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No, the Susvara uses all the same crappy parts as this one so I need to find somebody to make real leather parts for these. These just stink, badly enough that I don't want to put the headphones on. I mean people who paid 6K$ for the Susvara can't be happy about this or are they all HF sheep without a clue? HFM claim the dust cover is "nanometer" for the best signal transmission but dust will always get through. They are likely the same as this one or at least very similar. Same headband, same cable, same fake leather earpads but quite a bit more money... The MSRP of the system is 8K$ and the headphones are 6K$. Have you seen them somewhere for 4K$? I was more referring to the HE90 parts, the finest quality vinyl used there for everything.

Focal being cunts is sadly nothing new but this is pretty deplorable...

I've been listening to them for the last few hours on and off getting to grips to how they sound. The system is a Carbon fed by the Denafrips Ares so just about as transparent as they come. Over all I quite like the sound, they are inoffensive which is something I'm a huge fan of. Any transducer should just get the fuck out of the way of reproducing the music. They are certainly a far cry from the turd which was the Jade in terms of sound so no major issues but still some small ones. The highs can be just a tiny bit too harsh, not like the 009's which are just aggressive. Here this is more of a slight sibilant edge where the recording is not perfect. The sound stage is perfectly find if just a bit distant and imprecise. It's far more subtle than say on the HE90, HE60 etc. and really depends on the recording how much you pick up on it. Bass....well the crap pads are really an issue here as they are just the standard Hifiman mount (i.e. 4 flimsy as all hell clips) and cost maybe about 1$ to make. The bass has nice presence but there is a dip in the upper midbass which makes them sound just a tad thin at times. I need more time with them but over all, not bad. No issues have cropped up, the drivers have no squealing and the coating seems solid with steady volume levels. They are also pretty comfy over all with my melon head. Now the stuff that annoys me...they stink, they stink real bad of that cheap pleather crap. I feel like I'm stuck in H&M hell with them on my head. The earpads and headpad have to go so does anybody know of any replacements for the Susvara? They seem identical so parts should be interchangeable. The cable is too short so the first job will be to replace it. I do have a nice 950 Stax extension which I could fit so that's probably what I'll do. Don't remind me...

So...Justin knows how to make me do crazy shit so I'm now the proud owner of a set of these. What strikes anybody holding these is just how fucking cheap they feel, they make even the old Jade feel well built in places. So let's start to examine them, I'll take some pics later when I have some time. The drivers are metal (copper?) mesh on a spacer ring. I'll get a better look at them when I take these apart. No solid dust covers on the back, clearly woven nylon so a huge fail there. The earpads are woeful... some odd mix of what feels like fake leather and cloth. They are also very badly fixed to the phones which means the baffle seal could be compromised. They feel ok on the head but are just so fucking cheap looking... They also smell like cheap fake handbags from China aka. a whole isle at Marshall's or HM... The headband is the standard HFM fair with the same fake leather headpad. These cost 6k$ so leather was out of the question? Seriously...no money left over for that? Very Sennheiser in 1991... The housings are aluminum and feel solid enough but they are not a one piece unit as Stax would do it. The back is a separate plate and how it fits with the rest of a the housing is a bit of a joke. No gap on the bottom...1mm at the top. Pure quality here. Now the for the best part, the cable. This thing is so fucked... Now the plug is a clone of the Stax one but they used the wrong pins (look identical to the old Jade pins) so they had to make a spacer which fits over the end of the plug to shorten the pins. Such quality and attention to detail... Now the actual cable is clad in the cheapest tech flex from the 90's that money could buy which makes it look a bit like something which would be shipped with a cheap computer PSU. You can see the wires through the techflex if you push it together and they are super tiny with transparent insulation. Not formed into a proper ribbon either so this is not good at all. I wonder if this cable would last a year with normal use, it's just that flimsy. I'll report later on the sound but spoiler...there are issues I don't hate them.

The HE-1 meaty? Nahh... mosfet flabby sure but that's it... In other news, I just got a care package from Justin...

Litz cables for electrostatics are all kinds of stupid so Stax would never do that. Nice gold plated stators and hopefully they fix the bloody voicing.

Nope...and it has been delayed for about a year now.

That shit is just too funny!! I'll send in an offer for 200€...

The KSA1156 should work and then there is the 2SA1627 which is in current production in China. They are either a TO126 and Dpak which is just annoying...

Volume has nothing to do with the output stage bias so no.

Ohhh goody... more of the same crap here. Same awful railsplitter, same shitty volume control and where are the heatsinks? Pathetic crap as usual...

Just read that thread and what a clusterfuck!!! So Zanden uses the cheapest PCB's possible in a 17k$ product and instead of making a new one they just bodge the issues? Shit... At least there is a RK50 in there...

They might be playing the long game or just collectors who have no idea what a fucking basketcase the original T2 is. I am amazed that people are willing to drop this amount of money on an auction, for gear that nobody will service.

Crazy collectors be crazy...

One has to wonder if he used assets from the now defunct company on this stuff.... I love that the Spark has a 36V/1.5A supply... why??????

Ahh yes, yet more people taking our work and passing it off as their own. That is not a clone, it certainly uses our boards. This right here is why none of the new amps will be released to the public. I'm all for DIY but clones of my stuff, with my pictures on Taobao? Nope, not having any of that shit...

Yes

Normally you can't go higher in voltage but extra current does no harm with a regulated power supply.

"In Soviet Russia headphones listen to you!"

With any of our amps (have to put the caveat "when built properly" as I've seen people jumper the safety stuff) and the Stax ones the damage potential would be minimal. With the bias, sure it is 580V but it's based on a very current limited voltage doubler circuit plus the 4M7 high voltage ballast resistor on the output will prevent any damage. The amp section could deliver some real hurt though, +/-400V or upwards power supplies with the amplifiers being able to swing almost from rail to rail meaning you could see ~1500Vpp or more at one output. This plus generous class A biasing means there is a lot of power at play here, hence the 5.1K output resistors. If there would be a short to ground (i.e. you) they would take off the worst of it. Now look at Woo Audio, Cavalli plus other amps and these protection provisions are just not there.

I hope they are actually good but all the Voce feedback has been pretty abysmal...

Seems I made Thinker, aka "person in charge of damaging the reputation and decreasing sales of Perrun" a bit testy. Ahh joy of joy's... Also funny how people keep going on about me offering up the HE90 frame with Lambda drivers for 6k$. Anybody want to guess how much two HE90 cups, the headband, cable, box and those insane little plastic gimbal pieces cost? Yup...more than 6k$... Ohhh and I got the last of these so no way asking Senn for any more... I did try to get a HE-1 without the amps and cable but they kindly refused.

forum.doctorhead.ru and a few others.

Given that any discussion about these has been banned on the Russian forums and king fucktard Thinker is preaching the gospel fervently...I'll take a hard pass.

That is the usual Cavalli BS. No way that the distortion+N is that low. I could test it but I kinda broke the tube when inserting it into the amp. I did order some new ones...