[Crossoverless]

Here's another headphone that is much.. much cheaper  $600, that someone is saying.. they sound like your listening to "Speakers".. NOT HEADPHONES! 

https://www.facebook.com/JohnMauriceCrossettIii/posts/303608523096082:0

[milford3]

Very nice looking headphone.  Are they open back, closed back or semi open back?

[Crossoverless]

Very nice looking headphone.  Are they open back, closed back or semi open back?

 They are semi-open design...

[Crossoverless]

John Crossett, reviewer at The Audio Beat even said these AudioQuest headphones sounded better than the Top Of The Line HiFiMan HE-1000's!! in his review ...

https://www.facebook.com/JohnMauriceCrossettIii?ref=nf

[Letitroll98]

Our very own Dalethorn also has a review of them here:
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=135938.0

Very interesting headphones, Dale had about the same reaction to them.   

[Crossoverless]

Here's some more info on these headphones..

https://youtube.com/watch?v=OjAwpylxjzw

[SteveFord]

These look promising.
Where are they made? 

[FullRangeMan]

Today everything is made in China, I think this manufacturer will follow the herd for lower production cost.
The AQ phones page:
http://personal.audioquest.com/nighthawk/#nighthawk-page
Product manual dont inform its made in usa, so...

[FullRangeMan]

Came to mind the Mati Otala distortion experiment.

[electricbear]

I'm not much of a HP listener but the Nighthawks are some of the most comfortable over the ear phones that have graced my head. I have compared them to various Grados, B&Ws, LCD2s and even the ones by McIntosh and they stack up well. They are an easy headphone to listen to. They do benefit from a good amp just like a good pair of speakers.

[Crossoverless]

One person that listened to these NightHawk headphones said they SUCK you INTO the MUSIC like NO other two channel speaker system he's heard.. has ever done before!... 

http://www.stereophile.com/content/audioquest%E2%80%99s-nighthawk-headphones#rqfHU6CooP9h1rzG.99

[FullRangeMan]

Well, engineering is the scientific application of tradeoffs and compromises.  In the case of the Audience 2+2 speaker, the tradeoff was  giving up bandwidth to eliminate distortions originating with  multi-driver crossovers.  With the Nighthawk I don't know what the compromises were, other than the expected constraints of a headphone on the head.

The NH soudstage is bigger than the HD800?

[milford3]

I almost have my credit card out for these cans.  Someone talk me out of it or into it.  Headphones to me are the God of speakers.

[SteveFord]

It doesn't look like Amazon will post my question Where are these made?  so for the people here who have them, what is the country of origin?  I ask as if there were a domestic product I would be very interested.  Audioquest's facility looks large enough for them to manufacture them here.

[John Casler]

As an AudioQuest dealer, I got to hear them a few months ago, and while I am not a headphone guy, they were the best I had heard (or felt comfort wise).  Might add. that the customers for whom I have picked up a a pair seem to love them.

I will look into where they are manufactured, but I doubt it is domestic.

[SteveFord]

Thanks.
Sounds a bit like the Chinese tobacco pipes - the exterior looked like briar but the interior was totally different. 

[FullRangeMan]

Oh, no - the HD800 is quite different, but when you listen to the NH you can feel like you're being drawn into a real event-space, whereas the HD800 is merely huge, and a little dry.

Thanks Dale, its good to now we have a fully harmonical phones as the old Orpheus, which soundstage hasnot big also.
I realize the soundstage size is a consequence from the driver size.

[Crossoverless]

Here's a very interesting review on these all new NightHawk headphones!

 NightHawk vs LIVE MUSIC ??? 

http://www.soundstagexperience.com/index.php/equipment-menu/669-audioquest-nighthawk-headphones

Here's their facebook page...

https://www.facebook.com/audioquestexperience

[Crossoverless]

It looks like the Meridian Prime headphone amp is a great match with these Nighthawks...

http://www.gramophone.com/blog/audioquest-nighthawk