Next would be a ribbon/pleated type diaphragm like Apogee's, larger excursion area.
Edited by wuwhere - 12/26/11 at 2:26pm
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Next would be a ribbon/pleated type diaphragm like Apogee's, larger excursion area.
This may seem like a silly question, but given that these can be easily driven by a DAP, will a cable with an 1/8" termination be included?
I would suspect the answer will be yes as the cable termination that is standard with the HE-500 is the 1/8" termination with an adapter for 1/4" use.
I think you meant Smeggy and thunderpants right? Maybe there is a Peggy though...
because open sounds better than closed....
The answer is yes. i have been driving the HE-400 (yes, i currently have a HE-400 on hand ^_^) with my iPhone4, and the sound is surprisingly good. of course once you start to use more powerful portable source like HM-602 or HM-801, the sound just gets better and better.
btw, i have been a big Ortho fan for quite a while, and never considered HE-500/LCD2/HE-6 to be heavy until i switched them between HE-400. it is still heavier than dynamic headphone, but for an ortho it's quite light on the head. My wife couldn't take any one of those three, but she could live with HE-400.
I'm actually really feeling the blue on these things--adds just a little touch of classy bling, I think. Looking forward to more impressions. Would love to give a Hifiman phone a shot one of these days, and I've been eying the 500s ever since the price took a drop. If these wind up with a similarly impressive sound signature they may serve as a good entry point for me, not only into Hifman products, but into planar-magnetic phones, period.
So, is it a better HE-4 or not?

The answer is yes. i have been driving the HE-400 (yes, i currently have a HE-400 on hand ^_^) with my iPhone4, and the sound is surprisingly good. of course once you start to use more powerful portable source like HM-602 or HM-801, the sound just gets better and better.
btw, i have been a big Ortho fan for quite a while, and never considered HE-500/LCD2/HE-6 to be heavy until i switched them between HE-400. it is still heavier than dynamic headphone, but for an ortho it's quite light on the head. My wife couldn't take any one of those three, but she could live with HE-400.
If you have the HE-400, what is the sound signature like?

The answer is yes. i have been driving the HE-400 (yes, i currently have a HE-400 on hand ^_^) with my iPhone4, and the sound is surprisingly good. of course once you start to use more powerful portable source like HM-602 or HM-801, the sound just gets better and better.
btw, i have been a big Ortho fan for quite a while, and never considered HE-500/LCD2/HE-6 to be heavy until i switched them between HE-400. it is still heavier than dynamic headphone, but for an ortho it's quite light on the head. My wife couldn't take any one of those three, but she could live with HE-400.
What's the difference in SQ between the HE-500 and the HE-400? Which do you think has a more neutral, transparent and fluid sound?