For those wondering about the wait time....I pre-ordered on Dec. 22 and received the email to purchase on Monday (February 14).  I paid immediately for the phones and for expedited shipping, they were shipped Tuesday and they arrived yesterday evening in flawless condition. 

Well....as I was suspicious of before I even tried, the head out on my Yamaha RX-V3800 will not even come close to driving the HE-6.  I could get a very moderate volume at around -7 on the volume dial (anyone familiar with Yamaha Integrated Amps knows -7 is cranked HIGH), but the sound was very...

Cool.  That's what I assumed, but wanted to be extra sure.  Thank you!   Quote:

On the stock cable....the ends that screw into the headphones themselves....one has a black dot on it and the other has a red dot on it.  Which end screws into which side?  Red to Right and Black to Left?  Or Black to Right and Red to Left?  May seem like a dumb question.  If so, my apologies. ...

1st post here.  Thank you guys and girls for such a wonderful forum full of great info.  I have a pair of HE-6's on order.  I've read over and over in this thread that high-power, high-wattage speaker amps seem to be ideal for these headphones.  I have a Yamaha RX-V3800 integrated amp that I...