Not at the moment.
I’ve sent everything back to RAAL. I’ll update y’all when I hear back from them 
Just jumped back on the SR1a after a couple of days listening to just my Koss Porta Pros and UM MEST IEMs … WOW… brain melting, pants tightening, lost in the music inducing hypnosis… and just plain amazingly good!
I wish I could just have this level of quality everywhere… but then I probably wouldn’t get much done… I have to be really careful about not turning the volume up too loud with these… even at damaging levels they sound soo good and don’t “hurt” my ears like other headphones would at above 90db. I’ve found my happy level at around 78-82 with peaks into the high 80s decibel readings that is.
I need to hear the HS1a, but damn if I don’t love the Jotunheim Rs presentation and warmth, plus with the Bifrost2 it seems too good to be true. I’m floored… need to go get more whiskey 
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Yes you do, I shall join you.
That feeling though, priceless.
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You messed up going Sus over the RAAL my whole Bifrost2/JotunheimR and SR1a cost less than just that headphone even when it is on sale like it is on Headphones.com right now lol
I’m drinking Woodford Reserves Rye right now … mmmm… RYE… lol
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Muhahahaha 
evil asf.
Dont you think by a min that I dont have my eye on the SR1a.
I got my dream headphones, nobody is going to take that away…or… Could the SR1a?
Oh the joy! 
An never ending hobby of joy
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I’m definitely interested in getting a RAAL SR1a, tempted to wait for the newer circumaural models as mentioned.
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Yup. I know it won’t have the near-field monitor presentation, but I’m really curious as to how good they’ll sound.
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The Circumaural model should be interesting…but I would be shocked if it was as good as the SR1a…mostly due to the nature of how the SR1a presents sound waves to the ears can’t do that with a circumaural… @Torq explained to me a bit about this… and it makes sense. Plus Torq is a much smarter dude than I (not to put words in your mouth Torq)
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Have y’all got confirmation from RAAL-requisite on the circumaural version of the SR1a or this is just based on the fact that the HSA-1a hints about a circumaural version (switch on the back of the unit)?
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Speculation…let me look that word up real quick… yeah Speculation… that is accurate lol…
J/K aside yeah no confirmations just speculating on rumors =)
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I like “word on the street” myself. 
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Got it. I’m in the same speculation boat…but it sounded like it was confirmed or it was my wishful thinking driving such perception, go figure🤷🏾♂️!
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I can neither confirm nor deny anything… I’m a lowly forum goer =)
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I’m at a lower level than your “lowly” level in this forum. Lol. Your last post sounded like you know something… Lol again. I better stop here before I start sounding like I know something as well. Another Lol.
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Words from Aleksandar R., engineer (and founder I think?), from RAAL-requisite:
Our next model(s) will be a circumaural pads, open and closed backs which will look much neater. It is much easier to make them such, as like with other headphones, they will have bezel rings that cover grille edges and the structure will be hidden. But, I give no promises! Maybe they will also be anti-fashion statements, as well!
This is on the other forum, post #585, made back in April 2nd 2019.
I think what I’m after is something less prototype and flimsy looking.
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Thanks for sharing that post, I surely missed it.
RAAL-requisite has some intriguing and ambitious plans - both open (kind of expected) and closed back (surprising and super interesting). In conversations with Danny, he mentioned that one of the main challenges during the SR1a R&D was to come up with a ribbon that could properly reproduce bass with the Earfield design - Alex and his team managed to come up with a ribbon that can go down to 30Hz (Kudos to them). No wonder why Alex claims that the circumaural design is going to be “easier” to come up with, and that the looks will matter (I don’t think it was a priority with the SR1a).
I just hope that they come up with comfortable and not crazy heavy cans, anything > 450g tends to get borderline “unbearable” for more than 1-2 hrs on my head without taking a break, which is not ideal for my marathon listening sessions of 8-12 hrs.
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Can you point me at where @Torq explained the advantages the Earfield design has over circumaural? Thanks.
Sorry, it was a private conversation between him and I… in person. I over spoke in this regard… time for bed after this ol’fashion.
Sorry @Torq I didn’t mean to put words in your mouth/ or put you on the spot.
That being said… all it takes is a quick look at how the SR1a positions it’s ear speakers vs. a circumaural headphone of any type to see the benefits of the SR1a vs circumaural…it makes for a more natural presentation of sound waves into the ear. At least that is how I would view it. But, I’m no scientist
Even without taking into consideration the extraordinary top to bottom sonic qualities of the SR1a, the comfort of this truly open backed design is unparalleled from my perspective for long listening sessions. And, when I can finally get my hands on the new HSA-1a I can pit my other phones against the SR1a on a common playing field and I am sooo looking forward to that. Its going to be fun and illuminating for me.
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I haven’t.
But I will …
In short, the circumaural would have deeper bass/sub-bass extension, without the need for the step-baffle compensation curve. And even with it, would likely play a bit deeper.
This will come at the cost of depth-wise spatialization, since the SR1a sit off the ears, firing back at them, allowing the natural action of your pinnae to shape the sound, along with natural cross-feed that enables a speaker-like (if not identical) HRTF.
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