The HE500 sound is more similar to dynamic phones or more LCDish, I do not think they are better than HE5 LE. Highly recommend the Lyr + HE6 combo if you are into the hifiman sound.    Quote:  

HD650 and K701 price increase a lot in Asia from the beginning of this year. I guess a theory of the " Chinese and Indian start to listen Hifi headphones" is being cooked. 

From the name andgenre the headphones stand and probably tuned to, I can imagine what the headphones should sound like. They should sound like the Beats! boomy bass and nothing else,  Am I right? 

Thanks for liking my old Technics 820. But I do not agree that they sound like crap, these have Orhodynamic drivers as the lcd2 and he6 headphones. They sound natural and smooth.    Quote:  

I had a brief listen to the T50 and not very impressed, probably due to the amp?

I am pretty it was not me    Quote:  

Thanks for n3rdling for letting me hear his headphones for quite a while ( sorry, Doc B ). The Orpheus is still the ONE, the sound is just beautiful. This is not a 100% faithful rig, but the sound is just lush, smooth with something magic going on there. Time stops when putting these...

I start to regret that did not get a costomized UE4 on the meeting. I think the total might come to 280$ after discount, which even including a free impression. Maybe I get this done next meeting.   

It would be very inappropriate to talk about my impressions here without saying thanks to our organizer Cee Tee! For this huge and successful meeting I can not imagine how much efforts Christian  has put into the organization. I know he has constantly individually contacted almost every...

His pads all went to Wulta. I have one brand new pair though. 

The meeting is getting more and more interesting! 

Thanks a lot for the meeting history and information.    Quote:  

HD25s are supposed to be professional broadcasting phones, however accepted by many headfiers for their high fidelity as a portable. These phones have a 70 ohm impedience and really need an amp or 601, 801 to shine. There are plenty of DJ purposed phones out on the list, why not pick those. A...

Many thanks to joker, this is the thread staying in my bookmark and have to read once in a few weeks. 

I watched some of the videos this year. It seemed not many people at the headphone section.    Quote:  

Isn't it the largest headfi meeting in US !? 

I was very lucky to have heard RD's headphones this Sunday along with Cee Tee.  My first surprise came from the modded YH3, it is very shocking to hear their sound coming out. I have a pair of stock YH3, which sounds plain and no fun. But the RD version are superb! sparkling highs, deep bass...

Haha, this might be reason these headphones were only selling in two years. The yamaha marketing team really needs the talent of their headphone R&D team!    Quote:  

Yes, lets keep the information out of any crime organization!    Quote:  

With a little bit damping, the denon 1001 or live! are the best portable sound directly from any ipod, mp3 without amping. 

D5000 in stock condition. 

creative auvarna live! 

Just to confirm that I will come with my "yammies". 

Thank you guys very much for the clarification. This is indeed very unique design never seen on any other headphones, but it seems 009 has discarded this feature.   Quote: