**Hifiman HE-400 Impressions and Discussion Thread** - Page 295

Figurative yelling, I'm working from my home, but there's approximately 300 people in our news desk program and around 40 people in our business chat currently! Caps lock is almost as effective as real yelling sometimes.

Well, i asked if there were any options to the Leckerton UHA-6S MKII in the price range, and someone recommended me that Muse DAC which costs only $20, so i guessed the SQ difference wasn't worth the money gap?

Actually i was willing to spend even more on a Yulong D100, but i don't know if it's worth the money either. That's why i came here to ask.

Well, i asked if there were any options to the Leckerton UHA-6S MKII in the price range, and someone recommended me that Muse DAC which costs only $20, so i guessed the SQ difference wasn't worth the money gap?

Actually i was willing to spend even more on a Yulong D100, but i don't know if it's worth the money either. That's why i came here to ask.

These headphones are so ... so natural, for me. Not necessarily accurate or transparent, but I mean, the music is just melting into my skull. I am listening to fast, aggressive, engaging music while writing (high pressure environment on the newsdesk, new assignments every few minutes, being yelled at a lot lol) and it's not distracting. Usually, I'll put on piano or some chiptune stuff without lyrics that's more or less background noise. With my M-80 or my CAL!, I was never able to listen bands I like, vocals, etc. With these, it's like they're so good, I'm taking it all in on different levels and am still able to concentrate on my writing.

I guess that probably doesn't make sense ... they sound better so you'd think they occupy more of my attention, but I'm just able to let it sink into me. It's weird. I love it.

Edit: Also, my favorite genre thus far with these is folk/bluegrass. Banjos and mandolins in the background are basically my favorite aspects of the genres and with these, I can absolutely pick them out with ease and it's a very exciting thing for me.

I just ordered my HE400's and a Schitt M&M stack combo to serve as my desktop setup. I know it my not be much to most of you guys but it's all I can afford and I am STOKED to receive it. Why can't time go faster?!

Thanks! Really can't wait to move up to these. I'm really excited for this new type of driver as I didn't even know they existed before researching them recently. I've been on a FLAC/320kbps downloading & ripping spree. 

This is something I've learned to look for since getting into headphones.  I found it's more important to have a good DR Value (dynamic range) than high bitrate, although it's best to have both.  http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/ This is a great website to check the value of songs/albums, the higher the number the better.  I would rather have an album with a DR Value of 14 @ 192 kbps than a album with a DR Value of 4 @ 320 kbps.

Foobar has a nice component to determine this value found here http://www.jokhan.demon.nl/DynamicRange/index.htm  I scan all my albums with this.

^^ brokenthumb...Hp meet in Atlanta May 4th at the Mariott in case you missed it. 

^^ That's great Justin. Would love to be able to put a face with the name. Any chance you'll be bringing some nice gear?