Be very cautious with that kind of post, because it's far from being common sense. Most people I know who own/owned/tested the LCD2(and HE-500 for that matter) found it very heavy and unconfortable, and many sold it for this very reason. Comfort tolerance varies from person to person. Because a...

Nicely done, jerg. Sounds like another HiFiMAN best-buy is coming, and with another impressions thread started by Matt .

I have a HD800 and I don't hear a single difference between MP3 320kbps and FLAC or other lossless format.

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It isn't amp or source, because I don't hear it with my other headphones. I assembled everything properly. Maybe a strand of hair fell into the driver when I opened it. I'll check it again today. This noise occurs more precisely between 500hz and 520hz.

Hey guys, does anyone know if the HE-500 have some resonance arround 500hz? I opened my HE-500 today to clean the drivers, see if there was any dust particle or hair on the diaphragm. After I finished, I went to sinegen to run some tests, see if anything has changed, and I noticed a really...

T1 has a lot more treble than HE-500s and it's much more "spiky". The measurements done by Marvey(purrin) show it better:   HE-500(velours)   T1

  Even Orpheus and R10?

Actually, according to measurements, the Abyss has a lot of dips and peaks on the mid-treble/low treble region: not very smooth. But the subjective impressions is that it is not that grainy or harsh in the treble and does have a very open sounding(atleast the ones I've read). Very interesting...

I turned it off to perform the test.   You're probably right. I doubt the wind from my ventilator has anything to do with this. I was just trying to figure out the cause and tossed the first thing that came to mind.   If it happens not to be earwax, I probably damaged it listening to music...

I confirmed that I have hearing imbalances too. It was not the recording  

Not yet. I'll try it out and see if it works.   By the way, I'm wondering, could wind noise from a ventilator cause hearing loss? I have a ventilator here in my room that's always on to my right and stays pointed to my head. Maybe that's what is impacting my hearing?

I've been playing with test tones on sinegen and I found out that the problem is my ears. I have "hearing imbalance" issues. I'd rather it was my equipment     Does anyone know how to fix it?

Well, performed some tests today again with mono and stereo settings. Seems it was just a false impression. If there are differences, they're subtle enough that I need to do critical listening tests to detect them.

Guys, have you ever experienced channel balance issues with the HE-500? I was doing that Philips Golden Ears test other day and on the soundstage test (right/left balance) I noticed that right 2 and left 2 weren't quite equal in terms of volume and timbre. Right 2 was a bit quieter than left...