mrscotchguy
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Oh nice man!
Thanks! I'll add to it when I get my pictures edited...
Oh nice man!
UGH
So you guys might know I like my Th X00 or LA D5k for metal, every now an again the HE 4 shows them both up. I'm giving Metallica's ...And Justice For All, a listen an HOLY freaking crap, this mix/master is freaking amazing sounding on the HE 4! lighting Quick, bass is Bumped rather nicely, guitars are... tactile edgy, ROUGH an crystal clear, an the high hats are top notch to!
Point being, the HE 4 is still king in my home lol
It's funny, Justice for All is my absolute favorite Metallica album. Unfortunately, with my configuration, the HE-4 seems almost life-less. Vocals are recessed/distant. Bass, treble, and instrument separation is just fine... but vocals just feel like I'm in the nose-bleeds. I find that album sound more "correct" to my ears with my HD800 or my TH600.
Ironically, I can only listen at low volumes with the HD800, so it pretty much defeats the purpose!!!
Truth be told, I am always floored by just how well the HE-4 does everything. I can really only ever nit-pick. I'm having a blast with my HE-5LE... but it's such a different flavor that it's impossible to compare for me. The HE-5LE pretty much just sounds like what everyone always describes the HE-500 as without all the negatives I actually experience with them on each demo...
One of my favorite albums with the HE-4 is Goyte's Making Mirrors... I can always listen to that... never said I had good taste!
I do admit the vocals are a bit drawn back, but honestly I've never liked Hetfeilds voice all that much so I kinda enjoy having his voice a little back behind the Guitars, though the HE 4 does a nice job keeping the Guitars front an center, while keeping Hetfeilds voice nice an clear!
I belive its been about 29900 years since I ordered the amp and now... finally here it is. One thing that I'm really quite surprised is that man this thing is SMALL!. Unfortunately my 220v iec320power cord hasn't been delivered yet so basically, I'm dieing beacause I couldn't listen to my he4 with this amp even though its right in front of me. Can't wait to write a proper review after listening to the he4. Hopefully it will be soon.
Oh I forgot to mention, I'm getting a Project Starlight to listen to! Sadly it's not as powerful as the Ember is but I'll b able to get a nice taste of the 1217 style! Just looking over the manual, I feel a little silly for my previous criticisms. These things are CRAZY customizable
Those should go great with the THX00, not sure about them being able to power the he4 properly though.
@Akemi Homura
Congrats. Finally you can enjoy those headphones.
Now you make me wanting a tube amp for them.
Yup, HE-4 albeit old still holds out against other headphones. I still use them occasionally because with Alpha Pads, I could feel the bass vibrates more on my ears than HD800 and I like that sensation. Although tbh I kinda want to sell it to buy HE-6, out of curiosity, but let's not rush
Yea I'm like RIGHT there at the "SELL IT an UPGRADE phase" my self
an grats to our new comer may he breathe life into our thread once more!