Symphones "MAGNUM" pre-order and discount

[philodox]

Mike - You have one and don't like it?

[jinp6301]

I'm borrowing a magnum for a day or two. It sounds really really good.

[mypasswordis]

Moar info required. And I'm still waiting on that Magnum vs. SR-X Pro comparison, eejit.

[jp11801]

damn I wants the sr-x pro

[mypasswordis]

[Currawong]

Mine have survived the honeymoon period nicely. I've been alternating between them and the APS-cabled HD-800s depending on my mood. I think it'll take the eXStatA and O2s to ruin things. They are brighter, by the way, than the SR-5NB, but not as sweet as the latter out of the T1S I have here. Damn I miss those Omegas!

[jinp6301]

Someone should send me stats so I can compare.

[mypasswordis]

Mine have survived the honeymoon period nicely. I've been alternating between them and the APS-cabled HD-800s depending on my mood. I think it'll take the eXStatA and O2s to ruin things. They are brighter, by the way, than the SR-5NB, but not as sweet as the latter out of the T1S I have here. Damn I miss those Omegas!

The SR-5NB is slightly dark for my tastes, and the O2 is even darker than that, so brighter could be a good thing.

Someone should send me stats so I can compare.

That could be doable on my side... also, I hear a certain someone who digs redheads who sing metal will be moving to NYC very soon.

[ivanrocks321]

hey jinp6301 how did you find them compared to rs1?

[jinp6301]

That could be doable on my side... also, I hear a certain someone who digs redheads who sing metal will be moving to NYC very soon.

Oh shizzle, he told me about this but I didnt know it was finalized! :

hey jinp6301 how did you find them compared to rs1?

Hey Ivan. (I borrowed the magnums from Ivan). I still like the magnums better. The RS-1 is better for female vocals/small jazz but overall the speed/resolution of the Magnums make them a much better headphone

[feckn_eejit]

Moar info required. And I'm still waiting on that Magnum vs. SR-X Pro comparison, eejit.

The fact that I haven't been able to arse myself into hooking up the Illusion ESC-1001 transfo box to the X250.5 in order to even do this comparison should speak towards how good the Magnums are... I do intend to do this but in a way I'm king of avoiding in that I'm worried the SR-X/Pros will lose and I'll kind of want to sell them but not really since they're so rare and I'm weird...........

[Spiug31]

any Magnum vs k1000 impressions (preferably balanced and driven by a beta22) ?

[Currawong]

Now Rhydon is offering free version 2 drivers to existing customers, just as I was going to finish a review.

[Currawong]

I posted a review on the other site if anyone is interested.

[Currawong]

Update: Rhydon came through in the end. The drivers have 3 holes in the back and now have more bass, and a less peaky treble, something akin to how HF-1s sound, but with everything a lot better. Kickass imaging to my ears, better than my 404LE/T1S rig and the HD-800s. Probably quite a bit of that is as much to do with the amps as the headphones themselves. I'm very pleased with them.

[feckn_eejit]

Just got home from picking up the Series II MAGNUMs from the post office. With the Series I, I plugged them in in the box and let them break in for a while before I listened to them........ I couldn't resist this time, and...... woah......... waaaaaaaay too much bass! I went straight for a album I loved listening to with the Series Is which is pretty light in the nether regions, and I hate how it sounds on these......... so, off my head to have some techno blasted through them for a while............ will report back........

[feckn_eejit]

8-ish hours on them now........... still too much bass............

[grawk]

i don't see how breaking them in will do anything to reduce bass. Nothing I can figure would cause it to go down.

[diebenkorn]

8-ish hours on them now........... still too much bass............

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[Nebby]

<inserts random car analogy comparing an engine to burn-in effects>