The Abyss headphones (RRP £3,495) are now officially 'in da house...' First impressions are very positive; but you will require a meaty headphone amp to properly drive them. And we will be demonstrating them at Whittelbury.
Here is Hi-Fi+ Chris Martens' conclusion: "But if that price strikes terror (or fury) in your heart, then consider this: not even the best $5,495/pair loudspeakers can even come close to matching the performance of the Abyss (to make a plausible comparison, I think you’d have to start looking at loudspeakers in the mid-to-high five-figure or—gulp!—even the six-figure price range). Once you grasp this, the Abyss’ $5,495 price tag doesn’t seem so crazy after all. All I know is that, once I returned this particular pair of AB-1266s to their rightful owner, I felt almost a palpable sense of withdrawal. They really are just that addictive to hear in action."
http://www.hifiplus.com/articles/first-listen-abyss-ab-1266-planar-magnetic-headphones/
http://abyss-headphones.com/
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Here is Hi-Fi+ Chris Martens' conclusion: "But if that price strikes terror (or fury) in your heart, then consider this: not even the best $5,495/pair loudspeakers can even come close to matching the performance of the Abyss (to make a plausible comparison, I think you’d have to start looking at loudspeakers in the mid-to-high five-figure or—gulp!—even the six-figure price range). Once you grasp this, the Abyss’ $5,495 price tag doesn’t seem so crazy after all. All I know is that, once I returned this particular pair of AB-1266s to their rightful owner, I felt almost a palpable sense of withdrawal. They really are just that addictive to hear in action."
http://www.hifiplus.com/articles/first-listen-abyss-ab-1266-planar-magnetic-headphones/
http://abyss-headphones.com/
/monthly_2013_08/MR_abyss_1266_B.jpg.a32ec97ee3040c4d494db006239a04ec.jpg
