HifiMAN HE-6 Planar Magnetic Headphone - Page 129

Then why on earth did you say, "Difficult to drive well" in your "Bad" column  ?

Anyways volume isn't the issue with driving the HE-6 IMO, current is. YMMV.

Dear Shahrose,

    I have used the HE6 for quite some time because I have got that in the first 12 HE6's shipment.

    On the contrary I didn't find the treble to be sibilant at all and I love the treble of the HE6 as well as the R10

Although it is not that airy  but it has very transparent treble.  In fact I prefer the treble of the HE6 as much as

the R10 that I have.  However I used recable with the Twag and Moon audio cable balanced 4 pin XLR.

The soundstage is not that small , in fact it is almost the same level as the HD800.  The detail is also very good

in fact I prefer using HE6  with the realiser A8 more than the HD800 and I think it is one of the headphone that

very suitable with the realiser A8.  I don't know why there is some difference however the HE6 needs a very good

amp to do that, I used the balanced out from the ZDT which is more than enough to drive the HE6, I also have tried

the speaker post with the HE6 and I think it improves the soundstage and the bass of the HE6 .

    I would also like to have skylab opinion on the R10 comparing to the HE6, LCD2, HD800 a/b and am waiting for

his comment and how to improve the sound quality of the 4 headphones, any recable that will make all unit better.

I also would like to ask about the apuresound V3 cable for my R10 can it be reterminated into 4 pin balanced XLR,

however R10 is the easiest driving headphone and I can rank from R10, HD800, LCD2,HE5 and the most difficult one

is the HE6 .  I also found the use of the speaker adapter cable improve the sound quality of the LCD2.

I think when you are paying 1K for a headphone they should not need to be recabled with 300-400 cables to sound good IMO and should be as perfect as can be for that kind of dough. It seems to me that you need to invest another 1000 or more to get them right. Now it becomes a very expensive headphone IMO

I just plugged the HE6 into this puppy:

On a scale of 1-10 where the Woo WA6SE was 1, the Exposure XXV - 7 then this ranks 10 for sound quality

The bass is deeper again with even more control and the amp exhibits amazing control

Just got them. Initial impressions (may change after some time):

*The HD800s I used were silver-recabled.

Good:
-Excellent bass, in every parameter. Quantity is greater than the HD800, but a bit lower than the 600.
-Open, airy and delicate sound, especially treble (something I've noticed on the HE-5, LCD-2 and now the HE-6)

-Good dynamics (almost as good as the HD800).

-Excellent transient response, attack and natural decay.
-Comfort is surprisingly good considering the ~500g weight (I'm sensitive to heavy cans...the LCD-2 were uncomfortable for sessions longer than 30 min)

Bad:
-Too much treble around 8-14KHz, sounds bright and sibilant despite the treble quality.

-Not as transparent and revealing as the HD800.

-Midrange could use a bit more presence.
-Soundstage is flat and small, a far cry from the likes of the HD800. It's slightly smaller than the HD600's SS as well.

-The focus and placement of vocals isn't as good as the HD800.
-Build quality is a bit disappointing for a $1200 headphone.
-Difficult to drive well.


Overall, these are an improvement over the HE-5s, but the sibilant treble is somewhat bothersome. The treble might change with burn-in (if orthos burn-in at all), but it would have to be a more-than-subtle change to make me like it.

Just got them. Initial impressions (may change after some time):

*The HD800s I used were silver-recabled.

Good:
-Excellent bass, in every parameter. Quantity is greater than the HD800, but a bit lower than the 600.
-Open, airy and delicate sound, especially treble (something I've noticed on the HE-5, LCD-2 and now the HE-6)

-Good dynamics (almost as good as the HD800).

-Excellent transient response, attack and natural decay.
-Comfort is surprisingly good considering the ~500g weight (I'm sensitive to heavy cans...the LCD-2 were uncomfortable for sessions longer than 30 min)

Bad:
-Too much treble around 8-14KHz, sounds bright and sibilant despite the treble quality.

-Not as transparent and revealing as the HD800.

-Midrange could use a bit more presence.
-Soundstage is flat and small, a far cry from the likes of the HD800. It's slightly smaller than the HD600's SS as well.

-The focus and placement of vocals isn't as good as the HD800.
-Build quality is a bit disappointing for a $1200 headphone.
-Difficult to drive well.


Overall, these are an improvement over the HE-5s, but the sibilant treble is somewhat bothersome. The treble might change with burn-in (if orthos burn-in at all), but it would have to be a more-than-subtle change to make me like it.

So what is 'this'?
 

Quote:

Originally Posted by hawkhead 

I just plugged the HE6 into this puppy:

 

On a scale of 1-10 where the Woo WA6SE was 1, the Exposure XXV - 7 then this ranks 10 for sound quality

 

The bass is deeper again with even more control and the amp exhibits amazing control

Just got them. Initial impressions (may change after some time):

*The HD800s I used were silver-recabled.

Good:
-Excellent bass, in every parameter. Quantity is greater than the HD800, but a bit lower than the 600.
-Open, airy and delicate sound, especially treble (something I've noticed on the HE-5, LCD-2 and now the HE-6)

-Good dynamics (almost as good as the HD800).

-Excellent transient response, attack and natural decay.
-Comfort is surprisingly good considering the ~500g weight (I'm sensitive to heavy cans...the LCD-2 were uncomfortable for sessions longer than 30 min)

Bad:
-Too much treble around 8-14KHz, sounds bright and sibilant despite the treble quality.

-Not as transparent and revealing as the HD800.

-Midrange could use a bit more presence.
-Soundstage is flat and small, a far cry from the likes of the HD800. It's slightly smaller than the HD600's SS as well.

-The focus and placement of vocals isn't as good as the HD800.
-Build quality is a bit disappointing for a $1200 headphone.
-Difficult to drive well.


Overall, these are an improvement over the HE-5s, but the sibilant treble is somewhat bothersome. The treble might change with burn-in (if orthos burn-in at all), but it would have to be a more-than-subtle change to make me like it.