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I drove to Vienna to check out the Dan Clark Stealth headphone which unfortunately hasn't arrived yet. But I had the chance to try out some high-end headphones and amps/dacs and immediately shot a video as I had my equipment with me.
I couldn't try them all but rather concentrated on the most expensive ones and to my surprise they all sucked. Some costing €5000 and more sounded so horrible that I wouldn't even want to listen with them for free. The one I liked most was the Stax SR-007 which was still not really great, but I chose this one to compare it against my own Elex.
The Stax was powered by a Paltauf HV ESD V3, which is around €4500 and a Chord Hugo TT 2 which is also around €5000. So all together including headphone around €14000. The Elex ($700) was powered by my Iphone 12 Mini...
This video will probably create some shitstorm from all the audiophile lovers, but it prove again my opinion about this entire scene, that it's all just marketing and hype. If you have too much money to spend, get the most expensive headphone and amp, and I hope you will find your satisfaction!
Listened over a HD600 the sound captured is extremely close to what I heard live.