History of HFM indicates a price drop for the Susvara is coming - they have been raking in gigantic profits on it for nearly a decade. Probably some/most of the existing line will see lower prices - but it will be asymmetric time wise based on their past moves. In 1 year how about: Nirvana...

In the US that would be $3500-3700 for the Susvara, a big gap to $1699 if that's the new HEK SE price, tucking a new HEK in at mid $2k would make sense.

Speculation - but HFM does lower its prices over time - a huge history of that - the HEX v2, HE-6 SE, Arya Stealth, Ananda, HEK SE... If $1699 is the new slot for the SE, the sales of the HEK Stealth and Arya Organic will decrease. A HEK Stealth at $999 would certainly be very popular, but it...

I was exposed to or in what passed for high end/audiophile playback and lots of unamplified music from 1966-2016 - I certainly had time to grow and establish my tastes - I think my preference in headphones pretty much mimics that. I do think there are things that have and do effect my...

$1699 ! New can that exceeds the Susvara coming, maybe a new HEK at say $2500, might mean the HEK Stealth goes to $1200 or even $1k and the Arya go down to $550-650 range. Given their costs they'd still make nice profits, and make up with volume.

Oh for sure, early reflections, inability to get any sort of coherent diffusion/absorption/reflection in a closed headphone, somewhat mitigated in an open - is something rooms do not have to deal with. Not so much. Reflections and absorption can be over/under done with ease. Diffusion to get...

I've seen three channel set-ups with both BMR's. But of course they won't look balanced sitting sideways...

Harman is as you said a preference - a subjective preference. I find their settings under 100 Hz (not to mention in the 3k area) to be counter to accuracy - which is my goal. As I have said dozens of times here - I don't like and don't want "fun" tunings in my audio - although I do have a mild...

Pretty close. Estats are quick, but don't move much air in the lower bass. I do find most estats I know (Stax) have subtle ringing at high frequencies which eventually become fatiguing since everything ends up with that hyper defined edge (it's subtle). The DCA's (longh exposure to Voce, less...

At ~2k is the BMR Philharmonic Monitor (34-20k +/-2 with Rall tweeter (slightly restricted dynamics), and at 4.4k the BMR Philharmonic Tower 25-20k) w/ a Rall. I had my first ribbon in my modded DQ-10's (Panasonic), and for the last 10+ years a Fountek tweeter, and in between an Apogee and...

I listed that quote - dead flat as in accurate, not "dead" or "flat".

Per ASR: "The overall signature is very close to the He6 with its dead flat bass" "..and with some EQ, it sounds incredibly good with its great bass capability and near absence of distortion." "Overall I am going to happily recommend the Hifiman HE6Se with equalization. Even without EQ, it...

That is an excellent amp - for everything I've ever heard on it.

Except for heavy bass folk, the only people that have spoken against the HE-6 SE, or SE v2 bass quantity don't have enough power, or in the case of the v2 have stuck membranes.

All headphones with that amount of cup overhang has a similar scoop, its not related to the type of driver.

Can't disagree more. I'll take the bass of things like HE-6 (any), LCD-4, DCA E2, Final D8K, etc. Fast, deep, and with correct timbre, and very little bloat/over extended sustain. Add: Also very few headphones don't need PEQ, and planars are well known to be able to take heavy bass EQ'ing...

A very hardcore LP shop in Lowell MA ('92) had a small pile of records that was being thrown away, there were 3 copies of "Everything Must Pass", some Fleetwood Mac LP's, and a beat up copy of Beatles Yesterday and Today, one look and I knew what it really was. The guy said take whatever you...

No I meant excepting Roon, because Roon is a well understood item. Like "AudioPhile" based on Arch.

Lots of planars don't have strong bass - its about the design/materials. Fostex FH500RP has weak bass. I should have qualified it better. Let's go with the HFM HE-6 SE, LCD-3, LCD-4, and DCA E2 My buddy has the 909 but I haven't heard it yet. I dislike the 900 a great deal - over loaded...

I first ran into this fuse thing in 1978 - so I put in 10 watt slow blows fuses in place of .5, 1, 2 fast blows. Amps, integrated amps, speakers. A year or to later I said screw it, and just soldered in bypass wire, graduating to silver solder at some point. I was convinced that each time I...

As a group estats have the least mass to move - which means superb transients, and performance above ~350 Hz, also means they move the least air - hence less bass impact. I did find the DCA Voce to have enough bass quality to satisfy me - with a big estat amp - so not cheap. planars move more...

I had two copies - both unpeeeled and one mint - so to me it meant lots of $$$

Unless we are talking very high end tubes I agree that SS and hybrids with SS output is the correct formula. Planar bass strong points are rise time and air movement which results in a quick and solid impact audibly. Open backs support that generally, but there is usually some loss of bass...

Assume Ether/Voce Angled Lambskin? That's my choice for all round cup HFM's. All: I left computer based audio a long time ago - would a Linux based PC be cheaper (physical box) - excepting Roon? Just curious.

Interesting - the Rag 1.5 sure does well w/ planars.