My Story of the Sennheiser Orpheus and Larocco Pocket Reference II


Part I : Orpheus
Courtesy of an old friend, I was also given the golden opportunity to have a go at the Sennheiser Orpheus Electrostatic Headphones.

Amazing.. it's simply amazing!
Instruments such as string and wind instruments sound life-like and immensely enjoyable!
Transients was excellent, and the transparency, ahhhh... :yes:

Superbly wonderful! :grin:

Details were quite good, even though the source was just normal non-high end audiophile stuff.

To me, the bass is just right, on par or above the ER4P's bass level.. everything sounded natural and you could feel that the music is flowing into your ears with silky smooth liquid motion.

Vocals were lush and engaging, and if you closed your eyes and let your imagination run wild.. the ambience is almost like you're present there itself, and Jennifer Warnes stuped me once again with her magical voice.

What can I say?

I didn't lost and arm or a leg, but I certainly lost my grasp on my heart today.
One particular thing that I noticed is that when I was listening to music on the Orpheus, I had this feeling of short-breathedness and as if music was flowing into my heart, providing warmth and happiness..

This must be the magical works of the Orpheus, and it's a lifetime experience that shouldn't be washed away years after.

I love the Orpheus


Part II : Larocco Pocket Reference II

Courtesy of yet another close friend, opportunity dawned upon me and I just couldn't resist the temptation due to it's beautiful solid aluminium enclosure.

On first look, the Larocco is stunningly beautiful . The LED is just nice, not bright yet it is easy to notice. There are 2 knobs, the inner one being the Bass Contour Knob and the rightmost one being the volume knob.
Output is at a standard 1/4" jack, and the inputs are either a 3.5" mini / RCA L/R.

Here I move on about the sound.. this amp is amazing in terms of looks! It's definitely a stunner
Transparent, the pace is fast but it didn't sound too "wowish" enough, maybe because of the opamp used. I'm currently waiting for this close friend of mine to obtain a pair of OPA627s before giving any further comments on the SQ.

In the moment, enjoy the pictures!

Larocco stole my heart away tonight.

Part III : Pictures

Refer to thread here :

http://www.sgheadphones.net/index.php?showtopic=6020

And only click this for a good laugh!

http://www.sgheadphones.net/index.php?showtopic=5976

This post has been edited by [Top-Gun]: Sep 30 2006, 06:58 AM

It's hot, if you put your hand around the tubes, you can feel the heat but the tube guard is damn thick steel, so it doesn't feel hot to touch, just warm.

The LAROCCO is for sale (this is with BlackGate upgrades) for USD$545 I think, not inclusive of shipping;-)

Ok, it's a red LED.
Sort of like The Eye in LOTR, looking out all over the tubes.

The Orpheus Tube Amp is started not via a push button, but an ignition key.
Some more pics to come about later.
The Orheus looks like any other headphone, slightly bigger HD650 with wooden grain cups and steel grilles.

Purple glowing tubes are because of exposure settings.
Blue organic lights are courtesy of a fibre optic cable.

And yes, I do not own it but how I wish I do.

-double post-

LYN's damn slow sometimes.
And yes, I'm a Malaysian, although not too proud of it given the current political circumstances.



This post has been edited by [Top-Gun]: Oct 2 2006, 02:56 PM