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  1. Ron12

    Hifiman he-400i Impressions and Discussion

      Yeah, I really think we hear things differently here... I am in no way an AKG fan (the K712 Pro I have here are not even mine so I am in no way biased towards them - rather biased towards Hifiman which is my favourite headphone brand). I may agree that some people will prefer more coherent...
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    Hifiman he-400i Impressions and Discussion

      I have nothing against HE-400i, really... But I would have a hard time recommending the majority of Hifiman headphones to someone who really wants a HQ soundstage. K712 Pro have significantly better soundstaging than stock HE-400, HE-4 and HE-500 - and I doubt HE-400i are any different given...
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    Hifiman HE-1000 coming

    The white variant is perfect...
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    Hifiman he-400i Impressions and Discussion

      I cannot answer this for you because I haven't heard HE-400i (or woodies from audio-technica) :-) I can only say that if soundstage is important for you, K712 Pro are going to deliver much better than HE-400i it seems, given the fact that it already overperforms HE-500 (even with grill mod -...
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    Hifiman he-400i Impressions and Discussion

      Soundstage of K712 Pro is definitely better than on HE-500 (have both here)... which are said to have better soundstage than HE-400i. K712 Pro have more expansion in both width and depth, with better imaging.  Mids are very fine on K712 Pro but they are not in the top league (not ortho great).
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    Hifiman he-400i Impressions and Discussion

      You should notice that the bass is not truly linear (read neutral) on Tyll's graph for HE-400i (rather going constantly downward). Zoom-in and compare with the HE-500, HE-400 and HE-560 which all keep the same or higher amplitude (dB) from 100 to 30 Hz. Is this going to be noticable in...
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    Hifiman HE1000 Planar Dynamic Headphone

      The problem with subbass is that it is very much related to quality of seal (which can really vary from person to person and situation)... Frequency response charts are often better than the reality in terms of how good the achieved seal is (not always but take into account hairs, glasses...
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    Battle Of The Flagships (58 Headphones Compared)

    I would really like to thank you David for the majestic piece you brought to life here... Invaluable, really. Too bad it's mostly done.
  9. Ron12

    New Schiit! Ragnarok and Yggdrasil

    The DAC is not even released... So I don't really understand the motivation behind this ridiculous hypetrain (happening not only in this dedicated thread which is truly annoying for those not really interested in some kind of mysterious multithousand dollar unreleased product). Some of you may...
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    Hifiman HE1000 Planar Dynamic Headphone

      The price will be most probably too high for me... but one thing that really concerns me are the focuspads. While I could theoretically easily substitute them for some other pads on HE-400i and HE-560, this won't be as easy on the HE-1000 due to the non-circular shape of their cups ( + maybe...
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    Paradox Slants as EndGame HP over everything else

      AFAIK, there is no worldwide standard of objective evaluation of headphones and therefore all the claims about one headphone being technically superior to another is subjective, as already said. We may agree on many things as far as technicalities are concerned, using our ears and brains for...
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    Paradox Slants as EndGame HP over everything else

      The problem is that once you get enough experience, live with significantly different sounding high-end headphones for several years, you figure out and develop certain preferencies, or should I say a list of priorities from the most to the least important ones? This will be your guideline...
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    Hifiman HE1000 Planar Dynamic Headphone

      Oh my, another uberdetailed HD800/SR-009ish headphone... Would be nice to have some change, like competition to SR-007 mkI.
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    Paradox Slants as EndGame HP over everything else

      Well, they are my favourite because after applying my specific modding procedure, they become extremely versatile (no mid treble emphasis, no upper mid to low treble dip, no significant resonances, no congested soundstage + improved comfort). They don't amaze you in any specific aspect but...
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    Paradox Slants as EndGame HP over everything else

      The thing is I was not actually talking about the top of the top flagships... If you re-read my post, I was talking about the majority of flagships, not about the very best of them :-) There are many many more headphone brands than Stax, JPS Labs and Sennheiser (and even then, it's too...
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    Hifiman HE1000 Planar Dynamic Headphone

      Well, everything under 2000USD will soon to be considered mid-fi or even low-fi... I loved headphone hobby for the simple fact that people could get a taste of so-called 'high-end' for reasonable amount of money (well, more or less reasonable in comparison to average salary AND in comparison...
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    Paradox Slants as EndGame HP over everything else

      I sold Slants after a week or two of owning them... So I am in no way trying to advocate them. I prefer my custom-modded (not jerg modded) HE500s over them (as well as over Anax 2.0 modded HD800 and tons of other headphones).   What I am trying to say is that what you are saying is largely...
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    Paradox Slants as EndGame HP over everything else

      Well, that largely depends on your definition of competitive. If you are a detail whore, I guess not. But that's not my definition of a quality sound reproduction.
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    Hifiman HE1000 Planar Dynamic Headphone

      I hope it's 2x as good and costs 2x as much as HE500 :-) But it's more likely to be rather 1.2x as good and 4x more expensive =/
  20. Ron12

    Paradox Slants as EndGame HP over everything else

      Slants do definitely compete with flagships... You may not like them in the end due to different preferences but I doubt you would not find them on par with the majority of today's flagships (counting dynamic headphones like TH900, T1 etc. as well).   The problem is that price does not...
  21. Ron12

    Hifiman HE1000 Planar Dynamic Headphone

    Alright, if anyone tried them personally, could you please comment on their tonality? This is something that one can evaluate roughly even in meet/conference conditions... Are they more similar to HE-6 or HE-500?
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    Paradox Slants as EndGame HP over everything else

      I cannot answer all of your questions but I would definitely not pair Crack with Slants. Not only because Slants are already warm-sounding enough and because Crack is suitable only for high-impedance headphones but also because of Slants' bass which tends to be a little bit boomy and soft...
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    Hifiman HE1000 Planar Dynamic Headphone

      Almost certainly yes (if the price is not too extreme), I would say. The same as with HE500s after releasing the HE560 (though I don't really understand why since both headphones are quite a bit different).
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