These sounded nifty

[Wombat]

I stopped by one of my local audio stores, and he had these on display. I never heard something so convincing that it was the real thing/performer, and not a speaker.

http://www.avantgarde-usa.com/trio.htm

[RichL]

I think I saw them in a childrens TV show in the late 70's.
They lived on the moon, or something

[The PIT]

They look nice don't they I want some. Ah but I want doesn't get.

[thop]

looks sweet. probably 50.000$ or sth.

[Jon P. Inghram]

Or try some of these, they're Ok sounding too.

Etymotic ER-4S:


Sennheiser HD600:



Corda Headamp-1:

[az]

Or this one?



AZ

EDIT: Don't know why the IMG tags don't work, the URL works for me...

[Jon P. Inghram]

I'm sure the Orpheus sounds nice too, but it's a tad too expensive for me.

Caution! 640kB close up of some rather expensive headphones.

[az]

...plus, they're limited to threehundred worldwide!

BTW, do you own the 'phones posteed above?

AZ

[Jon P. Inghram]

Yep, the pictures of the HD600's were mine own, along with the Corda amp (which was the DIY version, soldering is fun ). Didn't have a good picture of my ER-4S, so I used a picture from HeadRoom's site. Also have a Grado SR-80, a Total Airhead portable amp, a Panasonic SL-SW860 portable CDP, a Denon DCM-370 CDP, and a Technics SH-GE50 equalizer.

[KvHagedorn]

The lack of a cabinet while still controlling the backwave can make for some awesome sounding speakers.. see the B&W Nautilus for another example. Electrostats don't have to worry about cabinets either.

Jon, I also have the HD600s with a Headroom Max amp (old style, which I got cheap when they had their closeout sale. ) They make a great combination, especially with a good CD player (Nakamichi CD Player2 here.. older but excellent.) The kind of sweet sounds I get to hear with this setup just cannot be had in a regular amp/speaker setup without spending tens of thousands of dollars, plus having ideal room characteristics.

[Greebe]

btw Chuck they're refered to as Dipole radiators and can have very profound negative effect of not limited to a specific low frequency range. Enter Quad ESL63's of years gone past.