Hadn’t listened to my HE560 V2 in ages, but took them out a few days ago, and they sound wonderful. Better than I remembered. The main issue I had with them originally was a treble peak that went away after 1) I swapped the stock ear pads for the Dan Clark Audio VOCE pads and 2) removed the...

What gave me this impression is that I have DCA Voce pads with those huge openings on my 560, and the HE6SE with stock pads feels tiny on my head in comparison. But the headphones are actually the same size.

I just realized that the HE560 and HE6 are the same size! What confused me is that I have DCA Voce pads on my 560 and the openings are much larger. With the stock pads, the HE6 feels like a tiny headphone in comparison.

Then they’ll fit the v2. I’ve changed pads on all my headphones except this one. I don’t have any desire to tweak the sound and am doing it solely on your recommendation.

When going from HE6sev2 to HE560v2 and Ananda, the former two sounded similar while Ananda has a totally different sound signature. Still, the improvement of the HE6sev2 over the HE560v2 is worth the extra money IMO. So what QC factor changed from V1 to V2 to cause the magnet sticking problem...

I general, which kind of headphone has better longevity: planar, dynamic, or electrostatic?

Turns out I had the 789 in SE mode. Balanced, I have enough headroom. On the third gain setting, I don’t go past noon on the dial and that is already driving them loud. I might not have ordered the A2m had I realized, but I’m still looking forward to hearing what it does to the He6sev2. The...

Justin Weber discussing headphone amps at CanJam. He builds tube amps but only a minute into the video gets asked which solid state amps he listens to, mentions the A-100 to use with the He-6. A-100 has now been replaced with the A2m, which I just ordered. 50 watts per channel into 8 Ohms. Only...

“Bonkers mode” ha ha

'There's a lot of "ehh, I think it's fine through a Jotunheim/THX/A90, not going to bother with a speaker amp that I've never tried" and not too much "I tried both and it's a wash."' I'm comparing it to a live orchestra in a concert hall. Leaving aside the obvious differences between music on...

I know what good sound is from listening to orchestras in a live hall. Playing well recorded classical music, the he-6se v2 does not sound hard or steely or clinical with the THX 789, which is even cheaper than the Topping A90. Interesting, some pop music can sound a little hard and steely on...

The He-6se v2 is very good news for those of us who listen to classical music on headphones. Received them yesterday and fell in love within seconds. Listened for about three hours after work. I felt no desire to burn them in or find a better amp (even though I’m using a THX 789, which some...

Is it fair to fault the amplifier when it’s doing a good job amplifying without coloring the sound? It measures super clean. There’s software if you want to add harmonic richness.

THX AAA 789 can drive them but only on third gain setting with volume almost all the way up. If you like to listen extra loud, the 789 will not be enough. But I want to push back on the claim that they sound bad on this amp.

Should we read anything into the fact that the 800S has been out of stock at the Sennheiser website for some time?