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High-end Munich 2024 Recap Part 3
In this part of our trade fair report, I would like to present our personal highlights of High-End 2024, and both come from Eastern Europe!
RAAL 1995
Known for their high-resolution ribbon headphones SR-1b and CA-1a, RAAL RAAL are certainly no strangers to the high-end headphone sector. Now, RAAL are taking things one step further and presenting their new generation of headphones, the RAAL 1995.
The two new headphones are visually very different from the previous RAAL models, as they look more like classic headphones. What's special here is that instead of a single ribbon driver, they feature two (Magna) or three drivers (Immanis) are used. Both models are Circum-aural, open-back headphones with ventilated front chamber.
We could Magna and Immanis will be tested in detail and in peace at a side event, the Hifi Deluxe at the Marriott Hotel in Munich.
Magna and Immanis were there at SAEQ's Hyperion Ge Headphone amplifiers and the new SAEQ Armageddon, as well as Viva Egoista and Riviera tube amplifiers, and we subjected them to all kinds of music, from classical and jazz to metal, pop, and hip hop!
It's often the case that certain audiophile products sound particularly good with high-quality jazz and classical recordings, but are hardly suitable for other genres. Not so: Neither Immanis nor Magna were fazed by the overflowing material and confidently extracted every last bit of information from the tracks!
And by "bring out the best," I mean this is perhaps the best sound I've ever heard in my life, period. The resolution and spatiality gave me goosebumps, and voices sounded so real, it was as if you were in the same room as the ensemble—absolutely stunning!
RAAL has also completely redesigned their Ribbon Current Interface, which allows the power-hungry headphones to be connected to normal headphone amplifiers.
The functionally plain plastic casing, which was hidden behind some device, has given way to a cylindrical metal-wood-leather casing, which cleverly also serves as a headphone stand.
We've rarely consciously taken this much time to listen to a product thoroughly at a trade fair, but here we simply couldn't resist. The RAAL 1995 Magna and Immanis headphones sound like no other headphones I've ever heard of, and I'm already looking forward to receiving demo units for our showroom soon. I'm sure the Magna and Immanis will blow many of our customers away!
SAEQ headphone amplifier & DAC
RAAL and SAEQ have a long-standing, close collaboration, because on the one hand both manufacturers are located in Serbia and on the other hand their products fit together so well in terms of sound that it is simply It makes perfect sense to cooperate.
As already mentioned, SAEQ had the previous top model Hyperion Ge at the start as well as the new flagship called Armageddon.
The device looks as martial as its name in its black and gold casing, and we were assured that the Armageddon's performance values fully live up to the claim of an absolutely uncompromising, extremely powerful headphone amplifier. 
Our listening session with the Immanis confirmed this claim and put a permanent grin on our faces!
The SAEQ Armageddon is a force of nature and, in combination with the RAAL Magna or Immanis, a sound experience that is second to none and can easily keep up with or even surpass very good stereo systems!
As well as RAAL Manga and Immanis as well as the new SAEQ Armageddon will soon be available to order and, of course, test from Audio Essence!