Fidelio X2 Cable Upgrade

Last year in september right before ifa 2013 jude from head fi tyll from innerfidelity mike and myself got invited to the philips labs in belgium.

Fidelio x2 cable upgrade.

But do they also sound good. 4 7 out of 5 stars 29. Jul 18 2014 at 2 51 pm. Discussion in archived classifieds started by mrk1283 jul 18 2014.

These x2hr fidelio s are said to be one of the best jack of all trades open headphones out there that are excellent for enjoying music games and movies. Now compared to the shp 9500 an upgrade they are not. Electronics 14 80 14. Regular text is from lieven italic text is from nathan.

Upgrade version replacement earpads ear pads pad cushion for jvc ha rx500 ha rx700 ha rx900 ath ad1000x hd7 philips fidelio x2 27 x3 x2hr shp9600 9500 shp2000 headphone. Well philips sent a note over about their successor to the fidelio x2 which not surprisingly is named the fidelio x3 and they have the velour ear cups suspension headband and a large open air design. Philips sent nathan and myself a free sample of the philips fidelio x2. I won t go super into detail as i honestly don t know the correct terms to describe certain sounds and such but i ll try my best to give my first impressions and such.

Sennheiser hd6xx hifiman he560 beyerdynamic dt 1990 dt 880 990 philips fidelio x2 audio technica ath ad700 amp dac. Chord 2qute matrix m stage hpa 1 hpa 3b feliks elise monoprice monolith thx 887 portable. At that time they were launching the very good l2. Then of course i want solid audio quality and an open design if possible to keep from getting to hot.

Get it as soon as wed sep 30. By many these have been hyped and praised as a direct upgrade to the philips shp 9500 that were my daily driver before these headphones. Sennheiser hd595 beyerdynamic t1 1 share this post. The x1 was already on the market.