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Post by minivan on Mar 2, 2008 6:49:35 GMT
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Post by dc on Mar 2, 2008 8:27:36 GMT
that's some pretty crappy soldering
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Post by canjunkie on Mar 2, 2008 10:07:10 GMT
I've seen better In fact I'm sure I've done better which is saying something. Sennheiser UK had one on display in their conference room at their Head Office a few years back. They were very proud of it, apparently each lump is hand built. It took me a few visits to get someone to plug it in to a source 'n' some phones but can't say I was overly impressed. I don't know whether it had been badly handled by the cleaners or something but it basically sounded way too warm and bloated and backgound noise intrusive. The techie I got to fire it up wasn't impressed either & reckoned his own one was a lot better. Never got to hear that one though.
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Post by PinkFloyd on Mar 2, 2008 16:59:11 GMT
I cannot believe that thing is using TEAPO capacitors (read "CHEAPO") and how much does this wankfest retail for?
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Post by canjunkie on Mar 2, 2008 20:37:15 GMT
Hope you're sitting down mate - as far as I remember, about four years ago they were in the region of GBP1000 They were a limited edition & I did giggle when I heard the last sets went for silly money all over the world ;/z
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Post by merton on Mar 2, 2008 22:17:20 GMT
i thought the whole system was like $20,000 US
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Post by PinkFloyd on Mar 2, 2008 22:47:54 GMT
The one I heard at the Edinburgh Hi-Fi show circa 1997 or so was around £30,000 with the headphones?? Was the Orpheus I think.
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Post by canjunkie on Mar 3, 2008 7:38:49 GMT
You're probably right, my rapidly disintegrating memory may have dropped a nought off a the dealer price or something It was a few years and a nasty neck/back injury ago. The SQ I do distinctly remember - but I think is was being used as an ornament - anyone listen to a fully up and running lump? Wouldn't like to have serviced the bugger though. Can't see how you'd fit an extender card in there
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insanitybeard
Been here a while!
My head feels like a frisby, like a football.....
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Post by insanitybeard on Mar 5, 2008 0:17:37 GMT
I thought the UK retail price was 10k, and that was nearly 10 years ago..... always wanted to get a listen to a set, if only to hear what the fuss was about. I'd also be interested to get a comparison between the Orpheus and the higher range Stax setups.
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