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Reply to review by 'Evshrug' on item 'Drop + Grell OAE1 Signature Headphones'
I'd guess the amount of copper underneath the insulation is about average gauge, the rubber around the single-ended 3.5mm cable is wider than a typical USB cable but once it splits to enter each earcup the individual cable "sides" are about 2/3 the diameter of a typical USB cable. The balanced...- Evshrug
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Reply to review by 'Evshrug' on item 'Drop + Grell OAE1 Signature Headphones'
@Skeza I’m actually sorting the 2.5mm balanced connectors as a “pro!” I mean, I don’t like 2.5mm terminations where the cable meets the amp/DAP/dongle. But I do think it will be easy and less expensive for third parties to make custom cables for the OAE1 for people who like that sort of thing 👍...- Evshrug
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AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE
Yeah, and it’s positioned forward of your ear canal and angled back. That, plus the unusual % of how open the baffle is, are the major innovations/unique things about this headphone. Thanks for the shout out! With a driver that’s “flat,” firing directly into your ear canal, pretty much the...- Evshrug
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- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE
Oh, and @maegnificant , some people just totally prefer the intimate sound of headphone playback of plain regular stereo regardless, and I respect that. I just think it’s cool to have both options.- Evshrug
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AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE
https://www.strax.com/ He had to buy back the rights to use his own name for his company. It was a very difficult ending. Most music is recorded and performed with the intended playback on a pair of stereo speakers. Some DVD and BluRay 5.1 mixed recordings do exist, and what you get there is...- Evshrug
- Post #659
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AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE
Some of the details you’re asking for are already in the listening notes section, just expand that section of the review by tapping on the blue button that says spoilers. I’m going to add some headphone comparisons under the appropriately named spoiler tag, I’ve just been so exhausted after my...- Evshrug
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Reply to review by 'Evshrug' on item 'Drop + Grell OAE1 Signature Headphones'
@OnlySoMany everything, not literally no, but the earcup frame, mesh, yolks, and structure are metal (everything you see in silver). And, it’s still really lightweight considering the earcups are pretty big. And I know the feeling… I couldn’t afford a hotel in NYC for CanJam this year (I was...- Evshrug
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Reply to review by 'Evshrug' on item 'Drop + Grell OAE1 Signature Headphones'
@Audi5000 I think grell is trying to make it easier and give extra perks for the early adopters who don’t have any reviews yet (besides my own), in the hopes to attract more reviews. But it’s selling pretty fast, and I think that would probably be a good sign for future runs, so while I’d like a...- Evshrug
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AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE
It would be more simple to advertise “speaker-like sound,” but Axel has been veeeery careful to not promise the moon. Since the left ear still cannot hear what the OAE1’s right driver is doing at any significant SPL, there’s no true “In-Front Localization” that will happen JUST because of the...- Evshrug
- Post #615
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AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE
That’s a very significant and smart question. Many headphones have different squiggles depending on the SPL at 1kHz. And… I don’t know. Edit: I feel like Jude and Listener probably published their SPL somewhere, I just don’t know 🤷♂️ The OAE1 is easy to drive, so yes it will be sufficient...- Evshrug
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Reply to review by 'Evshrug' on item 'Drop + Grell OAE1 Signature Headphones'
@maegnificant I think I won’t hear back from Axel for awhile now that the High End show is over… I think the trade shows take a lot out of him 😅 That said, the tight tolerances might show up on the individual measurement data delivered with the Signature series. I don’t know German with any...- Evshrug
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ZMF Spring Limiteds, CanJam NYC and Estimated Release Schedule for Caldera Closed and BOKEH Open!
Congrats @zach915m and @L0rdGwyn !!! 🙌- Evshrug
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The Questyle NHB15
Congrats! When I was working at my previous job this winter at Dick’s Sporting Goods, a customer walked up to me in the bikes department and showed me his Questyle M15 dongle. Unfortunately I had nothing with me to listen on it, but he LOVED it. Now Questyle does in-ear headphones too...- Evshrug
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Reply to review by 'Evshrug' on item 'Drop + Grell OAE1 Signature Headphones'
@SeanHasAPairOfDuals I personally felt the AKGs did soundstage/headstage better than the Sennheiser’s at this price point… but the grell sounds clearly better to me in that aspect. The HD 6XX (I have a 650) is indeed venerable and well loved… I used to visit a discord server where every “what...- Evshrug
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