Yeah I completely understand I won't get close to the best traits of the HE-4 in a closed can. However, I can enjoy closed cans more due to not having to worry about others hearing my music and I cannot hear them, also. I'm sure if I already had the right amp for the HE-4 I would manage to...

 This is definitely true haha. Truth be told, the LCD-2 ruined my options haha. I am still used to their treble and everything else I've tried seems to annoy me. However, the HE-4 would make an amazing second headphone to the LCD-2. There's something about them that works extremely well with...

Selling my HE-4 as I really need closed headphones for my listening purposes and living conditions now. So DT770 stay. I know I never got to listen to the HE-4 at their full potential, but I'm sure if I did I would never let them go so that would make it very difficult haha.

  It depends what sub-genre of metal we are talking about. For example, my HE-4 sound absolutely fantastic with fast paced metal, though they still lack bass for me. Same story with the DT770 600ohm, though generally the HE-4 are far more engaging. I will try to improve the bass presence and...

I used it for several thousand hours for metal and loved it. The velour pads on it were worn down though so the drivers were close to my ears and it also had a copper recable. I compared them to a stock pair with new pads and mine sounded soooo much nicer. Much, much smoother treble, harder...

  Well as I've posted before, the HE-500 didn't do it for me and I was basically in the same situation as you (though I wanted tamed highs). The HE-500 had much more relaxed mids (sometimes even boring for some music) and nothing else it did stood out for me over the HE-4. This is the reason...

  Yeah I did a search for 1540 in this thread and they definitely sound like they would be good for me. The HE-4 are way too treble happy for my ears. I just don't want to go too far with the 1540 pads and warm sounding tubes. I can always just revert to the pleather or velour pads though, I...

I'm thinking of getting a pair of 1540 pads and some warm sounding RCA driver tubes. Thoughts? I don't want to have to buy an EQ for my vinyl rig as I have always read they significantly reduce the quality of the output as well as introduce buzzing sounds etc on some models. 

I'm going to go ahead and say that out of HE-4, HE-500 and HE-400i, I definitely think the HE-400i are best suited for most types of metal. It is the least revealing to my ears, has the smallest soundstage and the most enjoyable frequency response for metal. HE-500 are too relaxed and the HE-4...

Strange, everyone's posts have only just showed up for me after all these hours gone.   Yeah I've tried that. I posted impressions a while ago though. I definitely prefer the pleather pads as of now, especially for their comfort.    I think my main issue is that the majority of the...

Just made this EQ for my HE-4 with Gamma1 and M^3 amp (my gaming/general use computer) using the album Master of Puppets (24k Gold edition). I tried the Megadeth remaster of Countdown to Extinction and vocals were very strange, so this obviously isn't an all rounder EQ setting for me.      ...

Thanks Sorrodje, I think I read that a while back which narrowed my choice down to the HE-500 out of those. I didn't want to spend the extra for the HE-500 over the HE-4 though. I'm glad I didn't because my local headphone store has them for $100 cheaper now than I would have paid back then from...

I've read the HE-500 is warmer sounding than the HE-5LE so I doubt the HE-5LE would do it for me either. 

Alright. Went down to the headphone store today and listened to my HE-4, some HE-500, HE-400i and also some Alpha Dogs.    First of all, I listened to the Alpha Dogs right before I packed up as I didn't think closed headphones would do it for me. But wow are they impressive, bigger soundstage...

  If you want, shoot me a PM and I'll be happy to go into detail between the two tomorrow with a couple of songs and let you know the results.