There are alot of HE500 threads floating around. This is a great review, but I think the discussion on the HE500 is located elsewhere.
Add some amp impression, and maybe it will fire up again 
Btw, have you checked out the audio gd NFB-10SE? 499usd for balanced dac/amp, which people here really seems to enjoy.
I have both the HE500 (with black dragon v2, with 4-pin termination) and NFB-10SE on the way, and I hope this will be a good combo 








Will be waiting on your impression!



