**Hifiman HE-400 Impressions and Discussion Thread** - Page 460

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Originally Posted by kothganesh 

Hi guys:

 

After congratulating all of you that rooted for the Ravens and commiserating with those of you that rooted for the Niners (including myself), back to serious business :). Although Hifiman claims the HE-400 can be driven by the iDevices, in my 3-day experience, I find that is just not the case (though the Ipad 3 is better) and amping is necessary. Has that been your experience as well ?

Second, I have plugged the HE-400 to my iDevice and playing it almost continuously for 3 days now as part of the "burin-in" process. Is this necessary or overkill ?

 

Thanks

Lol just listen to them and you will see :)

Nobody never said you cant listen during burn-in :D

Also, you should listen slightly louder when burning them in so keep that in mind as well :P

I'm pleased to say I am now an HE-400 owner .

I couldn't wait till the DHL-man came and handed me the package.

I'm listening to the first couple of songs now, 96kh/24bit rip on my Mac Mini, sent to my FiiO E17 and to my headphones.

Coming from an HD-555...wow! There is an overall increase in clarity, and especially the drums are just pounding right now.

Do the velours soften up over time? They are really stiff =/

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Originally Posted by DFoo 

Do the velours soften up over time? They are really stiff =/

Yup, they do. If you can't wait, just wash 'em with some soap or something. They are a bit stiff, though.

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Originally Posted by Mad Lust Envy 


I have two pairs. The one I've used from day one is quite a bit softer than the ones I haven't used. Give it time, they should soften up.

alright, gonna use the velours until i get some pantyhose for my j$ pads. loving the sound out of the he-400s, especially compared to the slightly fatiguing sr225s I was using before

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Originally Posted by Implar 

I'm pleased to say I am now an HE-400 owner .

I couldn't wait till the DHL-man came and handed me the package.

 

I'm listening to the first couple of songs now, 96kh/24bit rip on my Mac Mini, sent to my FiiO E17 and to my headphones.

 

Coming from an HD-555...wow! There is an overall increase in clarity, and especially the drums are just pounding right now.

I know what you mean, when I first put them on I was floored at how amazing the drums and cymbals sounded. "The Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson was just amazing.

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Originally Posted by kothganesh 

Hi guys:

 

After congratulating all of you that rooted for the Ravens and commiserating with those of you that rooted for the Niners (including myself), back to serious business :). Although Hifiman claims the HE-400 can be driven by the iDevices, in my 3-day experience, I find that is just not the case (though the Ipad 3 is better) and amping is necessary. Has that been your experience as well ?

Second, I have plugged the HE-400 to my iDevice and playing it almost continuously for 3 days now as part of the "burin-in" process. Is this necessary or overkill ?

 

Thanks

My Cowon X7 has pretty much no headroom when I drive them with it, which most likely isn't very good for dynamics. Although it is hard to tell the difference between it and my Asgard at equal volumes. I'm guessing they must be pretty quiet with iDevices given that I recall  my Cowon being near double the volume of my nano.

And also, really any burn in is overkill, even though they now tell you to in the manual...

My ipod nano second gen is a little quiet with the HE400, but when running it with rockbox it gets much louder. Doesn't sound too bad either, but I can definitely detect some distortion in the bass when at max volume.

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Originally Posted by beaver316 

My ipod nano second gen is a little quiet with the HE400, but when running it with rockbox it gets much louder. Doesn't sound too bad either, but I can definitely detect some distortion in the bass when at max volume.

If it gets louder with a software change you're probably lowering the power headroom and losing some dynamics. I'm guessing max volume with rockbox would cause some clipping.

While I'm in the process of modding the velour pads, here is the result of another project:

I wanted to build a steampunk like headphone stand. All the parts cost me about 30 usd.

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Originally Posted by chewy4 

If it gets louder with a software change you're probably lowering the power headroom and losing some dynamics. I'm guessing max volume with rockbox would cause some clipping.

Yeah that must be it, well back in the drawer that iPod will go.

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Originally Posted by MattTCG 

^^ Nice hp stand!! Just goes to show that you can build one out of just about anything. 

Yes :)

I did borrow the idea of copper tubes from another headfier. I forgot his name but he also built a stand for his asgard.