Meanwhile at CES 2018.....

 

 

USD $2400

 

Edited January 8, 20188 yr by Bjorn

Glass covers? Looks cool but ... reflections?

They're waiting to release the marble cover version for $30k

2 hours ago, Hopstretch said:

Glass covers? Looks cool but ... reflections?

Maybe they're one-way glass?  XD

The perspicacious would opt for perspex........

 

I can just see the aftermarket crowd going wild with this one......

Besides the usual plethora of aftermarket cables, there will be:-

Coloware will have a range of colored covers....

There will be a plethora of different wood covers.

Edstrelow will have a pattern of sorbothane to make these Stax killers

The Hifiman HE-6 crowd will break out different felt fazor mods.

Anaxilus will have 3 different mods to get rid of the echo chamber cavern effect...

The newest mod will be to coat the inside of the covers with teflon to make sure even the sound doesn't stick...

etc, etc, ad hoc, ad addendum, ad astra. ad nauseum........................... 

 

 

Looking forward to hearing these. I'm not really a closed-back fan, but hopefully these will show up at a bay area meet sometime this year.

"... astonishingly transparent sound, thanks to a unique glass transducer cover..."

 

 

I wonder how long it will before those covers are replaced with the bottoms of coke bottles for a sweeter and darker sound.....

I plan to replace mine with panda skin

The bar stools on Aristotle Onassis’s yacht were upholstered in whale foreskin. Apropos of nothing.

11 minutes ago, Hopstretch said:

The bar stools on Aristotle Onassis’s yacht were upholstered in whale foreskin. Apropos of nothing.

Are you stuck in JFK?

Looks like Cobra King LTD driver's removable "Spaceport" made of aerospace aluminum will fit nicely into that headphone port, sure to improve sound ...

Edited January 9, 20188 yr by Jon L

Is that a golf stick?  We're living the times of the wealthy morons who don't know how to spend their money. And the weather keeps improving by the day 

one of my professors showed us some gel like material they had made for space. forget what it was called. it looked like acrylic but was kinda squishy and weighed less than styrofoam. lets use that

5 hours ago, justin said:

one of my professors showed us some gel like material they had made for space. forget what it was called. it looked like acrylic but was kinda squishy and weighed less than styrofoam. lets use that

Silly, that gel is ubiquitous in California. It is used by soccer moms to convert A cups to double D cups. 

7 hours ago, justin said:

one of my professors showed us some gel like material they had made for space. forget what it was called. it looked like acrylic but was kinda squishy and weighed less than styrofoam. lets use that

What sort of acoustic properties does it have?

It's as sonically clear as glass........

Edited January 10, 20188 yr by wink

3 hours ago, wink said:

It's as sonically clear as glass........

Ain't it  ?

6 hours ago, wink said:

It's as sonically clear as glass........

No, I meant reflective, and I meant the gel like material.  Glass has a very hard reflective surface, acoustically, hence Marc’s comment, but I imagine gel would be a little better, like putty.

I think you're referring to Aerogel. Excellent insulation capabilities, ultralight, and mostly made of air?

If it were made of salt water, it could support more plankton.........

https://www.innerfidelity.com/content/ces-2018sennheiser-hd-820-over-ear-sealed-headphones

Early report from CES is in.  Sounds promising.

I like the earpad's.

I wish people would stop making headphones after I decided to stop buying them.

I wish I could stop buying headphones.