Received my new pair of Campfire Andromeda's in the mail today - I'll bring them along as well (BYOTips)

@gandhisfist What kind of Eikon? I'd definitely be interested in comparing two different woods.

Oh cool, a meet I can attend! I'll bring my He400 and a dying FiiO E10. Maybe I'll have something new by the time it rolls around. --edit-- Just bought an iFi micro iDSD Black Label. I'll bring that and a NAD Viso HP50 along as well. --edit 2-- I'm bad. Bought an hd6XX to try out which will...

I've also got an He400, and bought the HP50 a week ago. One thing I definitely notice is the difference in space between the two.  To me, the he400 can sound like good speakers about 2-3 feet away from my head, while the Hp50 sounds more like 1-2 feet away.  It's a bit more intimate, but not...

The main problem with the cables is that little twisty metal thing can get jammed (no longer twists, so you can't screw it on or off easily anymore), and I haven't been able to fix it. I ended up getting a new cable under warranty.

Just an update: Head-direct is covering the damaged wires under their warranty and sending me new wires. Yay for good customer service!

  Ooh, thanks for that. Won't look as bad as taping it up. Local ace hardware should have some of that right?

Despite taking fairly good care of my HE-400's, the wire near the right ear plug has fatigued and split the rubber. I plan to fix it temporarily fix it using electrical tape, do you guys think that should be enough? I'd really like to avoid spending another $70-100 on a new wire if I can help...

Aw man, talk about missing an opportunity... I don't suppose you'd be willing to mod a second pair would you jerg?

Quote: Phone support is also very good.  That's how I stayed up to date.  The woman who does phone support is very nice.

heh, the only time these headphones sounded better with my hands over the grills was when I used the "telephone" preset in Electri-Q.

Quote: Yea... it just makes the sound very hollow, totally kills the bass and mutes the mids, and makes the highs uncomfortably sharp. The kind of sound you'd get from a $2 pair of headphones you find on the side of a highway with water damage.   The drivers are design with space to...

Quote: Do you know if there are any websites based in the US which sell them?

Quote: The treble isn't harsh at all. It just sounded like there was a very sharp spike in the upper mids that went away after burn-in. It almost sounded sybilant for a bit. Whenever the voice had a sharp syllable it seemed raspy, a bit like her mouth was too close to the mic and it was...

Quote: I listened to them for about an hour when I got them and they seemed harsh the entire time, and then played the same song about every hour or so into the burn-in. While this was happening, I was listening to music on my old headphones.  Around hour 7 I noticed that it wasn't as...