Short answer is yes. I run both my HE-6SE and HE-500 out of speaker taps of my old Pioneer Spec system and the sound is incredible. Have been doing it this way since my first HE-6 years ago and will never go back. As said by others, you just have to be careful with the volume control, both...

I'm with you and bagwell on this whole concept................I've auditioned/owned/tested/shared over 60 headphones over the last 10 years. It was a fun thing to keep trying new ones and I learned a lot...............mostly what I like, what I don't like and ended up with the HE-500, HE-6SE...

Have you found a vintage stereo shop up in Seattle? If so..........see if they have a classic unit in good shape. That's what I did to get my old Pioneer TT. What are you going to drive it with?

If you can find a pair nowadays in the classifieds they are well worth it. Still have mine for over 12 years and had them and the Fostex 900 at the same time - so close to each other (no surprise, built by Foster) but I still liked the D7000 better.

Yep, it's the Ali headband much like the V1 HE-6SE (have one of those as well but................blew it up by inadvertently leaving the speaker selector on my Spec system on A and B instead of just A and "Welcome to the Machine" by Pink Floyd played at very high volume did them in) but the...

Been away for a while enjoying these and my HE-500's (both with Dekoni pads, fed from speaker taps, both with Q French Silk cables) and it's time to ask what I've asked many times over the last few years...........who else is feeding these babies from a vintage amp? Mine is a Pioneer Spec setup...

That's what I did with my HE-6SE V2 a couple of years ago...............still by far (after over 60 headphones owned/tested/traded) my favorite headphone.

If I remember correctly, Foster made the D7000 so parts should be interchangeable for the most part. Not sure if they made changes when they started making the TH900.

Totally agree...............have had a set since 2012. Had Mark Lawton do his magic, added some Teak cups (wood from SE Asia), a Q French Silk cable and Mark's angled lambskin pads. Will never sell these................and preferred them to the TH-900 which I had at the same time, also fully...

Last question before I try it - the "glue" is left on the headphone when you remove the original pad?

I've got an AU-717 that I use as the amp in a TV system that I use a Yamaha RX=670 for the preamp that is amazing for Blu-Ray's of concert videos..........watched/listened to Rush's Snake and Arrows Blu-Ray recently and was blown away. It feeds a nice pair of Polk Audio 5JR "bookshelf" speakers...

I'm "only" a 11 year member now................seeing all the guys from 2002ish is amazing. Cheers to y'all.............I never stopped visiting, just transitioned jobs in 2021 and visited rarely for a few months. Such a change over my short tenure...............costs are insane now. 60+...

I'm game. How do the Fostex/Dekoni pads attach to the Pioneer?

Hmm..............makes me wonder whether the Lawton lambskin pads would be a good match for these...........and have a pair on both my MD-2000 and LA-7000 headphones that I could try. May do that and post up. I rarely listen to the Pioneer these days, not because I don't like them but been...