And now I have transgressed in to a totally different level in headphones

What is LOVE?
some thick description.

Hi,

Hmm another addition to your already stacked HP collection ! or another feather in your cap !

Am not much of a headphone guy ! so perhaps I may want to listen to your latest one buddy and see whats the fuss is all about !! Hope Am invited !

If you care sachi,you are most welcome to drop in for an audition of my DIY stuff anytime !

Regards.

Soundsgreat schrieb:

Hi, Hmm another addition to your already stacked HP collection ! or another feather in your cap ! Am not much of a headphone guy ! so perhaps I may want to listen to your latest one buddy and see whats the fuss is all about !! Hope Am invited ! If you care sachi,you are most welcome to drop in for an audition of my DIY stuff anytime ! Regards.

You are located in India & Saachi is in the USA!
it's going to be a very expensive listening session for either one that decides to visit the other!

Hi,

Hmm I was under the impression that he has returned back !!

I know that he is from Bangalore !! and I also had heard that he was to return back ! so naturally assumed he was here !!

Well anyways Sorry !!


Regards.

Cool, wonder how it is compared to the Cadence headphones.
Deaf.

cadence has headphones ? or did you mean Stax ?

No I meant Cadence.

Arj

Cadence had made electrostatic headphones and good sounding ones at that.

Some how I believe they would sit confortably on ones head.
I am not too sure about the story but deaf should have the correct one.

Manek

We're all ears, deaf!

Soundsgreat schrieb:

Hi, Hmm another addition to your already stacked HP collection ! or another feather in your cap ! Am not much of a headphone guy ! so perhaps I may want to listen to your latest one buddy and see whats the fuss is all about !! Hope Am invited ! If you care sachi,you are most welcome to drop in for an audition of my DIY stuff anytime ! Regards.

Thanks for the invite soundsgreat. ..I sure will look you up and check out your DIY system when I visit.

I have two more headphones coming in from Europe. Leftovers from the erstwhile cold war, made by the East Germans. I also have a friend making a pair of custom headphones cups for me to fit to a grado headband.

Another interesting project is making an adapter for my sansui speaker amp so I can drive my orthos directly from it. These orthos are power hungry monsters.

deaf schrieb:

Cool, wonder how it is compared to the Cadence headphones. Deaf.

Now sir, thisis very interesting news indeed.

I wonder if cadence would sell just the drivers?. IT could always be re-terminated into a stax plug and used with a stax energier or other tube stat headphone amps.

ANother company that is into ribbons is making headphones too, RAAL. yes the crazy Serbians. They have a prototype going but its not much, still a start.

Then of course there are DIY versions that use Ergo AMT drivers.

SO if cadence has something cooking for headphones I sure would love to find out more. I'm all ears deaf.

Ok the story,
OTL driven electrostaic with dedicated preamp.
1 micron diagphram, you could see through it.
10Hz to 40kH +/- 0.1db(100kHZ theorotically).
Only 2 sets were made. Shanti used one of these.
"Perfect", that is what John Borwick of Gramaphone magazine said when he heard them, I was there.

My description would be "Beautifully addictive".

deaf schrieb:

Ok the story, OTL driven electrostaic with dedicated preamp. 1 micron diagphram, you could see through it. 10Hz to 40kH +/- 0.1db(100kHZ theorotically). Only 2 sets were made. Shanti used one of these. "Perfect", that is what John Borwick of Gramaphone magazine said when he heard them, I was there. My description would be "Beautifully addictive".

Would they consider making another pair sir..that is the question..having the ability and not making it is such a shame. There is a market for these phones a niche one but a decent sized one.

I would be interested in trying to acquire one of the existing pairs if possible too.

As far as I know Cadence sells none of their electrostatics for 3rd party use. So the DIY is out.
Deaf

deaf schrieb:

As far as I know Cadence sells none of their electrostatics for 3rd party use. So the DIY is out. Deaf

well that's understandable. besides, the DIY market for electrostatic headphones is very very small. FInished headphones though havae a prety decent market size and are all for the most part niche end users. The only company that is actively making electrostatic headphones other than Stax has been the CHineses company Jade. It would be so awesome if Candence could shake things up with headphones of their own.and I know they make pretty darn good speakers so I would expect nothing less from their headphones but wrld class quality.

Almost a decade ago, I had read ( on the internet) detailed DIY instructions to make Electrostat panels for Headphones & speakers... starting with Plastic Film and spary painting a conductive layer.

To me it seemed that some trial and error would be required to get things right, but once done right, could be easily productionised as a garage operation. Its Not Rocket science...

Incidentally, guys, I still have for sale a pair of barely used STAX Earspeakers

Price Rs 18K negotiable.

The original post on this forum is :

http://www.hifi-foru...um_id=120&thread=275

No Obligation Auditions welcome

Speaking of Chinese cans, 2 weeks ago I heard a Audio Technica ripoff, the damn thing really impressed me, I mean really. I was told the price will be 3.5k or so. I will be getting it FOC though. Will hook up my old Nakamichi CD player that has a headphone out with gain to enjoy the cans.
Deaf

deaf schrieb:

Speaking of Chinese cans, 2 weeks ago I heard a Audio Technica ripoff, the damn thing really impressed me, I mean really. I was told the price will be 3.5k or so. I will be getting it FOC though. Will hook up my old Nakamichi CD player that has a headphone out with gain to enjoy the cans. Deaf

Cool..I have heard about the chinese ripoffs..though not spoken in the same positive vein though...

post some pics up when you get them please..

Savyasaachi schrieb:

deaf schrieb: Speaking of Chinese cans, 2 weeks ago I heard a Audio Technica ripoff, the damn thing really impressed me, I mean really. I was told the price will be 3.5k or so. I will be getting it FOC though. Will hook up my old Nakamichi CD player that has a headphone out with gain to enjoy the cans. Deaf Cool..I have heard about the chinese ripoffs..though not spoken in the same positive vein though... post some pics up when you get them please..

True, I heard 4 model types of rips, 1 was a good Pioneer DJ rip and suitable for the application intended, 2 sounded shitty, the AT was so good, that the visiting Jap AT guys who were shown the rip did some shitty in their pants.
Deaf.

Would that be a 'Rip Off' or 'Value For Money' !!!

deaf schrieb:

True, I heard 4 model types of rips, 1 was a good Pioneer DJ rip and suitable for the application intended, 2 sounded shitty, the AT was so good, that the visiting Jap AT guys who were shown the rip did some shitty in their pants. Deaf.

let me know if their quality control is as good as well when you get your rip off AT.

If it i really as good as you say it it, am in for a pair of those.