Mindless speculation-The overtly high price of the Abyss is intentional. They release a great (but not $5K great) product to the big blue depths, and watch the fish bite. Hype spreads, legit people in the biz talk about how "if this bugger was a few grand cheaper, I'd be very inclined", and the few objective qualms about the sound/build quality get jotted in notebook by JPS. Which they use to tweak their about-ready-to-go significantly less expensive version of the Abyss. The one they originally planned on making name and money off of. It's a common tactic, and what I the unemployed-nobody-living-in-an-astrovan would probably consider, and something you've all likely suspected.
Does the 007 have that sub to low bass impact?
...I've noted Tyll's preference is likely a bit toward the brighter side than mine...In terms of transient response in comparison to the 009. It's hard to compare directly. Both headphones are very agile but how they start and stop are very different. The STAX seem to have a gentler start and then come up to lightning fast speed with a gentler stop. The AB-1266 is sort of like a four wheel drive launch and a sudden F1 carbon fiber brake stop.
I'm generally not that sensitive to highs either, which is why I think I can identify w/Tyll's impressions.Haha... I like the metaphors. I guess there are variations in speed build-up. I was also wondering if we are also getting to the point where we're splitting hairs- therefore the perceived speed might be program material or frequency dependent?So this 'one-sided planar magnetic drive' is apparently proprietary, which means they must've filed for a patent. And this means that nobody will be able to make a can with the same technology, minus the cables, expensive etching, stunning looks, and accessories for under $2k? I understand that they probably spent a lot of money and time to develop this. But it's too bad that it puts them out of the reach of mortals. Thank god it isn't beautiful.
