Loaner: OLLO Audio Studio Headphones (SX4 and SW4)

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  1. ChaChaRealSmooth

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    Loaner: OLLO Audio Studio Headphones
    (2 headphones: SX4 open back and SW4 closed back, both electrodynamic studio tuned headphones)

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    Impressions by @loadexfa and @rhythmdevils here

    Loaner courtesy of OLLO Audio :bow:

    Read SBAF Loaner Rules Here: https://www.superbestaudiofriends.o...rules-and-guidelines-updated-sept-2022.12666/
    • Open to ALL friends and contributors on case by case basis but do not be shy to ask
    • 2 weeks or more per person
    • Insure for 405$
    • FedEx UPS only
    • Impressions required here
    • Post with your location if interested
    • **If you are the last person on the list send me a pm when your time is up for shipping instructions. Do not just tag me or hold onto the gear.**
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    Everyone take their bloody time with these, like 2 weeks each person or more so that they can go to @dasman66 in October.
    @Qildail Iowa
    @wadec22
    @Jinxy245 NY
    @Tchoupitoulas NJ (@Jinxy245 please wait to ship them to him until he is ready)
    @dasman66 PA (@Tchoupitoulas please wait to ship them to him until October)
     
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  2. Jinxy245

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    What the hey, they look interesting. Sign me up please, Montgomery NY
     
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    I wouldn't mind hearing these... but I'll be honest that I'm slammed at work and then going to Spain/Italy the first couple weeks of October. I wouldn't want to take them until late Oct...
     
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    I'd love to hear these later in the fall as well, please, if it's doable. (Ankle surgery means I won't be able to get to FedEx/UPS for a month). NJ.
     
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    If you will have me, I'd like to make this my first run on a loaner. Cedar Rapids, IA.
     
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    @Jinxy245 @dasman66 @Tchoupitoulas @Qildail Thanks for signing up! But don't sign up for me, only if you want to hear them.

    I immagine what has happened here is that I arranged this loaner before ETA announced the mini S and C and now that they are out, anyone interested in a $400 electrodynamic is much more interested in the ETA headphones than these. Heck, I am too. So if that's the case, I can send them back to OLLO Audio and just explain this to them.

    But if you all want to hear them genuinely, I'm happy to setup the list and have @loadexfa ship them out to you guys.
     
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    I'm kind of agnostic to be honest. I'm always curious as to what's out there, but I am rather confident they won't hold a candle to what I've heard from ETA.

    So I was signing up for both you & me really...I hate when you go through the trouble of setting all this up only to have no interest. Your dedication is definitely appreciated if not always mentioned.
     
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    I'm kinda interested to hear them against the ETA C... I'm going to set up a bedroom rig and want a closed pair that is smaller than my Eikons... not sure if these will fit the bill, but the only reason I wasn't signing up originally was the timing
     
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    Ok well you guys just let me know if you want in and I can make the timing work.
     
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    Ideally, I'd like to get a mini-c loaner at roughly the same time...not sure if that's possible... but yes, I'd like to listen
     
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    I'm good here, mate. I actually wrote in before I read the other bit, so no causality here. I ran HD280 for years and years, so I'm interested in how the closed-back "recording" version particularly compares.

    Slightly off-topic, but I also didn't want to make my first loaner request to be some super-rare/fragile/expensive creation that gives the Gearmaster more headaches than he already has.

    Cheers.
     
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    ok list is up. @loadexfa will ship them to @Qildail first. Everyone take your bloody time with them so they can go to @dasman66 in Oct. Like 2 weeks or more each of you.

    thanks
     
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    This is my job and I do it well. :D

    To ensure timing works for everyone, I'll probably ship in 2 weeks. I'll also see if I can get these on some more local ears. Thanks for your patience and willingness to give these a try everyone!
     
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    late october please... I won't be back in country until Oct 16.
     
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    I do genuinely want to hear these headphones, so I'd be glad to participate in the tour. And I'd like to do right by Ollo Audio for being so generous as to lend us these headphones. (And I'm signing up for you, too :))
     
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    Finally kicking off this loaner, shipping to @Qildail
     
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    Ollos have arrived in Iowa. Thanks @loadexfa.
     
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    Just an update here for the logistics department. I have shipping info for @Jinxy245. I will be holding the headphones for a couple weeks more before sending them along so the downstream schedule works.
     
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    @rhythmdevils I'd love to join this one if I'm not too late to the party. I'm in Iowa, so @Qildail could shoot them my way if it's okay with you?
     
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    He's taking a break from sbaf so I'm pinging @shotgunshane instead for you (thanks for helping with the loaners)
     
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