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The Sennheiser HE1 and how I came back after 16 years hiatus from Headfi (acquisition, unboxing, installation, and impressions over time)
I litteraly own one and those are my impressions, but ok- eskamobob1
- Post #138
- Forum: High-end Audio Forum
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The Sennheiser HE1 and how I came back after 16 years hiatus from Headfi (acquisition, unboxing, installation, and impressions over time)
He1 us pretty extremely colored tbh. It's an extremely nice coloration, but it's absalutely pretty rich and warm (especialy through the mids) with a little bit of mid-bass bloom (compaired to he90, shang, etc). I wouldn't form opinions on gear off of sound demos if I were you- eskamobob1
- Post #136
- Forum: High-end Audio Forum
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The Sennheiser HE1 and how I came back after 16 years hiatus from Headfi (acquisition, unboxing, installation, and impressions over time)
The dac in he1 doesn't hold up. If highly recommend using an external- eskamobob1
- Post #133
- Forum: High-end Audio Forum
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The Sennheiser HE1 and how I came back after 16 years hiatus from Headfi (acquisition, unboxing, installation, and impressions over time)
Look up their replacement part catalogue. It will tell you what is in and out of stock. I can link it after work, but am about to start all day meetings- eskamobob1
- Post #128
- Forum: High-end Audio Forum
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The Sennheiser HE1 and how I came back after 16 years hiatus from Headfi (acquisition, unboxing, installation, and impressions over time)
Fwiw, ear pads are currently in stock at senn in Germany. Might be worth reaching out to the German CS line to see if you can buy some direct to the us. Maybe they will have better response times than the us line- eskamobob1
- Post #126
- Forum: High-end Audio Forum
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Vintage OG and Present Day TOTL Impressions
This seems to be where the disconnect between us is. I don't see how it's any different than physical tuning when it's how the unit arrives. I personaly see 0 reason to make a distinction between stock eq and stock damping tuning- eskamobob1
- Post #1,605
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Vintage OG and Present Day TOTL Impressions
I'm haven't said people shouldn't be comparing eqed cans to eachother. I'm saying that viewing a comparison as unfair when it's stock for stock is wierd.- eskamobob1
- Post #1,596
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Vintage OG and Present Day TOTL Impressions
Internal vs external is the focus for me. Esentialy OEM vs aftermarket. I view it as comparing, say, a stage 2 chip in a car vs just getting the higher end model. It's certainly an interesting comparison, but viewing tuning (which is what I consider external eq to be) as required for a fair...- eskamobob1
- Post #1,594
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Vintage OG and Present Day TOTL Impressions
I don't think this is a good comparison even if it was how cars are reviewed (it absalutely is not btw). If audeze wants customers to experience their EQ, then they should force that upon customers like warwick do. Stock for stock is the only comparison baseline that makes sense imo- eskamobob1
- Post #1,589
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Vintage OG and Present Day TOTL Impressions
.... why? One is doing a hardware eq while the other needs external software. Why should these methods be equated? To me, this is kind of like saying you should pad roll all cans to a similar target if you want comparisons to be fair. If it's not how most customers will use the product I'm not...- eskamobob1
- Post #1,588
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Vintage OG and Present Day TOTL Impressions
Honestly, I don't realy see how comparing systems sound as delivered is unfair- eskamobob1
- Post #1,585
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RAAL 1995 Immanis
Honestly, I feel like anyone who has been to a single show realizes that show impressions are limited- eskamobob1
- Post #672
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RAAL 1995 Immanis
I can't find any info on this. You mean like a special adaptor box made specificaly for the 2a3?- eskamobob1
- Post #634
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RAAL 1995 Immanis
I think there are 2 things going on here. 1. Don't trust measurements from someone who isn't open to criticism of their methodology 2. 1266 do actualy just have a messed up FR. That's why you will see even the biggest advocates talking about how genre specific they can be- eskamobob1
- Post #632
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RAAL 1995 Immanis
Rofl, yah. GO and resolve pretty well detest my favorite pieces of gear. Prefrence and music listened to play a huge role- eskamobob1
- Post #629
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RAAL 1995 Immanis
Honest question (and this is more targeted at nearly all groups with stands at shows in general, not just you). Why not have a better setup at shows? Tbh, as much as the Imani piqued my interest in nyc, I was pretty severely disapointed at the level of setup running them given the tier they are...- eskamobob1
- Post #628
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The Sennheiser HE1 and how I came back after 16 years hiatus from Headfi (acquisition, unboxing, installation, and impressions over time)
The tubes are extremely close to a 12au7 (4 of them are equivalent and 4 are quite close). I've asked senn a few times if 4 matched pairs of 12au7 will work, but I think we all know how reapinsive senn is right now...- eskamobob1
- Post #102
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The Sennheiser HE1 and how I came back after 16 years hiatus from Headfi (acquisition, unboxing, installation, and impressions over time)
I have spoken with most of the major senn dealers due to my broken HE1 and they have been having pretty minimal luck as well from what I can tell. Imo, he90 and shang should be pretty high up the list for you. Shang is a pita to get good bass out of, and he90 is equally as picky but in...- eskamobob1
- Post #101
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The Sennheiser HE1 and how I came back after 16 years hiatus from Headfi (acquisition, unboxing, installation, and impressions over time)
It's the pair @orientexpedite sold a while back. Iirc It's built from a set of spare drivers but he may be able to comment further.- eskamobob1
- Post #98
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The Sennheiser HE1 and how I came back after 16 years hiatus from Headfi (acquisition, unboxing, installation, and impressions over time)
They kind of sit inside the cup a bit. Not chunky by any means but not as thin as the pics make them look.- eskamobob1
- Post #97
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Riviera AIC-10 headphones & speakers amplifier
Fight the good fight my friend 🫡- eskamobob1
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Riviera AIC-10 headphones & speakers amplifier
Til chat GPT was trained on 6-moons- eskamobob1
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E-Stat Summit: Hifiman Shangri-La vs. Stax SR-X9000 (vs. HFM Shangri-La Junior)
This wasn't shipped by senn. I was sending it to myself to get if from one coast to the other in the origonal crate but didn't have the pelican case. The real issue is that the unit was dropped outside of the crate and a ton of suff was moved around. My guess is someone opened it but not like...- eskamobob1
- Post #233
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E-Stat Summit: Hifiman Shangri-La vs. Stax SR-X9000 (vs. HFM Shangri-La Junior)
UPS was its own headache, but much less of an issue than senn luckily.- eskamobob1
- Post #231
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THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings.
Agreed. Of all times to break out the race card, this was a weird one...- eskamobob1
- Post #854
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)