Sonoma Acoustics Model One - Review

[mauidan]

https://www.innerfidelity.com/content/sonoma-acoustics-model-one-electrostatic-headphone-and-amplifier-system

http://www.audioshark.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=19616&stc=1

[joeinid]

That combo is supposed to be a world beater. I'm not a headphone guy yet, but if I were, I'd definitely want to hear them.

[Mike]

It's the best amp/headphone combo I've heard - with one caveat: it doesn't play loud due to weirdo EU laws apparently limiting SPL's when one is selling the amp/headphone together as a combo.


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[Audio 1]

I listened to the Sonoma combo at Axpona and came away very impressed.
It would be very hard to better the synergy of this system for less money.

[mauidan]

I was really interested in the Sonoma combo, but it doesn’t have analog outputs and the reviewer says the $400. Sennheiser HD 600s have better mid-range liquidity.

[Mike]

I was really interested in the Sonoma combo, but it doesn’t have analog outputs and the reviewer says the $400. Sennheiser HD 600s have better mid-range liquidity.





I like the system, but on low SPL recorded music, the volume was unsatisfactorily low. I don't want to deafen myself, but I do want to have flexibility.

[mauidan]

Another review:

http://positive-feedback.com/audio-discourse/impressions-sonoma-acoustics-model-one/

[Mike]

http://www.audioaffair.co.uk/blog/review-sonoma-one-electrostatic-headphones-have-us-smitten/


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[W9TR]

I spent about an hour with the Sonoma One system in a quiet room at RMAF 2017. I was very impressed with the overall neutrality and tonality of these phones. I ended up with a pair of LCD-4’s as I preferred the bass dynamics of the latter, but it was a very close race.