**Hifiman HE-400 Impressions and Discussion Thread** - Page 498

I find the LCD2 to be a thing of beauty 

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Originally Posted by modulor 

I haven't really done a proper A/B comparison (yet), but I go from using my GR07-BE while at work and commuting to the HE-400 at home, and find they both meet my needs.  Obviously, I enjoy the HE-400 more, but for a small, portable IEM to come close the way I feel the BE does makes them, or I imagine the MKII variant, a nice companion.  Off the top of my head, the BE's sound stage is more intimate, with a slightly more forward midrange.  Perhaps MattTCG can comment on his experiences between the two.

 

What IEMs did you use before?

Thanks for you comment! those iems look pretty cool. They remind me of the senns IE80s only a bit more industrial looking, very nice.

I've used the IE80s and the shure SE425, and was very underwhelmed with both of them. The sound quality/price ratio was very bad with both of them imo.
I currently own the some german meastro closed headphones, which sound pretty darn good. But they are pretty darn big and hair messing up headphones :p
I'll look into those vsonics!

@MattTCG - The credit card trick worked immaculately! Very good piece of advice I don't think I would have been able to get the pads in otherwise. Bold that **** in your FAQ!

Checked out for a week and 467 unread posts... HE-400 thread FTW! I missed page 400 post but hope I'll make it on pg 500.. baahhaaahaa!!

I dunno MLE.  You've been away from the D7000 long and you've transitioned your tastes to things more along the lines of HE-400, HD650, K702AE and now LCD-2.  You might be surprised if you listened to the D7000 again.

I am well over Denon headphones. The treble is a 100% deal-breaker for me on those. Plus, how can a headphone be called audiophile-grade with such recessed mids? (D2000 in my experience, cant imagine the 5k or 7k have a much different signature given they use the same drivers)

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Originally Posted by MattTCG 

 

The gr07 is a special iem. Outside of a custom, it's hard to beat. You could compare more to the he4 than the he400 though. 

 

Hmm that's very interesting indeed.

It would go well with my current mobile setup, very cheap and tiny, but very effective :D

Sansa clip zip + 32 gb + fiio E6 + ghetto custom cable!

Do the GR07 sound 'natural' as in not to closed in or tinny sounding? I found the SE425s to sound very tinny sounding.

For a second I thought i was on the ClieOS thread.

This thread sure is very... "eclectic".

^^ My last post host nothing to do with the HE-400 correct. However this conversation sprouted from the amazing SQ/price ratio of the HE-400.

The reason I'm not taking this conversation elsewhere, is because I like the people in this thread :) Don't worry, I won't be posting reviews/comparisons of IEMs in this thread!

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Originally Posted by Marleybob217 

^^ My last post host nothing to do with the HE-400 correct. However this conversation sprouted from the amazing SQ/price ratio of the HE-400.

 

The reason I'm not taking this conversation elsewhere, is because I like the people in this thread :) Don't worry, I won't be posting reviews/comparisons of IEMs in this thread!

Relax, i wasn't complaining. Just making an observation.

I always get myself talking about non HE-400 stuff here aswell.

^^ I know, I know.

To make that post a little more relevant to this thread: The HE-400 actually sounds very good on that setup!

With all this lcd2 talk.. I A/B the he400 against the lcd2/lcd3.

I found the he400 was very similar to the lcd2.
When I listened to songs with no vocals, it was hard to tell the difference.
To me, it was mainly in the vocals the LCD2 was better.
It was a little bit more natural sounding overall too.

I find a little eq'ing makes the he400 basically as good as the lcd2.
Give the settings below a go. If you get clipping, just turn the volume on the rhs down to -4db.
Sounds great for me on my NFB 15.1 with velours/grill mod (still need to try those jergpads).
I can really hear a big improvement in the vocals with this and the treble is just right for me now as well.