[gopanthersgo1]

im still wondering how you got one...

Emailed the guy with some questions and we chatted with about 20 or so emails, and he decided to mail me one!

do you really need an amp with these? or will listening from ipod and laptop be fine? if amp is needed any suggestions? and i'd love to know how to get a project woodwind @gopanthersgo1

You don't need an amp at all, in fact, they were one of my favorite cans without one, but now... it's indescribable! Listening from an iPod would be fine, and I'd get a cheap USB DAC for you lappy (Friend liked sound out of iPod but not lappy, then he got a cheap DAC and was blown away). Suggestions if you want one are as goes:
1) Project Woodwind

Answered above.

 

[wburton]

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Emailed the guy with some questions and we chatted with about 20 or so emails, and he decided to mail me one!

You don't need an amp at all, in fact, they were one of my favorite cans without one, but now... it's indescribable! Listening from an iPod would be fine, and I'd get a cheap USB DAC for you lappy (Friend liked sound out of iPod but not lappy, then he got a cheap DAC and was blown away).

Suggestions if you want one are as goes:
1) Project Woodwind

Answered above.

could you give me that guys email?? and whats the difference (besides the price) between the s500 and the s400?

 

[gopanthersgo1]

could you give me that guys email?? and whats the difference (besides the price) between the s500 and the s400?

I think you kind of have to have some more expensive headphones first...

I heard the S400 was more analytical and cold, while the S500 were more fun and bassy sounding.

 

[wburton]

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I think you kind of have to have some more expensive headphones first...

I heard the S400 was more analytical and cold, while the S500 were more fun and bassy sounding.

i do have expierience with high-end headphones. but basicaly what your saying is that the S400 are more tin can sounding and the S500 have a full rich sound? and any reviews on the FiiO E5 USB DAC amp?

 

[wburton]

is reglueing necesarry or good to do after removing the pads?

 

[gopanthersgo1]

i do have expierience with high-end headphones. but basicaly what your saying is that the S400 are more tin can sounding and the S500 have a full rich sound? and any reviews on the FiiO E5 USB DAC amp?

but did you review them? I'll be using the amp at a video review shoot for a starting HiFi company later, so that's another reason why he sent it. basically that's what I've heard, but not tin cannish, but flat, where S500 has big deep bass and brightish treble.

 

[gopanthersgo1]

is reglueing necesarry or good to do after removing the pads?

no, there was never glue...

 

[wburton]

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no, there was never glue...

fail. i read something saying there was...

 

[gopanthersgo1]

fail. i read something saying there was...

Haha, it's all good!

 

[wburton]

does anyone have expierience using these cans with a FiiO E6?

 

[BigCabDaddy]

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OKAY GUYS! please reply what pads you use on your S500's!

 
HM5

 

[Maxx134]

Ok from my initial perceptions and my intuition from listening to various cans, I realized these units have much more potential than stock.
The cups can be tapped and detect slight hollowness and so the same internal damping could be applied as the s400, but instead I would look into the materials used in T50rp mods.
Also the sound is bloomy in bass but I here no si balance in highs and a pronounced lower mids.
Overall the presence was very very impressive.
I would put these cans on a level of sound quality of the Amperiors, although that's a different sound.
But means also no lesser than an m80 (!) And dt1350 as well!!
What I need to know is can anyone tell me what is the sonic change as they break in??

 

[BigCabDaddy]

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Emailed the guy with some questions and we chatted with about 20 or so emails, and he decided to mail me one!

You don't need an amp at all, in fact, they were one of my favorite cans without one, but now... it's indescribable! Listening from an iPod would be fine, and I'd get a cheap USB DAC for you lappy (Friend liked sound out of iPod but not lappy, then he got a cheap DAC and was blown away).

Suggestions if you want one are as goes:
1) Project Woodwind

Answered above.

 
You don't happen to have some vested interest in this "Project Woodwind" that warrants a disclaimer, do you?

 

[gopanthersgo1]

You don't happen to have some vested interest in this "Project Woodwind" that warrants a disclaimer, do you?

It's amazing, got a sample and I LOVE it! Even ask ClieOS, he got one too... above O2 clarity in a cheap TINY package!

 

[Deckah]

Does anyone have issues with the O-Ring coming off from the HM5 pads?

Has anyone tried something like a rubberband instead? Or does the ring serve a different purpose than just holding the pads on there.

I don't have them yet, otherwise I would had just tried it out.