I recently ordered the Sony xb90, huge bass and soundstage, very loud and intense, what could be the yang to this yin? What would be the total opposite, something to sit at home and just relax and drift away, no thumping bass, just cool calm and relaxed.

One driver of my beloved RE-262 did stop working. I don't know if it was the cable or the driver, but I wrote to Head-Direct to ask for a repair and they kindly offered a RE-400 replacement for reduced price, as a substitute of the RE-262.   I have received the new RE-400 and I don't like them...

I don't know when will the RE-400 be available in the shop I am currently visiting. So I want to know what's the nearest alternative, with the price not exceeding the RE-400's price. By saying nearest alternative, I meant on sound quality, build quality, etc.

I've been researching the DX50 extensively for the past few days and since everyone is seems to be drooling over firmware 1.2.8's sound quality and (relative?) stability, I'd made my decision to buy it.  Then, in the middle of my elation I stumbled into a forum post saying the RE-400s are a poor...

Hi all,   First of all, im pretty new in this audio area especially IEMs. My previous IEM is Klipsch Image S4. Im looking for replacement since i lost it. Anyway, i love my KIS4 since as in my opinion it gave out clarity that i love. I generally listen to country, orchestral and female singer...

Hello everyone! This is my first thread, so I hope I do a decent job at writing this. Ok. So, I would like some new earbuds and a new headset. Let's start with the earbuds. I would mainly be using them with my phone or tablet, occasionally a computer. But I don't want to spend over $150. I...

Hello,   As summer is approaching, the bulky large headphones are getting increasingly hot in my neck during the day. So I came down to decide that I may need a pair of IEMs.   So here: I listen mostly to Japanese (and some British) female vocals, classicals, and some Led Zeppelin, Eric...

They were both supraaural closed-back headphones. What I'm searching are IEMs with excellent clarity, big and airy soundstage and an overall balanced frequency response. I like neutral but detailed sound, wanna hear every instrument, and do not like bass that invade midrange, I like bass but not...

hi guys i have cowon j3, i need a good in ear phone for my player, and i can't choice between X10i and Shure SE215 help me please tell me if you are better suggestion

Hi,   I had an RE-zero a few years ago. Awesome and wonderful.  I was extremely happy, and when I wasn't, I reminded myself how little those cost and became happy again.   They broke after 4 months or so.  I sent them in, and got a new pair.  The new pair then broke as well, again in 3-4...

I'm relatively new to having enhanced sound in general...     So I'm looking for a couple of different explanations on a few particular things, as well as advice on products.     I've researched a little bit about ohms, hz, drivers, sensitivity etc.. From my understanding more drivers =...

Hey guys,     While I'm waiting for Hifiman to replace my RE400, I need IEMs for work asap. What IEMs are similar to RE400 but with more/tighter bass? Budget around 100 euros I guess, but can go higher or lower if there's no need to spend so much   I'm located in Ireland, so amazon.co.uk is...

The title says it all... I am in the market for whatever would be the best in-ear set for my needs.  I listen mostly to video game remixes a la OC remix (ocremix.org) which are a bit heavier on the lower end of the register - almost never with vocals on the tracks.  Often they have an...

Im looking for a good IEM for when I ride, im in the ~150 range and their are a million and one posts on them cant really decide. Im looking for something that has a good sound stage, not overwhelming bass but still good bass when I want it and good noise isolation a a neutral sound.

hi.. i have 2 iems, brainwavz m5 and the sony-mh1c.. i love both of them, and honestly though mh1c sounds better, but i wear the m5 more. maybe because of the comfort that the comply tips provide. anyway i wanted to step up and had decided to go for the re-400. i read reviews and got that they...

Hey I am looking to buy some In-Ear head phones for around $50-$100. I am planing on walking around outside in public so I want to them to be comfortable. I listen to mostly rock and rock-ish pop with some jazzy pop mixed in. Like imagine dragons, onerepublic, Alex Clare and so on. I like bass...

Hi, I bought a fiio x5 and am very pleased with it, my question relates to iems.   Does anyone have experience of the hifiman re400 with the x5 and can discuss synergy, I am wondering whether to buy the re400 to use in conjunction or are they nothing like as good as the se530/535 and it would...

Hi, after reading all the very positive reviews, can I conclude that this is the bargain of the year and as good as say the shure se530/535?   d

The application is for streaming gaming audio, so isolation is a requirement, even though it might hurt the soundstage. I am going to be using Polk 6750s for music, movies, and most gaming, and closed circumaurals (which I've found are generally, although not exclusively, superior in comfort to...

Looking for a DAC under $200 preferably around $150.  Will be used with my computer, mostly with hifiman 400 headphones and swan mk3 speakers+ pioneer 8" sub, the SW-8-K.  Mostly gaming and music.  I don't have a home system as I just use the computer for music. I currently have a xonar DG...

Hi guys, please prompt headphones for EDM. I choose between:   1. Klipsch Image X10i 2. HiFiMAN RE-400   What do you think is better? 

Hey all,   I understand there have been similar threads and I have also read Joker's IEM reviews.However, I still can't seem to decide which of the following is best for me. I hope you guys can give me your opinions as well as the reason. I am looking for an IEM for every day purposes, but...

Hi   So this is probably one of the more ambiguous/arbitrary posts with no real reason to exist.   So over a few years as a head-fi lurker and more recently as a member, I've noticed that there's a price point around which the best value products exist. Its the point after which you pay a...

So I'm in a bit of a bind here. Where I live, you can't really return a pair of IEMs you've taken out of the packaging (don't know how that works in other countries), so I can't really go test any of these and will have to decide based on reviews and recommendations.   I need to replace my...

I was wondering would something like the re400 be worth it to a person who has never had headphones worth more than $10 and is only going to use it to play music off their smartphone, or would it be better just to get something like the lg quadbeats or sennheiser cx300.