I see a pair on eBay with “less than 4 hours of use” for 550 OBO. Basically new if that is the case.
Another guy selling them, 6 months old for 595. He’s including a dyson cable, you’ll want to swap cable anyway, original pads, and 2 pairs of Dekoni pads (suede and leather).
Sorry last time I’ll chime in lol. A new pair on eBay for 595 actually.
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Oh boy, if you go from the M40x straight to the Elegia you are in for a treat. I had the M40x for a while and went on a journey before I finally settled on the Elegia as my go-to closed back. I still want to try out other closed backs because I need isolation for most of my listening but the Elegia is my favorite out of all the ones I have tried so far. Being recently discontinued provides a unique opportunity to snag a higher tier headphone at a more accessible price in my opinion.
I also second @AECH on his thoughts about the sound. A little recessed mid-bass but it extends deep and it’s very tight and textured so very enjoyable. Midrange is sweet on these too and they consistently bring our details I haven’t noticed on tracks before.
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Hello
Is the AeonRt better as the Audeze Lcd 2 classic?
The new Hifiman he 400i 2020 i have heard is not bad.
I think that the aeon RT Basically went through the same treatment at the aeon open drop collaboration went through. So it should be moderately improved but will likely fall pretty far short of the aeon 2. I feel like youre better off springing for the aeon 2. Especially since it’s usually on sale for about 760 or so.
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Well, the question is how good the Aeon Rt is to be regarded as a downgrade, so to speak, from the actual Aeon 2.
I cannot judge that.
But if we move into the planar plane, you can still throw in the Hifiman Sunudra.
The Hifiman He400i 2020 is said to have performed again.
I’ll throw in the Audeze Lcd 2 C, which might still be available second-hand.
I’m a real fan of it and it would be one of the best for the music I listen to.
I wrote something about it in the Audeze Lcd 2 classic threath.
Especially where its faults and weaknesses lie.
It really surprised me in a positive way for a planar headphone.
I would keep my hands off the Fostex.
If I had to, the Emu Teak would be a good choice.
I believe the OP is just looking for closed backs. I’ll b sure to finally grab myself a pair of audeze finally in the near future though.
yes, I’m looking for a new closed back, just bought a Sivga Phoenix for a open back!
So, I’m between a new NDH20 for 500 or a used Elegia for 420 or a ÆON RT for 450
PS : What’s up with all the cables for the AEONs?
ok guys, got a very good price on NHD20 locally (10 % more than amazon, being South America, is a good deal) and I have 30 day free return, so I will be testing it (ships tomorrow) and if I don’t like it, just gonna return it and try the RTs or the Elegia
(the RT and Elegias are way overpriced here tho)
Thanks for all your help and I’ll keep you up to date
Cheers!
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Got the NDH20 for a few hours now
Damn these sound good, way better than my m40x (I certainly hope so for the price delta), but man those pads are small, I can’t even fit my ears in them, the inner diameter of the pads is a few milimeters too small for me, probably will end up returning these for that reason
something that I did not ask about the AEONs is AMP or impedance for that matter, my modest ifi zen dac would be enough for planars?
I would get an amp upgrade. No matter how you upgrade your cans, the amp you have will be the bottleneck.
Bite the bullet now and upgrade freely later. My opinion.
There are lots of threads like this you can read.
Depends on which aeon. aeon 2 yeah as they are portable, aeon RT or open-x? bit more demanding so you’d probably want to get a special cable for the zen dacs balanced port this way you get the most power out of the zen dac… otherwise upgrade the amp
The AEON’s are fantastic. Amazing detail and soundstage.
But even though they’re only 13ohm, they do need some juice. The ifi Zen dac won’t be close to getting the most out of these. When underpowered they sound hollowed out.
On my Asgard 3 they really shine. They also do great with my xDuoo xd-05 plus.
Looking at the specs, I bet the ZEN CAN would do great if you add that to your Zen Dac.
thanks for all the answers, I can’t (economically speaking), upgrade both at the same time and taking into account that I bought the ifi zen dac a few months ago, I will probably buy the headphones first and later in the year, I will upgrade to a separate dac and headphone amplifier
Just saw the Zeos review of the Schiit Vali (3? 2+?) and he used it with the Aeon Open from Massdrop and said that it was pretty good, so, hijacking my own post, I was thinking about getting the Vali as a headphone amp and a tube pre (with a Cambridge Audio AM10, the guys over at Schiit said it will work good), and it’s within my reach, opinions?
Check this out
thanks, it’s quite clear that the ifi zen dac headphone amp is not good enough, but there is nothing about the Vali, but Zeos was quite happy with it and the Open Aeons
thanks to everyone, ended up getting the Aeont RT Closed with the XLR cable, now to recover from the economical damage to get a better amp!
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