What do you guys think of this idea, the headphones themselves look very tough and apparently they sound pretty good.
They have two speakers in each ear for better sound but I don’t know much about that.
The open/closed thing could be neat for some.
I am currently using California Headphone co silverados and they are getting on in years because I’m damn tough on them, screws coming out and the earpads are getting worn, not to mention the cable broke on one side so i just soldered it right to the speaker.
Frankly, I wish that you had linked to more than the video and that I had freaking money to spend.
I have one major concern -- that's it -- and that's whether they're circum-aural or supra-aural. That's a hard thing to define, people's ears are not all the same size, I get that, but I can't use supra-aural headphones pretty much at all.
Other than that, I love the idea. Leather, aluminium, dual drivers, microphone, clear intention of the highest build quality, and that sound-stage feature, fuck.
I don't think that I would ever buy this thing, and I don't think that most of the audiophile community would bother with it either, other than for the novelty factor. It tries to fill every role and a jack of all trades is a master of none. For mobile use, iems are far superior for their noise isolation, portability, ease of storage, drivability (ie don't need an amp which many headphones do with mobile players), etc. So the open/closed thing wouldn't really help much because I sill wouldn't ever use it for mobile use, so it doesn't matter. The mic addition thing is cool, but it is nothing new. Vmoda has been on that track for a while now iirc. The multiple drivers thing could be good or it could be bad. I honestly don't think that you need more than one driver in a headphone per ear, but maybe. The reason being that headphones don't suffer from the problems that speakers do. Trying to get the volume necessary for speakers from one driver while also trying to get decent sound for the full range is a difficult feat, but headphones don't really have that problem. In fact, most consumer grade headphones have a V shaped sound (meaning that they have loud bass and treble relative to the mids) demonstrating that even moderately decent headphones can handle the range of sound necessary for listening without an issue, making multiple drivers irrelevant. The construction looks solid, so that is good, but I just don't see a scenario where I would ever buy these or recommend them to anyone.
It has long been a gimmick for gaming headphones to have multiple drivers to simulate surround sound. That is exactly what it is here, a gimmick. You don't need more than one driver for accurate 3D positioning and you don't need more than one driver for decent sound. Look at the Sennheiser HD800. A huge company with lots of history making their flagship product. They didn't use more than one driver. Why? Because it would make it expensive? It is already over $1,000. The truth is that you don't need it.
Fun fact... many people who try the HD800 don't really care for it as a daily driver. It's "blisteringly accurate, and a bit bright". I've seen many people say that it's a unique experience but mostly just a brain thing since you know it's expensive.
My dream headphones are the LCD3's... Exactly the sound signature I appreciate. I would love to test-drive some someday.
Kickstarter is weird it embeds the video no matter what you try to do with the link. I struggle with it every time.
I kind of agree with @1920.1080p.1280.720p the idea is cool, but I'm not overly convinced. It looks like a solid build but a lot of gimiky addons. The mic for example. I've always been a proponent of separate mics. You can buy what you need you don't have a choice with a built in one.
And the two drivers? OK I'm not an expert so maybe it's better? Anyone? But I've used single driver reference headphones for years and could always pin point exactly where an object was in the environment I was listening to be it a musical orchestra or the fucker about to knife me in bf2.
As far as mics go.... I like headsets & standalone mics. For example, I have a Blue Nessie for recording, but it's not fun to try and use it to talk to friends when gaming. But they also mentioned that it's optional -- which leads me to think it might use a standard 3.5mm connection, which means you could easily swap it out for an alternative. I like that idea a lot.
Like I said above, Vmoda has been on that track for a while now and also have solid construction. Likely have better sound than these too (assuming you like V shaped sound signatures).
Yeah, likely you'd like something more neutral and possibly analytical. Guessing that these are going to be V shaped as well by how gimmicky it is and because V shaped sell to the masses rather well. People have come to expect that type of sound.
Actually, the best pair of headphones I ever, ever owned was a pair of studio-quality IEMs. I wish I could remember the company name, I would pay $300 or $400 to replace the damn things now.
Remember anything about the way they look or sound? I am rather familiar with iems. The first thing that comes to mind for monitoring and iems is Etymotic and Hifiman.