Armaegis
Modern Modder Man of Manitoba
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After modding, mine are literally louder on the outside
After modding, mine are literally louder on the outside
To say that these cans leak is an understatement. If u wonna know how much the will leak turn up any cans u have to your listening level and keeping the drivers apart set them down and then stand where u would expect a bystander to stand. Whatever u hear there is what another person will hear when u have the he6 on.
Just got my replacement HE6 (unfortunately with pleather pads) and for the first time connected it to my Odyssey Stratos Plus. I'm using a Decware CSP2+ as preamp and an XLR midcable to the speaker posts. What would be the safest manner of disconnecting the headphones? Can I simply detach the XLR midcable, with the amp on, leaving the speaker wires on the posts?
Incidentally I don't know if this setup is as good as my Marantz 2285 (needs repairs so can't currently compare) but the soundstage, details and dynamics out of this amp are out of this world. The Marantz is certainly warmer and more forgiving and likely a bit rolled off in the upper registers, which lends itself very well to this headphone, but definitely cannot match it for raw extraction of detail.
Just got my replacement HE6 (unfortunately with pleather pads) and for the first time connected it to my Odyssey Stratos Plus. I'm using a Decware CSP2+ as preamp and an XLR midcable to the speaker posts. What would be the safest manner of disconnecting the headphones? Can I simply detach the XLR midcable, with the amp on, leaving the speaker wires on the posts?
Incidentally I don't know if this setup is as good as my Marantz 2285 (needs repairs so can't currently compare) but the soundstage, details and dynamics out of this amp are out of this world. The Marantz is certainly warmer and more forgiving and likely a bit rolled off in the upper registers, which lends itself very well to this headphone, but definitely cannot match it for raw extraction of detail.
My initial reaction was "you'd have to be crazy to pick the -500s over the -6s given equal cost." Does anyone disagree? I'm not going to have the funds for a new amp for the time being, and it seems from my reading that the Lyr might end up being the limiting factor. I'm still thinking that the Lyr/6s combo will beat the Lyr/500s combo hands down, right? I should be pretty darn happy with it while I save pennies for an EF-6, Schiit statement amp or whatever else presents itself down the road.
Thanks, khaine.
I'm always a bit surprised by the love for speaker amps with these headphones. Head-Fiers, of all people, place audio quality above most other things, especially price. The advice seems to be "get a cheap speaker amp, that is better than an expensive dedicated HP amp." To me, that seems to be placing quantity of power above amp quality. I'm an Emotiva fan (and own multiple Emo products), but no one exactly accused the X-100 of being an audiophile amp. It was designed to be a second zone amp or to power a secondary system - not places that sound quality are that important. I mean, isn't a well designed class A amp like the EF-6 going to offer a much better quality amplification? Or are the HE-6s playing by different rules, where giving them tons of juice is more important than the quality? Just curious...
I can assure you, we place audio quality above most things. That's why we don't recommend any HT receiver or any speaker amps for that matter. However, amplification is not rocket science; anything the headphone amplifier market is doing, has likely been overdone many times by the speaker amplifier market. The main strength of the He-6 for me is that it plays well with speaker amp. The speaker amp market is huge and you should take advantage of that.
I'm not suggesting the X-100 will be better than the Ef-6; in fact I don't even like it atm =p. I do think it's better than many headphone amps for the He-6, and is an excellent buy if you're on a budget.
Also if you got 1200 bucks to blow on the Ef-6; you should check out the speaker amp market too. However well designed the Ef6 is, I doubt the quality can be on par with Ayre/Prima Luna/Nelson Pass/Accuphase/McIntosh to name a few. Besides that gave you a nice amp for your stereo setup too, it's a win-win =p.
Thanks, khaine.
I'm always a bit surprised by the love for speaker amps with these headphones. Head-Fiers, of all people, place audio quality above most other things, especially price. The advice seems to be "get a cheap speaker amp, that is better than an expensive dedicated HP amp." To me, that seems to be placing quantity of power above amp quality. I'm an Emotiva fan (and own multiple Emo products), but no one exactly accused the X-100 of being an audiophile amp. It was designed to be a second zone amp or to power a secondary system - not places that sound quality are that important. I mean, isn't a well designed class A amp like the EF-6 going to offer a much better quality amplification? Or are the HE-6s playing by different rules, where giving them tons of juice is more important than the quality? Just curious...