ASUS RoG Xonar Phoebus 7.1 Review Comment Thread

[AkG]

Ilya...damn mate you just blew his budget out of the water. I pushed the envelope with the Ultrasones....but AKG 701s...ouch. Good cans....but ouch. His wallet will HATE him. AND they are twice the price of most of what I was saying to START with.

@RM
Try em out and see if you like them. IF you like them...keep em. Just 'cause they are only half the price of the AkGs doesnt mean that for your GAMING needs they wont be good. For audio yeah 7.1 suck compared to good stereo cans that cost the same.

IF you dont like them. For the love of all that is holy...go and try out a bunch of different cans before you buy! Every mfg has their own 'flavour' they like. I personally like Sennys for day to day. AkGs for listening to music (cant you tell by my sig :P) and Beyers for other genres. I personally like the 860s. I know Jackie was salavating over a pair of 600 ohm 860s...and cant blame him.

[RM - Ottawa]

I love you guys <3, as always thanks for the feedback! I am going to unbox the Tiamat and Phoebus now and later if I want a stereo headset I will definitely go try some out and start a discussion on stereo when I get into that.

[ilya]

Originally Posted by AkG

Ilya...damn mate you just blew his budget out of the water. I pushed the envelope with the Ultrasones....but AKG 701s...ouch. Good cans....but ouch. His wallet will HATE him. AND they are twice the price of most of what I was saying to START with.

They're often around $250 south of the border and up here prices on sale have seen the $300 mark. It didn't really seem like an out of budget option to me TBH.

Never bought from these guys myself, but it seems they use the UPS service that includes taxes/duty:
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_...c=2&zmap=36162

[AkG]

Damn thats a FINE price on the 701s!....great.... now you got ME tempted on another set of cans. :P

[Slik]

Originally Posted by RM - Ottawa

I love you guys <3, as always thanks for the feedback! I am going to unbox the Tiamat and Phoebus now and later if I want a stereo headset I will definitely go try some out and start a discussion on stereo when I get into that.

Let us know how you like,or dislike the Tiamat's and Phoebus. Don't forget,the headphones will sound even better after a burn in.

[AkG]

Yeah 10 hours min of white noise (or better yet a combo of dif noises...you can get audio samples on wikipedia and set it to loop) ;)

[SKYMTL]

Originally Posted by ilya

They're often around $250 south of the border and up here prices on sale have seen the $300 mark. It didn't really seem like an out of budget option to me TBH.

Never bought from these guys myself, but it seems they use the UPS service that includes taxes/duty:
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_...c=2&zmap=36162

Is that a registered AKG retailer? I can't seem to find then listed on AKG's site. I've been looking for a set of Quincy's and that's the lowest I've seen them.

[ilya]

Originally Posted by SKYMTL

Is that a registered AKG retailer? I can't seem to find then listed on AKG's site. I've been looking for a set of Quincy's and that's the lowest I've seen them.

I often have no clue when it comes to AKG, out of all the high end audio manufacturers they are by far the worst when it comes to authorized dealer info.

If you can order from Amazon US, they have the Quincy's even cheaper and quite often. Otherwise they sometimes hit the $300 mark up here in Canada.

[Jackquelegs]

AKG K550 - Headphone Bar

superior AKG is superior

Originally Posted by AkG

I personally like the 860s. I know Jackie was salavating over a pair of 600 ohm 860s...and cant blame him.

Haz nao, not water damaged yet..

[AkG]

Originally Posted by Jackquelegs

AKG K550 - Headphone Bar

superior AKG is superior



Haz nao, not water damaged yet..

Yeah that is right. It was the 880 MANUFAKTUR's not the 860 (actually I dont think they make a 860 MANUFAKTUR edition). :P

Still think I personally would go with the 7's over the 5's....but I prefer open to closed. But for gaming in a noisy enviro (and bass)...the 5s would be hard to beat in that range. :)