HifiMAN HE-6 Planar Magnetic Headphone - Page 10

Any pics of the HE6 around yet?

Can't wait to get all the CanJam news!  

Would love to see some impressions on the HE6 vs LCD-2, I hope someone gets to hear both there.

Whoever gets to see it first, bring out your camera and post it all!

Since the HE-5 was built from scratch (clean sheet, along with the HE-5LE.), Fang could save some R&D and re-tooling money

and put the HE-3 right into an HE-5LE chassis unless it uses an oval driver like the HD6XX family. Why re-invent the wheel?

Also, it depends on whether or not the design is an open or closed one. 

The original post says they're "open back".  And I imagine since they're supposed to be portable, they won't be using the HE-5 shell.  I can't imagine those being considered portable. 

Originally Posted by Nankai 
 

HE-3 full size dynamic headphone cans

HE-3 are 32 Ohm low impedance full size headphones using 40mm (1.75inch) drivers. These are high effiency open back headphones which can get good sound quality on portable source. 

Available time: June or July, 2010

Final Price will be between $200 and $300

Yeah, in my conversations with Fang, It appears that the HE-6 is supposed to be a full sized, that should compete with the 

likes of the HD600/650 and K701. for a more reasonable price. Now that he has his own factory in China, he is able to cut

out the middle man and have more say in the quality control department. 

Maybe, after the HE-6 makes it's debut, he can have another go at an electrostatic. In my opinion, the Jade still outperforms

most stats, and can have better quality control under the watchful eye of the owner. He has not mentioned anything about

producing a new stat, But I feel that this is a good direction to go in after the orthos and dynamic headphones have been perfected.

The HE-3 sounds interesting - I await some pics and further details

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Originally Posted by immtbiker 

Yeah, in my conversations with Fang, It appears that the HE-6 is supposed to be a full sized, that should compete with the 

likes of the HD600/650 and K701. for a more reasonable price. Now that he has his own factory in China, he is able to cut

out the middle man and have more say in the quality control department. 

Maybe, after the HE-6 makes it's debut, he can have another go at an electrostatic. In my opinion, the Jade still outperforms

most stats, and can have better quality control under the watchful eye of the owner. He has not mentioned anything about

producing a new stat, But I feel that this is a good direction to go in after the orthos and dynamic headphones have been perfected.

Stats have some serious design limitations that are not shared by planar magnetics.  IMHO, there will never be an ultimate stat that out does an ultimate planar magnetic. particularly with the best of today's materials available.  Can't get around the physics of the things.
 

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Originally Posted by kwkarth 

 Can't get around the physics of the things.

 

Oh great...now I'll have to stop by plans of building my "perpetual motion machine".

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Originally Posted by MacedonianHero 

Oh great...now I'll have to stop by plans of building my "perpetual motion machine".

guess my monopole magnet's gonna have to go too