Pars Posted June 30, 2017 Report Posted June 30, 2017 Interested in these, but would like to demo a pair. Any suggestions, or anyone here have a pair they would loan me for a week or two?
sbelyo Posted June 30, 2017 Report Posted June 30, 2017 The look pretty. I'd be interested in them too. I'll keep my eye on that company
purk Posted June 30, 2017 Report Posted June 30, 2017 They are not bad and well priced. I heard the closed version before and the weakness is rather boxy soundstage but over all a good sounding closed headphone. For the price, it is a good buy. I believe he is working on the open version of these.
jp11801 Posted June 30, 2017 Report Posted June 30, 2017 Purk I thought similar, well made and good for the price . I don't need or at least am trying to keep the headphone collection to a minimum, if I wasn't I'd likely have a pair at least for an extended stay at the house.
robm321 Posted July 1, 2017 Report Posted July 1, 2017 https://www.innerfidelity.com/content/mrspeakers-aeon-over-ear-sealed-planar-magnetic-headphones-page-2
jp11801 Posted July 1, 2017 Report Posted July 1, 2017 I thought they were good but not that good but heck what do I know
purk Posted July 1, 2017 Report Posted July 1, 2017 15 hours ago, jp11801 said: I thought they were good but not that good but heck what do I know I think we both value other things such as sense of space and imaging just as much as tonal balanced. Still for the price it is a good buy.
purk Posted July 1, 2017 Report Posted July 1, 2017 Tyll really need to hear the HD800 out of the Doug's ECP L3. He probably put it back on a HOF and then some. 1
Torpedo Posted July 1, 2017 Report Posted July 1, 2017 The HD800 isn't on the HOF anymore? Surprising
Bjorn Posted July 2, 2017 Report Posted July 2, 2017 I love mine. Don't know about the earlier pre-production models but the one I have exhibits only a slight "closed chamber" soundstage, what I mean by that is that you will immediately notice you're listening to a closed headphone if you came from living with a great open one like I did, or you compare side by side. It is, imho, not distracting once you get used to it. That is a huge praise for a closed can, as I've never heard one I even really liked before. But just like Tyll put it, with the foam inserts these are darn well balanced with controlled bass and no immediate annoyances anywhere even as you go up in the treble. Just a very nice, "right" sounding headphone that also happens to be really solid and lighweight. It doesn't resolve quite like my STAX but because it isolates well, it brings out details in low-level ambient noise that would easily be obscured with the STAX. It's nice to sit on the balcony in the summer and get some sweet tunes. Not that we get much of summer in Sweden... 4
purk Posted July 3, 2017 Report Posted July 3, 2017 I heard both Aeon closed and prototype open today. The closed is really a nice sounding headphones beside its rather limited sense of soundstage. The open is still in a work in progress but is very promising. 2
Bluz Posted July 6, 2017 Report Posted July 6, 2017 On 7/3/2017 at 4:23 PM, purk said: I heard both Aeon closed and prototype open today. The closed is really a nice sounding headphones beside its rather limited sense of soundstage. The open is still in a work in progress but is very promising. whoa cool, do you have any more information? (ex. is it still in early stages of development or close to being done? how does it look like / does it keep the teardrop shape but just that a grill replaces the carbon fiber section?) Did you just visit their factory to try them? I'd love to go hear them myself.
purk Posted July 7, 2017 Report Posted July 7, 2017 (edited) Nope, a friend of mine is a headphones tester for Dan...so I always get to hear his prototype. Same shape....more of a semi-open headphones. Edited October 19, 2017 by purk
wink Posted July 7, 2017 Report Posted July 7, 2017 It will be aeons before I get to demo these...... 1
tkam Posted August 4, 2017 Report Posted August 4, 2017 I have to say the Aeons have been a pleasant surprise for me. Excellent closed phones and easily near the top of the heap in the under $1k market. 4 1
Bjorn Posted August 5, 2017 Report Posted August 5, 2017 On 2017-08-04 at 0:00 PM, Dusty Chalk said: How well do they isolate? Very well.
Dusty Chalk Posted August 5, 2017 Report Posted August 5, 2017 8 hours ago, Bjorn said: Very well. Less than a DT770, but more than a ...?
Bluz Posted August 5, 2017 Report Posted August 5, 2017 Having both with me rn, I'd say more than a dt770, at least for my fan's noise. Measurements would agree, https://www.innerfidelity.com/images/MrSpeakersAeonsnACXB168.pdf https://www.innerfidelity.com/images/BeyerdynamicDT770.pdf
Dusty Chalk Posted August 5, 2017 Report Posted August 5, 2017 Unholy carp, I need these in my life. 1
Pars Posted July 10, 2018 Author Report Posted July 10, 2018 (edited) Just got done demoing a pair of these (hf thread) from ttvj. From everything I had read, I thought these would be my perfect cans. I have to say I was disappointed in the bass response of these. I compared them throughout with my modded T50RPs, and in most cases the T50s won in terms of enjoyment, even for classical (Shostakovich, Mahler). The T50s have some midbass coloration that the Aeons don't (seemed pretty flat to me), but I had a really hard time engaging with the Aeons. The T50s bass also goes deeper. I also just got my set of the Massdrop Hifiman HE4XXs, and I do like these. Beth won't like them (open) Edited July 10, 2018 by Pars 1
Pars Posted July 13, 2018 Author Report Posted July 13, 2018 Just posted my review, part of the loaner agreement, over there. No death threats yet, and Jude hasn't pulled it. Maybe Dan is behind on is HF protection payments At any rate, I called em how I saw heard em. I really really wanted to like these... 1 1
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