Just a thought but a quality integrated speaker amp with digital & analog interfaces. The upstream components could be tailored to taste with a tube or SS DAC, turntable, streamer. Before thinking this would only drive the HE, better plug them traditional headphones into that amp. I had the...

I'd still get the 4 screw and mod it. They are the legend.

The HE (IMO) needs a tube in the signal path and SS amp performance as a very general statement. Critical listeners may disagree but so many search for the most accurate specs then get burned out on it's sterile sound. Make no mistake though, the HE planars will not respond at it's best without...

It's a minimal controlled risk but lose the resistor box. Make sure all connections are made, the source selected, the needle dropped and the volume control is fully turned down. When every potential spike has been eliminated and the music is playing, turn up slowly and have a mirror ready. I...

I hope this isn't an April Fool's comment because this is what I noticed. Much stronger dynamics and larger soundstage.

Props to the Cold Cuts. A friend turned me on to them in the seventies. Scum puppy.

I may have damaged a couple pair that way and Hifiman was very gracious to replace them. The last event several years ago I sent back and they got lost in the mail sending them back to China. Again Hifiman honored a repair by sending me a pair of SE. Eight months later I receive a severely...

I strapped some measly Rotel monoblocks to the HE-6 after seeing the designer hook them up to a 100w speaker amp and my world of headphones were never the same.

May I toss out Patrick and his power cable/isolation paper, etc. exploits with every iteration improving the black.

Refresh my memory on Hifiman. I have a SP boat anchor sitting in the utility room and a Xin Feng paper weight.

Good ole Mikhail. Xin Feng portables

Wow. Old progger hearing new stuff and I'm impressed. Your Flaws is exquisite.

DBT and such are put in the science forum and are supposed to be kept out of equipment forums. FWIW, put away the formulas and try listening.

Yup, it's called BS.

Find a sound you like and don't get caught up in the hype of the latest and greatest. It's not.

Welcome to Head Fi and sorry for your wallet.

Isn't it cool to discover a "wow" moment? Mono's are a best kept secret. The spacious sound makes capable headphones sound like speakers.