I think if you can imagine a cross between the SR-1b and the 1266TC with 8 ribbon drivers per side in an octagonal configuration, all individually motorised for millimetre perfect angling and distancing, you might have an idea of what it could be like. Add to that a DSP-based App, fully Roon...

I’m not home for the next few weeks so unfortunately cannot look into this further. But I will say, one sight of the word “Harmon” and I’m gone…..I mean I turn into an angry very green individual and want to smash anything and everything associated with that word. I hate it. I appreciate the...

It’s not about volume, it’s about over-driving the original signal so that it distorts. This might be preferred by owners of Gibson Les Pauls and Marshall stacks, but digital signal clipping is horrible and must be avoided. If you boost some frequencies by EQ’ing them it is wise to compensate...

If that’s how you feel right now awaiting Santa Alex’s delivery what are you going to be like in a couple of years (?) when Alex announces the Raal 1995 version of the SR-1a/b? This is not necessarily a factual comment, merely an echo of what we talked about when we met at World of Headphones in...

I think you’ll find those who lay their money down without a demo will mostly be those who already own and enjoy at least one of the previous Raal-Requisite phones. If that’s the case I say in no way should your expectations be curbed. Immanis and Magna take what’s good and very good about the...

Go and have a read and decide for yourself. I know nothing about AutoEQ and what it can do. What I do know is that Mitch uses his experience as a studio engineer and not just technical solutions. His convolution filters are the equivalent of more than 30K parametric sliders when applied to a 48K...

No, the filters can only be stored in Windows or MacOS, and are then made available to the various playback systems that can use these environments. Roon can use these filters simply by ‘pointing’ to where they’re stored. The filters can also be used if I use my SP3000 DAP as a Roon Endpoint...

Have a look at accuratesound.ca Mitch is a former studio engineer who has developed digital solutions for room correction and headphones. Convolution filters are sophisticated EQ solutions that Mitch has developed for individual headphones as a consequence of extended listening and technical...

Tunes, if you can afford to do so I recommend you hold onto the HSA-1b until you have a chance to hear it with Immanis. I had a borrowed Envy at home and had a chance to demo the Immanis for a few days. I personally think Immanis sounds better with the Envy but I also cannot listen to my SR-1a...

Ah yes, I remember now that you got yours ‘at a favourable price’ from Thanatos. Will you and Mr T be getting together at some point to compare the older Mrs Walnut (my name for the Envy I borrowed from Thomas) with the ‘new and improved’ Mrs Walnut AE? That would indeed be an interesting little...

Totally agree with you that you should never judge the headphone, it’s the system chain that is playing the music. Alex will never and has no need to ‘tremble’; the ribbon drivers are not inferior to any other technology. It’s simply a question of preferences and what fires your emotional...

Ok, I accept that. But you are accepting, because of this one review, that the Envy needs 450hrs burn-in? What do your own ears and experience tell you personally? Or are you just accepting what he says as the the truth for all of us?

So, are you saying, because of this person’s comments, that all of the other people who shared “WOW” with us the first time they heard the Envy are completely wrong? That it’s not possible to hear “WOW” moments until 450hrs have passed? Just asking.

I’ve said it before but I’ll mention it again. Using the WE300B’s in standby mode invalidates the 5-year warranty according to the small print in the WE manual.

There’s more on the Raal 1995 sponsor thread.

Me too, 70 in April.

To whom are you addressing your repeated barrage of questions please?

Music doesn’t start playing on mine when I plug in an IEM. It starts when I press the play button. Maybe you’re a fake person sent here by the gods of annoyance?

Mine shows a charging symbol and % charge for a few seconds and then the screen goes dark. I suggest you get something more to your liking.

Best solution for SR-1a/b and CA-1a for sure but I doubt 😕 that’s true for Immanis once you experience the new 300B and EL34 amps from Solaja. I doubt very much that the new amps will sound worse than the VM-1a, and there’s little point releasing them if they’re not ‘better’ than the VM-1a. Time...

I own the HSA-1b and the SR-1a and CA-1a Raal phones. I had an Envy PE at home for 2 weeks and was able to compare with the HSA. With the HSA and Raal phones the Accurate Sounds convolution filters are a ‘must have’ for me and my ears, otherwise some recordings e.g. orchestral music with strong...

Mine shows what song is playing from which album. It doesn’t show how many tracks are left but that’s not something I care about and it’s to see if you page down.

That’s a great list but I think you’ll find The Beatles preceded all of them by quite a few years and without The Beatles the world of modern music would have been very different. Except of course for the lots of Classical music bit which preceded The Beatles by a couple of years.

Haven’t got around to the Gentle Giant one’s yet but I will do this week. 👍🏼

I’ll ask him when/if I meet him. Should I wear a flak jacket? I happen to think Revolver sounds great. And I agree with Aperture about the Steven Wilson remasters of Jethro Tull.