Dusty Chalk Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Anyone? They're closed, so I am, of course, curious. Stereophile has a review of the MS 400 in the current issue. The red makes it moar bettar. But I, of course, am interested in the moar black PS 500. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarium Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Interesting. Certainly spent a lot on looks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 PS-500: "Titanium Driver Technology" Sounds like ear fatigue to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted December 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Why? What other headphones have titanium that are fatiguing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBLoudG20 Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Why? What other headphones have titanium that are fatiguing? KSC75 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrecked_porsche Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Ultrasone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmore Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Looks quite stylish, somehow reminds me BOSE cups with AT ESW9 headband, mean PS500... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laxx Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 I read this in the new Stereophile as well. The leather on the 500 looks pretty nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elnero Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 MarkL has reviewed the 500 in his sponsored thread over at HF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atothex Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 I believe the leather on the P is fake. P for pleather =( The M looks sexy as hell, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted December 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Not according to this page, it's not (pleather). Of course, "leather" could mean anything from lambskin to suede to waxed, so it's all moot until someone actually feels it. And then it's still moot, to everyone but that person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Anyone? The animation on that site makes me angry. The IEMs are bizarre looking. So is the "Music Docking Station." The whole site smells of "aesthetics" and marketing over signal quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikebananafudge Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 The whole site smells of "aesthetics" and marketing over signal quality. I agree, they don't look like they sound good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkwall Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 They do look pretty naff but the Stereophile review (Wes Phillips) is very positive --"an awfully good closed-back headphone...admirable [music] delivery device." I think they look like they've been assembled from the detritus of an 80s wine bar as imagined by a part-time thug, part-time delivery boy from Leeds. But maybe they sound great. Or good. k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catscratch Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 I've seen those mentioned before. They've always looked like style over substance to me. The layman is starting to accept the idea of expensive luxury headphones, which is theoretically great, but in practice lots of mediocre stuff dressed up in pretty wood and leather and chrome overalls is going to pollute the market, and high-end publications, being the sellout pigs that they are, will drool all over them and lavish endless praise. In the end, it's the audiophile that will suffer, as usual. But don't let my pessimism distract you from taking one for the team and getting a pair. I swear, I will read your impressions very attentively! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiWire Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 At least they're not charging more for them. I wonder if this will force Sennheiser, AKG, Beyedynamic, etc. to release competitive models to stomp the newbies into the ground. They must be losing market share already to the growing IEM companies (e.g. Etymotics, Ultimate Ears, Westone, etc.). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted December 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 I don't know -- I don't see anyone complaining about how good the Audio Technica Japanese imports look. As long as they sound good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atothex Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Not according to this page, it's not (pleather). Of course, "leather" could mean anything from lambskin to suede to waxed, so it's all moot until someone actually feels it. And then it's still moot, to everyone but that person. Oops, silly me. I probably just assumed that =(. I wanted these like months ago but thought they'd never get released. I'm totally not in the market anymore, though, unless it can outperform DT770 for a similar price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Koss KSC35s can outperform DT770s for 1/8 the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 I unfortunately have yet to find a magazine hi-fi reviewer who knows dogshit about high end headphones. I enjoyed the GS-1000, but anyone who has anything good to say about those highs must be eating dogshit and putting dogshit in their ears, and I've yet to read a review that even comes close to calling them bright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atothex Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Koss KSC35s can outperform DT770s for 1/8 the price. I have the newer DT770/250, and to be perfectly honest, they are my least favorite of the headphones I own. I keep them because they're comfortable, closed, rugged, and relatively inexpensive (my personal requirements for work cans). If you can name others with those same qualities but better sound, I'm 100% open to suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted December 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Koss Pro 4AAAAAAAAA (I lose count every time, I think there's three o' them Ayes)? I haven't tried them yet myself, but there are people (whose opinions I don't totally discount) who like them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted December 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 PS I think I will get these -- I might put the HP-2 drivers in them if they sound crap. It'd be a relatively inexpensive, very nice enclosure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 let us know what you think DC, I'd be excited if these turn out to be worthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augsburger Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Isn't Wes Philips the guy who says that the AKG 701s are the best cans in the universe? He has also rated highly more than a few headphone amps which most people would take issue with. For some strange reason I have developed a real skepticism for anything Wes raves about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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