something. You have to get the raffle cards at my booth and return them to my booth to enter.
My booth is in the Headphonium Too or Marketplace II on the ground floor of the Hilton.
I won't be at my booth tomorrow at all, but will be back on Sunday.
-Darin
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Spent about 4-5 hours listening to the various rooms at the Hilton yesterday (Fri). I was planning to come up Sunday, but I don't think I will make it back to check out Headphonium or the speaker setups at The Atrium. Overall, I came out not being too impressed by much. Note that this was my first experience going to one of these local audio shows. I've been to a few mini-meets at local dealers around San Diego county and also RMAF and CES 2012. Both of which I thought were much better organized. This is more of a personal rant, but I found most of the rooms were sounding underwhelming. The size of the room, treatments, and the overall atmosphere was definitely less than optimal. That being said, I was thoroughly impressed in a few rooms:
NOLA - I was actually surprised by these small speakers. Sound was actually quite big, very good dynamics and wasn't bad in the clarity department. Their setup was kind of weird having the speakers face the short length of the room which is a bit fishy. Makes me think they might sound different not being so close. The setup was that the listener was about 6-7 feet away.
Vapor/Empirical Audio - Best I heard at the show.. seriously. Even with the speakers being pretty much new without much burn in, the sound was incredible.
darTZeel - Buttery smooth, the speaker model escapes me but I really liked the tone in that room. Easy going, no fatigue. Spent a solid 20 mins in there, bonus points to those folks for playing a WIDE variety of music.
Odyssey Audio - This room actually was quite good sounding especially for the cost of the entire system. I liked how they displayed each component of their setup on a banner. They were showcasing their own speaker, and they are actually pretty good sounding. Balanced, and quite big sounding for such as small cabinet.
Lampizator - Have to say, their L7 is a pretty big step up from their L4 I heard about a year ago. Of course the system was much different, and didn't cost nearly as much but musicality is definitely the forte in that room. Very immersive.
Few off the top of my head that were poo:
Wilson Room - Brittle sounding, no life, and bright. Not my type sound at all. Music selection was also crap for evaluation. They played nothing but chamber classical while I was there.
Dynaudio - Thin, definitely didn't live up to the hype. I've read good things, but again not my sound, even in the smaller room I found them to be missing a lot. Detail/resolution was good though.
Magico - Again, overhyped and overpriced. Not much to see here other than a cheap enclosure. Bass was soft, and the treble was not well presented.
Legacy - The Aries were a hit of miss for me. Plenty of detail, good speed, and vocals seemed crystal clear. Problem was the bass and the focus. Thought the imaging was lacking.
ESS - These guy fell way off. Grew up listening to my father's AMT-3 and loved them. Bass was almost non-existent. Self-powered driver design? Nuff said..
Will have more to write later today, but I'm beat.
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Can't make it this year, but from the sounds of it, I'm not missing much.
Any news on the Schiit Wyrd?
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Good thing I'm not missing much.
Any news on the Schiit Rag?
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Ask Jason about it personally.
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Couple thoughts.
-Ragnorak sounds pretty much the same but you need to understand what you are listening to. It is absolutely their Statement amp and performs as such, that's all I can say about it for now. Their cheapo phono pre sounded pretty good! Time for me to dust off my father's old turntable.
-The 845 Vivo amps sounded pretty darned good.
-The Magico and Chord gear crushed the Da Vinci DAC's capabilities. More so the Magico if I had to guess. Don't know why they allowed the DaVinci to be hooked up to that garbage.
-Chord Hugo, again, was mediocre at best with a stock Abyss and MacBook.
-The Wilsons in the MSB room sounded pretty decent, some of the better Wislson's I've heard as I'm not usually into their sound. They were too small and obviously being overdriven.
-Sanders-absolutely my favorite modern stat sound. I always dig hearing them every year.
-GSX mk2 is still too analytical and bright with the HD800 even using Senns own balanced cable. Really rough and unrefined sounding. Maybe listen at low volumes.
-009 on BHSE was meh. Something was distorting not sure what the source was, might have impacted the GSX mk2 as well. They both had a similar unrefined sound coming through.
-The VAC room/hall was designed to show off their bass, their bass was weak and imprecise.
-Geek Wave proto board gives hints it might sound better than the Geek Out. Bit cleaner, clearer and more balanced running off the battery. It still had the MacBook for a source via USB so once they ditch that it could clean up even more. The main difference was that the proto was running full power from the battery, nothing from the bus.
Pretty much it, been too busy lately and didn't have more than a few hours to chat, catch up, sample gear.
Sat in a Vector for the first time in my life as it was one of my childhood dream cars. What an experience. Impractical, barely usable, dangerous cockpit that is also mind blowing and just pure raw fun. Crazy car!! 600hp back in 1990. Here's what they look like.
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My impressions from Friday:
* First thing I listened to was LCD2.3 out of the RSA amp (must have been the Darkstar?) and it was bloody awful. No idea who thought that would be a good sounding combo. I asked the rep to plug it into the Cavalli amp (was it the LAu?) and it was much better. I still think the LCD2 is a good headphone despite its obvious faults
* Mad Dog was very bassy, or bassier than I remember. First time listening to the Alpha Dog; did not seem as neutral as advertised IMO
* Schiit booth was top notch as always. Enjoyed both the LCD3 and modded HD800 out of the Rag. I preferred the LCD3 in that given system, although I usually lean toward the HD800. HE500 (out of the Asgard) was lame sounding to me and I don't think it's the Asgard's fault. HD650 is a better headphone side-by-side IMO. Valhalla2 was good with the HD650 and PS500. I'd be very interested to compare Valhalla1 and 2 in my own system, as I did think they sounded different from memory. Didn't give the Lyr2 much time.
* Nothing new at the Cavalli booth. LAu is still excellent. I was more on the fence about HD800 and Liquid Glass.
* HeadAmp booth was a mixed bag. Was fun to compare the SR007 and SR009. I ended up preferring the SR009 with pretty much all of the tracks I was familiar with. Anax: I also heard an issue with the HeadAmp system. It seemed like some sort of channel imbalance to me, but both of the estats seemed to have it. Dunno what was up.
* I liked the Mini Maggie system that was in the Atrium. Didn't like the controlled demo though. Controlled demos suck.
* MSB room was pretty killer, kind of took me by surprise.
* Empirical Audio: Seriously one of the better systems at the show. Another pleasant surprise. Those RAAL ribbons seem to really deliver; I hope to play with them eventually in my own system.
* YG Acoustics room was very good to my ears. Mostly because they had plenty of space to work with I think.
* I browsed the Woo Audio room for a bit. Got to listen to the K1000 for the first time and was incredibly underwhelmed. There were some other good pairings that I listened to through the Woo amps though I can't remember specific combos. What I do remember is that the unmodded Abyss + crazy Woo monoblocks was quite poor sounding to me. Despite all those around me who were singing its praises.
* The Janszen ESLs were my favorite from last year, despite a bit of nagging harshness that I noticed. This year he replaced the amplification with some triode/FET hybrid which was MILES above the Bryston gear that was driving it before. I noted the differences before David even told me that he was using different amplification. He conceded himself that the Bryston gear wasn't up to snuff for his speakers. So yeah... IIRC the side-firing tweeters are new this year, which is a very cool idea. The Janszen speakers are not only really accurate and articulate, but also have a real coherent quality. My favorite system from this year again. I want these.
* The speakers in the ESS room were definitely sub-par like Greed mentioned. But I got to talk with one of the guys about their AMTs and it looks like it could be another good option to try in my own system if I could come up with a crossover configuration to allow it. Would definitely be cheaper than the RAALs, but not as detailed I'd wager.
* Was hoping more from the Usher + Pass room (under Katli Audio) but it was pretty damned awful. Tonally dull, poor imaging; really not reproducing my recordings correctly. Lame-o
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Did Sony show up this year?
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Did Sony show up this year?
In a big way. Headphonium, a shared display in one of the Crystal Ballrooms, and a tower room. They are going all out on the new hi-res campaign.
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Maybe they (Sony speakers) where there but didn't get to hear or see them. In the main lobby level rooms (where they were before) there was other stuff. I think there was one omni-directional deal that to me was underwhelming.
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Mad Dog was very bassy, or bassier than I remember. First time listening to the Alpha Dog; did not seem as neutral as advertised IMO
How would you describe the Alpha Dog's sound? I'm not sure what exact config you listened to (i.e. number of front damping squares, with or without felt discs, etc.), but I find my pair to sound pretty well balanced overall. Maybe a touch on the laid-back side, again, depending on the config, but that suits me.
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Basically a Mad Dog that still wasn't quite as smooth and/or articulate in the treble as I expected. Overall balance was good, or at least, less laid back than the Mad Dog. Maybe "unrefined" is the right word to use.
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Cool, thanks! I wonder how much of that is just inherent to the T50RP driver. I've never found it to provide the most refined sound in any configuration I've tried, but I've also found good configs to just overall give me less fuss than many other closed headphones. I am also curious if Dan is still making tweaks to the Mad Dog...was it the regular MD or the Pro you listened to? I know the Pro borrows some AD tweaks. Either way, even my tweaked MD sounds noticeably less refined than my AD overall. I also had to spend a while adjusting the AD to fit my head right. Not sure I've ever used a headphone more sensitive and picky about fit and seal.
I've also been using a different front damping scheme on my AD than the stock, more similar to the Anax HD800 mod and with a different type of open-cell foam damping disc. I'm still working on this further to see if I can get an even better treble response.
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Really enjoy hanging out with Insidious Meme, LFF and Paul. Good times!!!
My THA-SHO Saturday afternoon impressions...
Geek Wave
Great bass control and detailed mids. These guys can pack a lotta class-A punch in such a small set of systems.
The treble was harder for me to assess. With Allan Parson's "Eye in the Sky" and with Stevie Wonder "Superstition" it did great. However, with the copy they had of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" it was a bit harsh and bright.
Hope to see these again sometime soon. The practicality of these solutions appeal to me.
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Kingsound KS-H2
IMO much better than their previous offering. From short impressions, these have better mids and extension on both ends relative to what I heard from their first generation cans.
It helps that I get a decent seal with their cup design. Right next to these were the ESP950s (E/90 Amp), Lambda Novas, and SR-009s (SRM-323 I think). Unfortunately I could not get decent seal out of the ESP950s and the Lambdas, which makes a comparison unfair. But I did get decent seal out for the 009s.
It was not immediately obvious to me that the 009 was far superior to the KS-H2s, and would have to give these two another shot if I ever get a chance (the 009 destroyed KS previous offering though)... Think the KS-H2s are $700, which IMO is not bad for a set of stat cans that fit me. Aesthetically these are better looking than what they had available before.
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HE-560
This time around Insidious Meme and I had a chance to compare these head to head with not one but two stock Oppo cans. Both, IM and I felt the Oppo's were relatively laid back and perhaps too smooth. Relatively speaking, the Oppos where closed sounding. The HE-560s were better extended, and a lot more dynamic. I felt the HE-560s had a clear upper hand over the Oppos in terms of SQ. The Oppo's however are much more sensitive and easier to drive.
From what Fang said, it seem these use one-sided planar magnetic drivers (similar perhaps to the Abyss), and use pads that use some of Jerg's ideas.
Construction is a different matter. I did not like the plastic + veneer look presentation of these cans, and told so to Fang. It seems these decisions where based on cost and weight. Fang should use some endangered wood for the cups, and replace the plastic assembly with some sort of Titanium alloy... then charge TOTL stat prices. Win-win.
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Obravo HAMT-1
These cans use hybrid dynamic/Heil-AMT drivers, which give them a high cool factor. I felt the mids were a bit wonky and weird, but who knows.
My blurry pic (use the powar of google to get a better pic):
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ADL H118
At first I thought these full size closed cans were not to bad at all. Bassy, but not to bad. Fun perhaps. However, with some songs I did feel these had quite a bit of distortion somewhere in the upper mids or lower treble. Maybe something was up with the demo cans.
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Schiit Stuff
Asgard 2 might have been a bit U-shaped for me, but had no problems handing the HD650s. Treble was not edgy or piercing, which I highly appreciate. I felt the Vali amp offered better detail.
Valhalla 2 is a step up (from Asgard 2) IMO, and this time it works well with lower impedance cans such as Grados and much of the mainstream stuff. Very nice amp.
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Focal Grande Utopia EM speakers
Well, they are grandes and look pesadas, they sounded meh IMO. Maybe it was the room, or the recording, or the amp, or the DAC, or maybe it's me.
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Wilson (Sasha I think)
There where a set of Wilson's playing on a large room and another on a smaller room. They did OK on the larger room, but horrible on the smaller room. Didn't jot more notes about it.
Big room:
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Acapella Atlas
Apparently these are like ~$99,000. To me they sounded boxy and bright. Proly a room or a "it's me" issue.
They do look cool though.
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Marten Coltrane Tenor
Walked in, thought they were bright, walked out... ~$77k I think.
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WA Grand Teton
These bookshelfs look interesting. The mids sound OK and they produce quite a bit of apparent bass for their size... But muddy IMO.
Site linky (http://www.wavetouchaudio.com/GT-images.html)
Perfect 8 Technologies "The Force"
Seems like an open glass narrow baffle line array design with no bass which absolutely requires the glass sub. Needs a big room and sitting far behind for coherence. ~$566K of WTFness.
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Piraeus Athena
Really good sound all around, but narrow sweet spot.
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Muraudio PX1
I really like these speakers. I was expecting complete failure, but was pleasantly surprised. Seems like an omni-directional electrostatic transducer together with a LF dynamic driver. I liked the integration and sound feel. Again, very pleasantly surprised... $58k :'(
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Voxativ Pi
Listened to these to reminisce about Marv's 'ol full range speakers. These were OK in the short amount of time I listened, but Marv's where speshul.
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Nola Metro Grand Reference
Notes: No likey, too bright. Proly the recording they were using. Dunno.
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Magico Q7
WTF where these guys playing! Maybe sort of OK I guess. Hard to say with the contemporary pseudo-techno poo they were playing.
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Kef LS50
Liked them before. Checked them out again. Still like them a lot. Making my wallet a bit uncomfy.
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CARS
My fav:
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Awesomeness:
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Dunno this amp's name, reputation, or referenceness, but it should make up for any sort of size inferiority complex...
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That last amp looks like something that would come from Boulder.
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Kingsound KS-H2
IMO much better than their previous offering. From short impressions, these have better mids and extension on both ends relative to what I heard from their first generation cans.
It helps that I get a decent seal with their cup design. Right next to these were the ESP950s (E/90 Amp), Lambda Novas, and SR-009s (SRM-323 I think). Unfortunately I could not get decent seal out of the ESP950s and the Lambdas, which makes a comparison unfair. But I did get decent seal out for the 009s.
It was not immediately obvious to me that the 009 was far superior to the KS-H2s, and would have to give these two another shot if I ever get a chance... Think the KS-H2s are $700, which IMO is not bad for a set of stat cans that fit me. Aesthetically these are better looking than what they had available before.
That was my booth! But I think you were there on Saturday. I was not at my booth.
I had the ESp-950's, 009's, and King Sounds at my booth. Glad you got to compare.
I listened to the KKS-H2's with the King Sound amp for a little bit. They definitely sound better than their previous models, but I still didn't like them. I much prefer the Stax 009 and even the ESP-950's. The upper bass/low mids sounded kind of hollow to me. The earlier models had the same issue but worse. Maybe I should try them with the Vostok amp instead.
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That last amp looks like something that would come from Boulder.
Yup. I think that's what it was. Seems good enough to power one of those Tesla cars. The make me feel like an "hombre" amp.
That was my booth! But I think you were there on Saturday. I was not at my booth.
I had the ESp-950's, 009's, and King Sounds at my booth. Glad you got to compare.
I listened to the KKS-H2's with the King Sound amp for a little bit. They definitely sound better than their previous models, but I still didn't like them. I much prefer the Stax 009 and even the ESP-950's. The upper bass/low mids sounded kind of hollow to me. The earlier models had the same issue but worse. Maybe I should try them with the Vostok amp instead.
LOL! Yeah, I heard them through the Vostok amp.
I couldn't adjust those 950s to fit me. The lower part of the cans always left an open gap. Same with those Lambdas.
As far as the 009 vs the KS-H2, I would have to spend a bit more time and compare them with the same sources and familiar recordings.
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HIGHLIGHTS....
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The GeekWave is the sh1t...
Yes, it sounded bad with Billie Jean but IMHO, it was a bad vinyl transfer of Billie Jean NOT the GeekWave. Can't wait to get mine!!!! Gavin was super nice and his friends were very accommodating too!
HE-560
No joke...it sounds SOOOO much better than the craptastic Oppo PM-1. Fang did a great job with the HE-560. :)p1
THE MUSIC!
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Got to record two bands in binaural sound with the help of Assistant Engineer Adam Bernardi aka abernardi. The recordings actually came out quite good using "George". As you all might know, "George" is my newest binaural head...litterally...this version is just a head with no torso and a few other tricks not implemented on "Donny Lou". Electronic components built by none other than the great dbel84. Both performances had wind but you can't hear a single gust in the recordings!
The ONLY speaker room I walked in that actually impressed me (VERY HARD TO DO!!) was the room by Fritz Speakers (http://www.fritzspeakers.com/). VERY organic sounding and the man actually had MUSIC playing at a REASONABLE volume. :)p1 :)p1 :)p1 :)p1 The owner is a nice guy too with a great sense of humor. BEST OF SHOW for me this year!
The only other thing to kinda impress me was a tall blonde wearing a red dress. Beautiful girl. :-\
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Focals ALWAYS sound ordinary by the way. I have also heard the utopias circa 1999/2000 using the Cary 100 watter and they sounded like Rubbish
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Anyone get a chance to try the 400i?
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I was there on Saturday. Good to see ultra, Warren, and Ethan. Had a very nice chat with Jason Stoddard.
As you know if you were following the shoutbox on Saturday evening, I ended up buying a set of the Aedle VK-1 after listening to them for a half hour with iPad and Herus in the Tweak Studio space (the Boardroom off the lobby of the Atrium). I actually went in there hoping to listen to the Questyle Q192, but they only had it on static display. Questyle was all over the place, BTW. The Aedles are astonishingly good for a closed, on-ear can (actually, it's a bit of a misnomer to refer to them as "closed" because there are two little vents built into the aluminum housing, forward of the bottom (7 o'clock on the left and 5 o'clock on the right)). They are dynamic as hell, and to my ears my early impression is that they don't seem to have any notable peaks or valleys in the FR. And they are bloody gorgeous. Build quality seems good. Out of the box the clamping force is a bit high, but I expect them to loosen up a bit; the demo unit was extremely comfortable. I'll make them available to anybody local who wants to hear or measure them.
I've already weighed in in the Valhalla 2 thread. Suffice it to say that I was quite impressed. It's a big step forward.
I didn't listen to the Obravo headphones, but I did spend some time with their cute little portable amp. With Herus and UERM, it did nothing wrong, and if your aesthetic taste runs to brushed aluminum bricks, it's really nice looking. Gotta wonder about the pricing, though. For an amp-only unit to compete at $450, it has to be really special, and I don't think it is.
Finally got to hear the Resonessence Invicta, albeit under substandard conditions. I think we're just going to have to agree to disagree on this one. If I didn't already have a Hilo, I would be all over the Invicta. Wasn't able to listen to the Concero HP because the Windows machine to which it was connected was FUBAR (pun absolutely intended; I don't know what anybody sees in Foobar).
Agree with Ultra on the new KingSound stats: they are definitely moving in a positive directon. Still have a way to go, however.
Can't think of a single speaker I heard that made me say "boy, I'd like to own a pair of those some day.
Bought a bunch of vinyl. Not sure what I was expecting from the new Coldplay album, but lush, romantic synth-pop that would not have been out of place in 1983 certainly wasn't it. The Mercury Golden Classics reissue of the Starker Bach solo cello suites is to die for. Finally found a replacement for the Munich Bach Orchestra/Richter Brandenburgs on Archiv that got tossed when my parents moved in the late 1980s--beats the bejeebers out of the CD.
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As you know if you were following the shoutbox on Saturday evening, I ended up buying a set of the Aedle VK-1 after listening to them for a half hour with iPad and Herus in the Tweak Studio space (the Boardroom off the lobby of the Atrium). I actually went in there hoping to listen to the Questyle Q192, but they only had it on static display. Questyle was all over the place, BTW. The Aedles are astonishingly good for a closed, on-ear can (actually, it's a bit of a misnomer to refer to them as "closed" because there are two little vents built into the aluminum housing, forward of the bottom (7 o'clock on the left and 5 o'clock on the right)). They are dynamic as hell, and to my ears my early impression is that they don't seem to have any notable peaks or valleys in the FR. And they are bloody gorgeous. Build quality seems good. Out of the box the clamping force is a bit high, but I expect them to loosen up a bit; the demo unit was extremely comfortable. I'll make them available to anybody local who wants to hear or measure them.
After I read that you bought a pair of the Aedle's, I went and lsitened to them. The Questyle booth in my room (Headphonium Too) had the Aedle's running off a Questyle Q192. Too bad you missed the Questyle booth. I had all their gear running in my booth too.
Anyway, I was surprised at the sound of them and was not expecting them to sound so good. For such tiny cans, the bass and dynamics was very impressive. I only listened to Hotel CA once before I had to get back to my booth, but I can understand why you bought them. Love the design too.
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Checkout the post for Out Of Your Head on Innerfidelity:
T.H.E. Show Newport 2014: Darin Fong Audio "Out Of Your Head" Virtual Audio Software
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Thanks Tyll!
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My pleasure, Darin.