Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
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I have a MD 1.0 though. I see 3.2s (?) selling for little these days (250-ish?), so I doubt many would be all that interested in a non upgraded vanilla Mad Dog.
I haven't heard the AD so I can't comment. Didn't know that Dan was actually modding the drivers now for the AP. He's got a good rep in the community, and thanks to the MDs modularity, he'll always have some fans locked into his offerings. I guess the AP should be fine in that respect. Lots of people can't resist the allure of a new flagship anyhow
I am curious to hear the AP though. I originally read some less than flattering comments from someone who's tried it over at Chang-star and sorta wrote it off. Apparently, it's supposed to be pretty lifeless at normal volumes or something. I dunno. It's probably best that I forget about it, I don't really need any more phones lol
And... yeah. I don't see myself hopping on a SR-007 anytime soon. I know a guy who can build me a KGSSHV at cost, but that's still very expensive considering I'd need to sink 2 grand into the phones themselves. That's why I was interested in the Lambda Nova Sig which is supposed to be Stax' smoothest stat outside of the 007. It used to cost nothing until all of the flippers got involved in the stat game.
I haven't heard the AD so I can't comment. Didn't know that Dan was actually modding the drivers now for the AP. He's got a good rep in the community, and thanks to the MDs modularity, he'll always have some fans locked into his offerings. I guess the AP should be fine in that respect. Lots of people can't resist the allure of a new flagship anyhow
I am curious to hear the AP though. I originally read some less than flattering comments from someone who's tried it over at Chang-star and sorta wrote it off. Apparently, it's supposed to be pretty lifeless at normal volumes or something. I dunno. It's probably best that I forget about it, I don't really need any more phones lol
And... yeah. I don't see myself hopping on a SR-007 anytime soon. I know a guy who can build me a KGSSHV at cost, but that's still very expensive considering I'd need to sink 2 grand into the phones themselves. That's why I was interested in the Lambda Nova Sig which is supposed to be Stax' smoothest stat outside of the 007. It used to cost nothing until all of the flippers got involved in the stat game.
it shouldn’t be hard to sell a mad dog for 200 bucks. that’s pretty fair as it sells for 300 new. of course, if it’s a hassle to dig out and take pictures of it and mail it, then it may not be worth it. depends on the situation. it’s not as bad as the resale on, say, redwineaudio gear. i took a bath on an Isabellina HPA unit around 3 years ago. ugh.
Listening to the Alpha Dogs, I honestly think that T50rp driver is doing some really great things, regardless of age. I thought the same of the mad dogs but the alphas have better soundstage and a more refined FR. there’s still room to make those suckers shine
apparently, Dan is finally making mods to the driver itself on the primes, as opposed to just cup mods which is what we have with the MD and AD. so that may account for some of the further improvements - and potentially for the extra jump in cost.
personally, if the AP can produce sound as enjoyable as other TOTL headphones, I don’t think the price will be a problem. and based on my AD listening today, I have little doubt he has done it. The AD are really great. AP, from all side by side listening impressions, are notably better still.
A 1k headphone isn’t meant to be a massive volume seller, anyway. But I think it’s fair for Dan to price the headphone at that point if it truly does compete in sound with the other 1000 to 1500 headphones out there, regardless of tech. If he priced it too low to start, he would be devaluing the item longterm.
getting into stax is interesting but I ended up preferring the impact you get from dynamics/planars more. and it seems like getting real slam from an 007 requires a ton of money for a boutique amp.
but don’t let that stop ya if you really want it
