AudioCircle
Audio/Video Gear and Systems => Headphone Mania => Topic started by: Russell Dawkins on 25 Oct 2017, 04:43 pm
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One of the designers of the legendary K-1000 specialized in diaphragm design for AKG mics and he designed the dome element for the K-1000 which, 28 years after it first went on the market at the then-shocking price of $1000, still sells used for well over $1000 in good condition.
A couple of years ago, he re-emerged on a forum thread discussing this headphone and let it be know that he and some colleagues were in the final stages of designing a contemporary version. They showed it at RMAF to good response:
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=170298)
Here's the original. The new one shares the same basic design principles.
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=170299)
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=170300)
Here's the fledgling company's website: www.mysphere.at
and their recent newsletter: http://www.lb-acoustics.at/lb-acoustics_de/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Mysphere-3.1-Newsletter-October-2017.pdf
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Great found, 3500 to 4500EU is not cheap, the rocket HP prices attract many new manufacturers.
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I'd have to hear it (I think it will be on hand at CAF, and I will try to have a listen if so). Not sure I agree with the concept; seems more like a pair of mini monitors hung on your head than a headphone. At some point the compromises involved in trying to be a headphone and a pair of near field mini-monitors at the same time... Something's gotta give. Since there's obviously zero isolation for the listener or anyone in the vicinity, consider that the equivalent $4100 to $5300 these are projected to cost would buy you one seriously impressive pair of nearfield mini monitors. But I still would like to hear them because, hell, I'm an audiophile....