Hello, My Shanling died :frowning2: I need a new DAP Here is my selection : -iBasso DX80 -HiFiMAN HM-650 -Astell&Kern AK Jr -Thebit Opus#1 -FiiO X5 III -Pioneer XDP-100R -Lotoo PAW 5000 -FiiO X7 -Shanling M5 Criteria are : -neutral sound -fluid UI -can drive HD650 Thank you

Hi,   I have read a lot of review but can't decide which is the more neutral (not v shaped please) IEM under 400 dollars ?

  Can you give me an example of less details ? Honestly I didn't notice that, I think it's more related of the fact you ear is less near the driver.

They also have low distortion. The problem is that most amp didn't have the right driver tube. So at the end you "hear" the distortion of the driver not the output.   But yes if you want the best performance stay away ! However I prefer a bit more pleasant sound but don't that want that...

Yes but is has one the lowest distortion and you can get 7-8 watts to drive difficult headphone.

I don't think it's so easy to categorize.   I had an SR007 and SR009, they always had that ethereal sound that I didn't find "real". The SR009 was a bit bright and thin.  I owned an LCD-X, tried on EC BA and 2A3MKIV and find congested also the treble lacks refinement.   The HD650 has an...

Run the HD650 an very good amp and maybe you will change opinion. 

  Hi,   Does the HE1000 has more solid sound (less ethereal) than the SR007 ? It sounds as smooth as the SR007 ?   Thanks

  Your opinion interest me, you owned an Abyss right ? The HE1000 is more warm and smooth than the SR007MKI ? I already found the SR007 unoffensive. Did the HE1000 is more solid or less ethereal sound than the SR007 ?   Did you prefer the HE1000 over the Abyss ?   Thanks

MacedonianHero you like a lot the Stax SR007 right ?   What did you think about the comparison with the HE1K ?

In conclusion the production model is better than the beta model ?

Somebody did an comparison between the HE1000 and SR007 ? I like the SR007 but I find it too ethereal and lack of impact. I like smooth and inofensive sound.

helmet = headphone   he is french

  Hi,   If the HE1000 is what you describe I don't feel it as a successor of the HE6. I only own an stock HE6 but in terms in viscerality it is the second headphone after the Abyss. It has very organic and full bodied sounds.

I think the problem is that when you live with the HD800 or others headpones you're intoxicated by the signature. When you pass from the HD800 to the HD1000 you think it must clarity or details because like cradon says it didn't have that artificial brightness.

I wrote "for me"

Honestly for me it's a good news if the HE1000 is not an HD800 bis. I heard the HD800 on several setups WA5, BA, 2A3MKIV and for me it was always too sharp. It lacking body and didn't have enough cohesive presentation as each instruments seems to play on his place.

Wooow seems an unreal headphone that capture the best of the orthodynamics and the electrostratic.   Does it is smooth as the SR007 or SR009 ?

Does anybody had compared an Headamp KGSS vs KGSSHV 450 volts Sanyo parts ?

  Wow the there is so much failure ?

Hi,   I just bought an Gustard U12. Hope the product will work fine. For the price it seems an steal !

Hi,   Does the upfront HE560's presentation is similar on the HE1000 ?

Wow I like see 845 glowing !

I think these review sum up in a good manner what I think about the Sigma http://www.head-fi.org/t/634201/battle-of-the-flagships-58-headphones-compared-update-audeze-lcd-2-revision-2-6-4-13#user_SRS.