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  1. #21
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    Hi Paul

    Just wondered if there are any deals for AoL members? I'm very interested in a pair of OPPO headphones? I've heard the PM1's and wondered what the PM2's sound like in comparison as I don't need the wooden box and extra earpads.

    Clive
    SOURCE:OPPO UDP-205 BluRay, SkyQ, Technics SL1210M5G/HexMat Eclipse/MN Bearing/Origin Live Gravity One puck/Isonoes with Boots/Jelco TK-850S Tonearm/Hana Umami Blue, PS Audio Stellar Phonostage. I also have an AT-OC9XSH as a spare cartridge.
    AMPLIFIER: Bryston BR-20 Pre/DAC/Streamer & Bryston 4B3 Power Amplifier
    SPEAKERS: Spendor D7 on Iso-Acoustics Gaia III’s
    HEADPHONES: OPPO PM-1 with Atlas Zeno cable, B&W Pi7 S2 and B&W C5 v2.
    CABLES: Analogue: Speaker Atlas Mavros Grun. Interconnect - Atlas Mavros XLR x3, MCRU Silver Tonearm cable
    Digital:Audioquest Carbon Ethernet x 4, Audioquest Carbon digital, English Electric 8Switch, Chord Optichord, Atlas Optical.
    Mains: PS Audio Perfectwave AC-05 x 5, Isol-8 Powerline Extreme with Quantum Science yellow fuse on input cable, Sounds Fantastic 6way Mains Blocks.
    STORAGE: Synology DS216J NAS with 2 x 3Tb WD Red hard-drives. Samsung 500Gb SSD.
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  2. #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by Clive197 View Post
    Hi Paul

    Just wondered if there are any deals for AoL members? I'm very interested in a pair of OPPO headphones? I've heard the PM1's and wondered what the PM2's sound like in comparison as I don't need the wooden box and extra earpads.

    Clive
    Hi Clive,

    Thanks for getting in touch, at this present time there are no deals unfortunately but we are running the Headzone area at The National Audio Show this year at Whittlebury Hall on September 21/22 and I am trying to get all the manufacturers, OPPO Included, to offer 10% off for any purchases at the show, more news to follow on that one and our new Headphone showroom launch is the following week and I am hoping to offer 10% off for that also, I should have everything confirmed for next week regarding both of those so will post on here.

    I haven't heard the PM2's yet, my demo models are due in shortly so I will compare, I know that the drivers are very similar so it will certainly be an interesting one.

    Cheers,
    Paul.
    Specialists In The Brands We Believe In, Set in the Beautiful Bedfordshire Countryside, Just off The A1M, Loads Of Free Parking, Relaxed Environment, No Pressure Sales!
    PMC, Naim, Bryston, Devialet, Rega, Martin Logan, Musical Fidelity, Sonus Faber, Heed, Spendor, Koetsu, Dynavector, Michell Engineering, JVC Projectors, OPPO, REL, Atlas Cables.
    For All The Best Headphones, Amps and DACs All Under One Roof Then Please Visit Highend Headphones.
    www.hifilounge.co.uk / www.highendheadphones.co.uk / 01767 448121 / paul@hifilounge.co.uk

  3. #23
    Join Date: Aug 2014

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    Default Grado Art + New Grado 'e' Series Headphones On Demo!

    Hi All,

    Whilst I was changing the Grado product ranges over to the new ‘e’ series on the website the other day I noticed that Grado have a done a funky set of pictures for their new range of headphones so I thought it would be cool to post them up here.

    Also you can check out their new ‘e’ Series below, we have got a selection on demo + you will be able to hear them at the Headzone at the National Audio show, Whittlebury Hall on September 21/22 as we take over the headphone department, more news to follow on that next week.

    http://www.highendheadphones.co.uk/grado





















    Cheers,
    Paul.
    Specialists In The Brands We Believe In, Set in the Beautiful Bedfordshire Countryside, Just off The A1M, Loads Of Free Parking, Relaxed Environment, No Pressure Sales!
    PMC, Naim, Bryston, Devialet, Rega, Martin Logan, Musical Fidelity, Sonus Faber, Heed, Spendor, Koetsu, Dynavector, Michell Engineering, JVC Projectors, OPPO, REL, Atlas Cables.
    For All The Best Headphones, Amps and DACs All Under One Roof Then Please Visit Highend Headphones.
    www.hifilounge.co.uk / www.highendheadphones.co.uk / 01767 448121 / paul@hifilounge.co.uk

  4. #24
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    Default New Highend Headphones Logo!

    Hi Everyone,

    A really quick one this as I sit here on one of our quieter Saturday afternoons, I just thought I would post our new Highend Headphone Logo, I was really happy with our original logo that our web designer Jstyla came up with but we employed a graphics company to reproduce it in the different formats to be able to use for print and in true designer fashion he just couldn’t help himself and began to tinker, in the end he has come up with something that retains the original design but refines it a little and brings it closer to the HiFi Lounge Logo.

    Original Logo






    New Logo





    Cheers,
    Paul.
    Specialists In The Brands We Believe In, Set in the Beautiful Bedfordshire Countryside, Just off The A1M, Loads Of Free Parking, Relaxed Environment, No Pressure Sales!
    PMC, Naim, Bryston, Devialet, Rega, Martin Logan, Musical Fidelity, Sonus Faber, Heed, Spendor, Koetsu, Dynavector, Michell Engineering, JVC Projectors, OPPO, REL, Atlas Cables.
    For All The Best Headphones, Amps and DACs All Under One Roof Then Please Visit Highend Headphones.
    www.hifilounge.co.uk / www.highendheadphones.co.uk / 01767 448121 / paul@hifilounge.co.uk

  5. #25
    Join Date: Jul 2013

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    I'm Clive.

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    Hi Paul

    Thank you for coming back to me. Being the impatient bod that I am I have now purchased with a 10% discount a Pair PM1's which I'm over the moon with.

    I am now thinking of buying the OPPO headphone amp, 2x Pr analogue XLR's and 1xXLR Digital cables. To fund this I need to sell my Cyrus CDXTSE with PSX-R and Cyrus PreXTdQx with PSX-R all in brushed black. Is this something we can do a deal on?

    Clive
    SOURCE:OPPO UDP-205 BluRay, SkyQ, Technics SL1210M5G/HexMat Eclipse/MN Bearing/Origin Live Gravity One puck/Isonoes with Boots/Jelco TK-850S Tonearm/Hana Umami Blue, PS Audio Stellar Phonostage. I also have an AT-OC9XSH as a spare cartridge.
    AMPLIFIER: Bryston BR-20 Pre/DAC/Streamer & Bryston 4B3 Power Amplifier
    SPEAKERS: Spendor D7 on Iso-Acoustics Gaia III’s
    HEADPHONES: OPPO PM-1 with Atlas Zeno cable, B&W Pi7 S2 and B&W C5 v2.
    CABLES: Analogue: Speaker Atlas Mavros Grun. Interconnect - Atlas Mavros XLR x3, MCRU Silver Tonearm cable
    Digital:Audioquest Carbon Ethernet x 4, Audioquest Carbon digital, English Electric 8Switch, Chord Optichord, Atlas Optical.
    Mains: PS Audio Perfectwave AC-05 x 5, Isol-8 Powerline Extreme with Quantum Science yellow fuse on input cable, Sounds Fantastic 6way Mains Blocks.
    STORAGE: Synology DS216J NAS with 2 x 3Tb WD Red hard-drives. Samsung 500Gb SSD.
    TV LG55B7 OLED

  6. #26
    Join Date: Aug 2014

    Location: Bedfordshire, UK

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    I'm Paul.

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    Hi Clive,

    Congratulations on the PM1's Clive, they are great cans, needless to say that the HA-1 is the perfect partner, it really is a stunning amp for the money that really is tough to beat without spending much more.

    I only take trade in on the brands that I sell, unfortunately Cyrus isn't one of my brands, if you e-mail me on paul@hifilounge.co.uk though I can give you the number of a 2nd hand HiFi guy that I work with, I'm sure he will happily give you a price.

    Cheers,
    Paul.
    Specialists In The Brands We Believe In, Set in the Beautiful Bedfordshire Countryside, Just off The A1M, Loads Of Free Parking, Relaxed Environment, No Pressure Sales!
    PMC, Naim, Bryston, Devialet, Rega, Martin Logan, Musical Fidelity, Sonus Faber, Heed, Spendor, Koetsu, Dynavector, Michell Engineering, JVC Projectors, OPPO, REL, Atlas Cables.
    For All The Best Headphones, Amps and DACs All Under One Roof Then Please Visit Highend Headphones.
    www.hifilounge.co.uk / www.highendheadphones.co.uk / 01767 448121 / paul@hifilounge.co.uk

  7. #27
    Join Date: Aug 2014

    Location: Bedfordshire, UK

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    I'm Paul.

    Default New Beyerdynamic A2 Headphone Amplifier On Demo!

    Hi Everyone,

    I Just wanted to post that we now have the new Beyerdynamic A2 Headphone Amplifier on demo, it is notable for a couple of features, firstly as you would expect from anything built in Germany it is beautifully finished, it really feels quite solid and well made, it also comes with a remote control which is something that more and more amps are now coming with which I feel is quite important as I do like to sit back when listening on headphones so a remote is quite handy.

    Another couple of novel features worth mentioning are that it comes with a headphone stand that you fit to the bottom of the A2 if you want to use it, also the Beyer logo is visible on the top plastic with 5 orange bulbs that glow when it is switched on giving it a valve’esq appearance which I quite like, I guess it would have been nice if this could have been turned off though if not wanted, and finally on the bottom you can alter the gain and output impedance so you can match it perfectly to your chosen cans, oh yeah and it can run 2 pairs of headphones.

    So I think it is fair to say that features wise it ticks all the boxes and should be taken very seriously if you are looking for a new headphone amp. How does it sound? well I used my Beyerdynamic T1’s with it and I have to say the thing that hits you first is how smooth and natural it sounds, all the detail and dynamics are there but it just sounds so right, with the super comfy T1’s on this is a system you really could get lost in for hours, there is a richness and effortless that just lets the music flow, it probably isn’t the most insightful amp I have heard like say the Bryston BHA-1 but it is most definitely one of the most musical, so it really does depend what presentation you are looking for, it is priced at £1299.

    You can find more info below and a few pictures, please feel free to get in touch to give the A2 a try with a selection of the best headphones currently available today.

    http://www.highendheadphones.co.uk/b...hone-amplifier





















    Cheers,
    Paul.
    Specialists In The Brands We Believe In, Set in the Beautiful Bedfordshire Countryside, Just off The A1M, Loads Of Free Parking, Relaxed Environment, No Pressure Sales!
    PMC, Naim, Bryston, Devialet, Rega, Martin Logan, Musical Fidelity, Sonus Faber, Heed, Spendor, Koetsu, Dynavector, Michell Engineering, JVC Projectors, OPPO, REL, Atlas Cables.
    For All The Best Headphones, Amps and DACs All Under One Roof Then Please Visit Highend Headphones.
    www.hifilounge.co.uk / www.highendheadphones.co.uk / 01767 448121 / paul@hifilounge.co.uk

  8. #28
    Join Date: Aug 2014

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    I'm Paul.

    Default Highend Headphones Showroom Launch Party + National Audio Show News!



    Hi Everyone,

    A couple of dates for everyones diary’s, the first is Saturday September 27th which is our new shop launch for Highend Headphones, all being well it will all be kitted out and up and running by then as there still seems so much to do but now that the floor is down and the security all finished it is just a matter of getting all the furniture in place and plugging everything in, it seems to have taken ages to get this far so both myself and Wendy can’t wait to open the doors to everyone.

    Many of the manufacturer’s will be on hand to answer and questions and help run the event, also for one day only we will be offering 10% off any headphones, amps, dacs or cables that are bought at the launch event so a great time to save a few pounds.

    Also in our smaller demo room Final Audio Design will be running workshops where you can build your own Heaven II earphones, this has never been done before outside of Japan where it always proves to be a a massive success. The Heaven II’s get great reviews and by building them yourselves you can tune the bass to a response that suits you, these will be limited in numbers so we may have to to a first come first served basis, more news to follow on this.

    Both Wendy and myself are really looking forward to putting Highend Headphones out there as there really is no one doing Headphones like this in the UK where you can come and try all the best headphones and amps all under one roof, in a beautiful setting with no pressure sales, just sit back, relax and choose the right headphones for you.

    We will have refreshments throughout the day with croissants and coffee for the early risers and nibbles throughout the rest of the day.

    If you are planning to come along please feel free to let me know at paul@highendheadphones.co.uk, look forward to seeing you on the 27th!

    Headzone @ The National Audio Show September 21st/22nd!



    We certainly don’t like to make life easy for ourselves as the week before our new shop launch we are packing up Highend Headphones and taking it all to the National Audio Show at Whittlebury Hall over the weekend of September 21st and 22nd as we take over the whole of the ‘Headzone’ Hall.

    This is a brilliant audio show that I have attended for the last few years but this year we have been in discussion with the organisers for some time to taking the Headzone area to the next level, so there are going to be 12 stands that we are going to fill with the help of the manufacturers that have offered their support, we will be taking all the brands we represent but the below will have their own stands -

    • Fostex - Showing the new TH-500’s along with the TH-600’s and TH-900’s
    • Ultrasone - Showing the awesome Edition 5, Only 20 pairs available in the UK + the rest of their range
    • OPPO - With the new PM-2 Headphones along with the PM-1 and HA-1.
    • Chord - Showing the amazing little Hugo, this product really is a game changer
    • Grado - With the full range of their new ‘e’ Series of headphones
    • Audeze - Showing their complete range of LCD-2’s, LCD-3’s, LCD-X’s and LCD-XC’s
    • Astell&Kern - Bringing along the best portable players in the world with the AK100 II, AK120 II and AK240
    • Atlas Cables with Aedle Headphones - running 4 identical rigs showing the difference cables make in a highend rig by swapping over different cable ranges.

    Plus Highend Headphones will have a large part of the display area to represent all the other brands like, Stax, HiFiMan, Beyerdynamic, Abyss, Sennheiser, Final Audio Design, McIntosh, Trilogy, Burson and Bryston + others so it is certainly going to be a week getting set up for this one. The Headzone area has now been moved into the Brooklands Suite which is right near the main entrance so very easy to find this year, please see the floor plan below to where to find us -



    Also for any purchases at the show we have worked with everyone to be able to offer 10% off for anything purchased at the show, if you would like anymore information regarding this please feel free to get in touch.

    Please find a link below to the National Audio Shows website below and we hope to see you there.

    National Audio Show 2014 | Home Audio Show | Chester Group

    Chester Group | Leaders in High Performance Home Audio & Future Technology Shows

    So it looks like September is going to be a very busy month

    Thanks,

    Paul
    Specialists In The Brands We Believe In, Set in the Beautiful Bedfordshire Countryside, Just off The A1M, Loads Of Free Parking, Relaxed Environment, No Pressure Sales!
    PMC, Naim, Bryston, Devialet, Rega, Martin Logan, Musical Fidelity, Sonus Faber, Heed, Spendor, Koetsu, Dynavector, Michell Engineering, JVC Projectors, OPPO, REL, Atlas Cables.
    For All The Best Headphones, Amps and DACs All Under One Roof Then Please Visit Highend Headphones.
    www.hifilounge.co.uk / www.highendheadphones.co.uk / 01767 448121 / paul@hifilounge.co.uk

  9. #29
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    Default OPPO PM-2 Headphones Now On Demo!

    Hi All,

    Just a quick update in between being busy putting furniture together for the new headphone shop launch in a couple of weeks to say that we now have the much anticipated new OPPO PM-2 headphones on permanent demo.

    I think it is fair to say that the OPPO PM-1’s have been extremely well received and really bought something different to the headphone arena what with being very easy to drive, extremely comfortable and offering a very insightful, detailed and clean sound whilst retaining a little warmth, the beauty of using planar drivers.

    So how will the PM-2 compare being that they are £400 cheaper and uses the same drivers as the PM-1, well sonically they are quite similar but there is just a tad more refinement and control with the PM-1 which doesn’t take anything away from the PM-2 as a £400 saving is not to be sniffed at, a lot of the saving has been made by using cheaper materials, a cheaper cable and not providing the luxury wooden box with them.

    Please see below for the key differences between the OPPO PM-1 and PM-2 Headphones -



    If you’d like to come in to try the new OPPO PM-2’s please feel free to get in touch to book an appointment.

    Below is more info on our website and a few pictures taken earlier -

    http://www.highendheadphones.co.uk/o...tic-headphones







    OPPO PM-1 (right) v PM-2





    Cheers,
    Paul.
    Specialists In The Brands We Believe In, Set in the Beautiful Bedfordshire Countryside, Just off The A1M, Loads Of Free Parking, Relaxed Environment, No Pressure Sales!
    PMC, Naim, Bryston, Devialet, Rega, Martin Logan, Musical Fidelity, Sonus Faber, Heed, Spendor, Koetsu, Dynavector, Michell Engineering, JVC Projectors, OPPO, REL, Atlas Cables.
    For All The Best Headphones, Amps and DACs All Under One Roof Then Please Visit Highend Headphones.
    www.hifilounge.co.uk / www.highendheadphones.co.uk / 01767 448121 / paul@hifilounge.co.uk

  10. #30
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    Default HiFiMan HE-400i Headphones Now Available!

    Hi Everyone,

    This is just a quick post to say that I have just got notification from the HiFiMan UK Distributor that the much anticipated HiFiMan HE-400i’s are now in the country and are available to buy from today, ready for immediate despatch, now I haven’t heard them but Mark, the distributor, was quite blown away when I spoke to him this morning so it certainly sounds like they are quite a special headphone, especially at that price point.

    Now I can honestly say that I have never had so many enquiries about a single headphone before as I have with the HE-400i’s so with the limited numbers available from this shipment I don’t expect them to be around for long, the good news is that Highend Headphones have managed to secure exclusive rights for this week up till the National Audio Show this weekend, where we will have the first UK showing of the HE-400i’s.

    So if you would like to guarantee a pair which can be shipped direct to you from the distributor on a next day service then please feel free to ring 01767 448121 to place your order, without trying to sound too much like a salesman, I really can’t see this initial shipment lasting past the weekend.

    They are priced at £360 + £10 shipping if required, please find more details in the link below -

    http://www.highendheadphones.co.uk/h...00i-headphones

    Below are a few quick pictures that were mailed over to me from the Distributor as he was amazed at the level of packaging and overall quality for a headphone at this price point.







    Cheers,
    Paul.
    Specialists In The Brands We Believe In, Set in the Beautiful Bedfordshire Countryside, Just off The A1M, Loads Of Free Parking, Relaxed Environment, No Pressure Sales!
    PMC, Naim, Bryston, Devialet, Rega, Martin Logan, Musical Fidelity, Sonus Faber, Heed, Spendor, Koetsu, Dynavector, Michell Engineering, JVC Projectors, OPPO, REL, Atlas Cables.
    For All The Best Headphones, Amps and DACs All Under One Roof Then Please Visit Highend Headphones.
    www.hifilounge.co.uk / www.highendheadphones.co.uk / 01767 448121 / paul@hifilounge.co.uk

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