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HiFi Lounge
05-11-2015, 11:51
Hi All,

Well we may be call Highend Headphones and it certainly doesn’t get anymore highend than this, after months of rumours and speculation Sennheiser have finally taken the wraps off their new Orpheus system and I think it fair to say it is extremely unique and exciting.

Now many consider the original 1991 Orpheus to still be the system to beat, unfortunately I have never heard this system but being that this new system, which has been 10 years in development, follows a similar path of a Valve amp with electrostatic headphones, similar to my favourite Stax SR-009 system, well I just can’t wait to get my hands on it :-)

It certainly looks stunning as when turned on the valves rise from their enclosure and sink back down when powered off, this can be viewed below -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFhx1R4yFho

The amps is made from marble with the knobs chromium plated brass, the digital section uses the much respected Sabre Reference ES9018 chip, well actually 8 of them going up to 32bit/384kHz.

So the million dollar question, how much is this all going to cost? well it looks like around $50,000 or £35,000, now that may seem crazy but if it can deliver something totally unrivalled then it could just be worth it, time will tell I guess.

I have been speaking to Sennheiser regarding a demo model, as this really would be a centre piece for the shop, it isn’t released until next mid next year so watch this space, my fingers are tightly crossed we can get one in :-)

http://www.highendheadphones.co.uk/sennheiser-reference-orpheus-headphone-system

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Cheers,
Paul.