Headphones that are over engineered, even for a bat ... just $55K - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: kfitch42
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 05:17:21 pm
content: Here on the EEVblog forum, mocking audiophoolery is a favorite passtime, and Sennheiser makes it easy:* Tubes... CHECK!* Ridiculous enclosure... CHECK!* Specs way beyond meaningfulness (8Hz to 100KHz)... CHECK!* Exorbitant pricetag ($55K)... CHECK!http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/11/sennheiser-unveils-40000-marble-clad-valve-amp-orpheus-headphones/P.S. Most bats use frequencies below ~80KHz:http://www.staffordshirebats.btck.co.uk/Information/Frequencies

author: fivefish
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 05:24:50 pm
content: Dont you know? Audiphools have golden ears.

author: Delta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 05:26:53 pm
content: Arse Technica? They got that right!I'm willing to give this one the benefit of the doubt as a pure publicity stunt - Sennheiser are a well regarded company in the professional audio market, not some audiophool woo merchant. (Well they used to be at least...)

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 05:29:00 pm
content: Close to the end of the article, there is a sign of "impurity":Quote

author: Delta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 05:31:32 pm
content: So the headphones themselves have "an alleged total harmonic distortion of just 0.01 percent", then they're driving them with a valve amp...

author: Lightages
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 05:38:11 pm
content: There is something to be said for having a bandwidth wider than that needed. It allows the needed bandwidth to have a possibly flatter phase error. But to use tubes is just audiophool wank.

author: hayatepilot
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 06:23:03 pm
content: Every headphone goes from 8Hz to 100kHz. It doesn't say nothing about the amplitude.This spec is completely wothless.

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2015, 10:01:47 am
content: You missed the...QuoteThat's got to be worth $10k on it's own!

author: krivx
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2015, 10:14:56 am
content: Quote from: Delta on November 04, 2015, 05:31:32 pmVery linear valve amplifiers exist:http://www.burwenaudio.com/Krohn-Hite_UF-101.pdf

author: crispy_tofu
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2015, 11:22:59 am
content: But why?

author: hayatepilot
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2015, 12:30:07 pm
content: Because there are people with too much money.

author: PA0PBZ
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2015, 12:54:01 pm
content: Tubes look fake, with a red LED just under the base.

author: daqq
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2015, 03:21:15 pm
content: I guess they are for Batman?

author: MarkL
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 05, 2015, 04:38:37 pm
content: And don't miss the reference in the article to the audiophile Ethernet cables made by these people:http://www.audioquest.com/ethernet/vodkaFrom the above web site:Quote

author: wreeve
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 05, 2015, 10:02:56 pm
content: The connectors on the end of those Ethernet cables look really nice to be honest! I wonder if you can get normal cables with such ends! A lot of my cables have the little retention thing snapped off!

author: DrGeoff
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2015, 10:15:12 pm
content: Quote from: daqq on November 05, 2015, 03:21:15 pmI was thinking more like something from a 1970's Bond film...

author: ajb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2015, 10:59:28 pm
content: Quote from: wreeve on November 05, 2015, 10:02:56 pmhttp://www.telegaertner.com/en/info/highlights/mfp8/straight-version/RS have them in stock, less than 10 Euro each if you by them 25 at a time!

author: Halvmand
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 06, 2015, 12:28:30 am
content: Quote from: ajb on November 05, 2015, 10:59:28 pmYou're right. You maybe saw it in this teardown? I did. For the ones that are curious about what it looks like on the inside, the teardown is here:http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/07/gallery-we-tear-apart-a-340-audiophile-ethernet-cable-and-look-inside/

author: SteveyG
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 06, 2015, 08:28:18 am
content: I certainly wouldn't say no to those.

author: FrankBuss
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 27, 2015, 08:52:00 pm
content: Nice. Dave should buy one and do a teardown of the amplifier