Satch
Audiotinkerer
Ok, if this is not allowed, please delete. As a good friend of mine works at Sennheiser, I was able today to listen to their flagship offering, the HE 1. This is a combination of a tube preamp/DAC in a marble housing with electrostatic headphones. As an extra (I don't dare to use the word 'gimmick') the tubes, the knobs and the headphone appear from the marble housing. An amazing piece of art to which I was allowed to listen to for two hours, bringing my own CD/SACD-player and music.
What can I say without sounding like a cheap commercial? It was mindblowing, best sound I ever heard. It also made me realize how good a plain old CD can be, but that's another thread.
Drawbacks? Price obviously, in excess of 50,000 bucks. There's also a waitinglist as each unit is custom made. It shows no mercy for bad recordings or mixes, so if the source is garbage, you will hear it. And, as the cool-running Class-A MOSFET high-voltage amplifier are integrated directly into the earcups it is heavy, although the near-perfect fit sees to it they are very comfortable.
So there you have it in a nutshell. I will probably never in a 50,000+ years be able to affrod it - but a man needs to have a dream, and I've found mine. Next to Mila Kunis that is. I also took some pics (not from Mila - sorry!) so enjoy. I know I did.
What can I say without sounding like a cheap commercial? It was mindblowing, best sound I ever heard. It also made me realize how good a plain old CD can be, but that's another thread.
Drawbacks? Price obviously, in excess of 50,000 bucks. There's also a waitinglist as each unit is custom made. It shows no mercy for bad recordings or mixes, so if the source is garbage, you will hear it. And, as the cool-running Class-A MOSFET high-voltage amplifier are integrated directly into the earcups it is heavy, although the near-perfect fit sees to it they are very comfortable.
So there you have it in a nutshell. I will probably never in a 50,000+ years be able to affrod it - but a man needs to have a dream, and I've found mine. Next to Mila Kunis that is. I also took some pics (not from Mila - sorry!) so enjoy. I know I did.