Ed Selley
Hi-Fi Editor
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Think new Kitchen, nice second hand car, fab holiday, small conservatory.How much is the asking price again
It's an interesting budget. You could put together a genuinly superb headphone rig + full hifi for £5k.If anyone has a £5k budget for an end game headphone listening station, I can genuinely put together alternative suggestions for the source, amplifier and headphones if you ask rather than splurge it all on this one headphone
You could put together a genuinly superb headphone rig + full hifi for £5k.
Possibly only balanced out by having to send them back at the end of the review period.
Yup, but i mean with speakers and a stereo amp as well as the phones and HA amp. Not many of us get to that level without multiple upgrades, but it would be nice!I went so far as to suggest one in the review.
I'll stick to my 660's, but boy oh boy I'd love to hear what a £5000 set of cans sounds like. Bet it's not £4600 better
The one thing I don't like about them (but some don't mind) is they are very clampy (yes thats not a word). I have the NightOwls which (and I don't care what others think) I bloody love. They are like putting on fluffy zero gravity pillows. If someone like DropBox could build 660s innards with NIghtOwl outards, they'd be the best headphone.....in the world.I actually bought a pair of 660S last Saturday & they literally haven't been off my head since then, other than to sleep of course !
I own various pairs of headphones, the Sony MDR-Z1R's being my most expensive & was recently considering buying Focal Utopia's or Focal Stellia's which cost £4.000 & £3.000 respectively. I've also considered buying the Abyss Diana Phi's, that also cost £4.000.
It's a huge investment, but there's many that do go to this expense & of course not just on headphones. Audio gear is a hobby for many.
I have to say though that i'm absolutely happy with my £429 spend on my Sennheiser HD660S. They're the best headphones i've heard. Cost should play a cost in sound quality, but it shows you can spend a little less & still get great sound quality....but i do own an expensive headphone amp / dac....which is an important part of the chain.
You don't buy a top of the range TV, without all the other stuff. The same applies to audio enthusiasts.
I'd be really interested in seeing what T&A thinks the frequency response of £5000 headphones is supposed to look like given how variable individuals preferences are.
How much is the asking price again
Awesome e-bikeThink new Kitchen, nice second hand car, fab holiday, small conservatory.
My $1900RRP IEMS are at best 5% improvement on my $1000RRP IEM's, (both bought used for under £500) so these will be around 8-10% if even possible to apply a % to a very personal experience.I'll stick to my 660's, but boy oh boy I'd love to hear what a £5000 set of cans sounds like. Bet it's not £4600 better