HiFiman HE-500 (HE as in High End) please post your impressions. . loan pair for UK pg. 28. - Page 259

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Originally Posted by disastermouse 


Did someone had listened. Indeed.

Head-fi is a very global community, what can I say?

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My ex-fiancé was from Kyrgyzstan...some of these posts remind me of the way she speaks English.

I know what u mean..i had a girlfriend from lithuania and it was same way..although her english was very good compared to others in her country.

english is not my first language also..not even my second (thats portuguese)..so i myself do blunders concerning spelling sometimes but i try as everyone here to make myself understandable

English is easier than almost all the languages.

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Originally Posted by h4mm3r 0f th0r 

English is easier than almost all the languages.

Especially so, as we are all constantly exposed / bombarded by it via the Internet and media in general.

oh yeah... english is like my 4th language but i speak it better than my other mother tongues. Happens if you watch movies/tv shows from america 10-12 hours every day:D. And as it is the language we are taught in our schools, so we are really good at it.

We're talking about English, of course, rather than American?

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Did someone had listened Audio-gd Compass 2 with HE-500?

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Originally Posted by disastermouse 


Did someone had listened. Indeed.

Hey, not bad from a member from Prague.  Not so good from Alabama.

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Originally Posted by pp312 

We're talking about English, of course, rather than American?

 

Well, we are taught british english in school. It wasn't till much later that i found out that it is "color" in america and not "colour". My accent is american so you can say that i know the american ripoff of a language commonly known as english:D

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Originally Posted by jerg 

 

With the stock grills? Not really, if you rip the fabric off then you can't put it back onto the back of the grills unless you use some sort of adhesive.

 

I simply remove the whole grill (easily reversible) and just cut out a whole new steel mesh grill to replace it.

Sorry to dig this up but I am a new HE-500 owner and am curious about this.

I gather the grill is just a circle cut piece?

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Originally Posted by Sanlitun 

 

 

Sorry to dig this up but I am a new HE-500 owner and am curious about this.

 

I gather the grill is just a circle cut piece?

Yup, of metal

For those who have experience with LCD2/3 and HE-500 - does HE-500 sounds audibly less extended in the bass when listening to actual music and not test tones? I know measurements show that HE-500 seems to be flat down to about 30 Hz, before rolling off, while Audeze cans are flat to well below 20Hz. With some music that has a lot of sub bass content, I sometime wonder if HE-500 could use a bit more extension.

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Originally Posted by Pianist 

For those who have experience with LCD2/3 and HE-500 - does HE-500 sounds audibly less extended in the bass when listening to actual music and not test tones? I know measurements show that HE-500 seems to be flat down to about 30 Hz, before rolling off, while Audeze cans are flat to well below 20Hz. With some music that has a lot of sub bass content, I sometime wonder if HE-500 could use a bit more extension.

Overall, I would say they are the same. LCD-2 has more a punch in the mid bass area. Although HE-500's bass comes off with more bloom since it doesn't have the midbass punch to the extent that LCD-2 has. So in a way, at times the HE-500 actually feels as it has more sub-bass. You can listen and follow the low bass notes better on the HE-500. While the LCD-2 is good, the mid-bass punch somewhat masks it. Although since it sounds so good, it really doesn't better. Both do bass quite well for all music genres.