I'm running original android 6 with lurker mod on mine. With uapp running tidal, gets me direct dac control. I very have little hiccups with mine running this setup, does get laggy with input changes. I tried to just give it sec to respond. For me I can live with that for what you get at used...

For those of you interested, the schiit vali 2 with the stock tube pair pretty nicely with these. Tames the highs just a smidge and brings some Tubey ness to the sound.

I'm running a shiit vali 2 with a we396a. this setup for me is very nice and not to much doe. I thought the 400i felt a bit sterile and this combos breathes some life in them. I also put zmf sheepskins on there. With those two together I got the highs to settle a bit, little more bass witb the...

Is there any way you share your eq settings. I am for life of me cannot eq. I've had mine for a few days and am impressed. I would much appreciate it

Nice to know. It's a shame the amp is wesk. I'll probably troll the used amp section here and keep looking.

Thanks for the heads up. For 250 there a lot out there tube wise to look at. I would just like try a little Tubey sound with these.

for those of you with the amp9. what are your thoughts on it. ive been toying with the ideas of a tube amp for my 400i's.

I just went through this wanting some planars to try. I'm using the dx150 and ordered a he400i and I think they pair very well together. I got the 400i open box from hifiman for like 120. For that price there hard to beat. I run with no eq and the pair sound great to me. I would say bass is...

yup. that's my bad. sorry folks.

i have a question. im running lurker on a dx150 and using uapp for streaming tidal. now uapp says it will run on its hi res audio driver, but i also have usb audio as well. now when i run usb audio with uapp it shows usb dac. when i run uapp without usb audio it says direct. what's the...

Nodding the hardware sounds like more then I'd be willing to do.

I thinks it's just usb audio that being finicky. Not a 100 percent sure if I need to use it. It says usb dac when I go through usb audio and direct just when I use uapp. Not sure if theres a difference.

i have a question. im running lurker and using uapp for streaming tidal. now uapp says it will run on its hi res audio driver, but i also have usb audio as well. now when i run usb audio with uapp it shows usb dac. when i run uapp without usb audio it says direct. what's the difference here...

I'm running lurker with android 6. Most issues is just little things. I run tidal through uapp with usb audio. USB audio seems to be finicky. sometimes electrical devices don't like to play nice with me. Sq though is fantastic.

I just nabbed a used one and am running a 400i with it and its great. A shame the software can be a bit finicky. but less then 500 for the dap and headphone combo is hard to beat.

Thanks everyone for all your help. I decided to dig into getting the m100 eq'd, actually got them pretty decent. Sounds much better now. I love these headphones for movies, not so much for music still, think I'm just over them a bit for that. Basically i fixed some brightness and brought the...

ive heard good things about the he 500. when i started this journey i was gonna get some open box he400i, there 129 from hifiman. that or the massdrop version. i think just gonna troll used headphones and weigh all my options, if i can hold out for a month, i could save some more go higher up...

Thanks. I'll have to look at those. The meze look like about what I'm wanting. Lucky I have a weirdly shaped head with a up curve right behind were my headbands sit. I have no issues with headbands sliding down the top of my head laying down. Feels like I'm chasing the rabbit hole here again...

I would be using these laying down in bed. My wife sleeps through anything and says having noise won't bother her, I'm not so sure. So that's something to take into consideration. As far as a "warm sound", that so subjective. I would just like mids that aren't recessed behing everything else...

Good point. My budget would be under 500. I have the wantsies now though. I could swing 200-300 now. Something like a used mrspeaker, mod house audio... would be great. I can try some planars and if there not for me no biggie. Won't really lose much one them.

thanks so much for that informative description.

thanks everyone. I'm still figuring budget on what i will allow myself to spend on a headphone. im currently running a ibasso dx150 with some m100s. im using usb audio with uapp to stream tidal. they sound pretty good,im just not happy with most female vocals through them. Im not so good at...

nice. thank you. gonna look hard at these

nice, there sold out now. gonna look at these. gonna check out serum audio as well. thanks

Im thinking of getting a set of planars, don't have to be new. I would prefer closed backs but am ok with opens. Whats everyone think. there's a lot to choose from. hifiman has a ton of options out, just hard to decide. there's thieaudio, monoprice.... I prefer a warmer sound. Anyone have...