Hello, I am going to audition LCD-3 this is weak in the audio store and I would like to know your opinions about them. What is the build quality? In the past, there were issues with drivers that stopped working after a year or two. Was this solved? Are they repetitive in terms of sound...

No, I just hate omnipresent RGB these days. ;) Do you mean that 6.3mm is going to be inferior to 3.5mm?

I love the idea of having 6.3mm out. I would be able to have just one cable for both desktop and portable use. Sounds tempting. Are there any measurements of 6.3mm output power before THD skyrockets? Is it possible to turn RGB off?

I would say it is neutral and does not boost or cut any part of frequency response. There is no tube sound magic or musicality in RME. I would say it might be described as engaging due to faithful sound reproduction. But if you want to make it more warm or analytic sounding, it's built in PEQ...

Maybe 1-year warranty is from US reseller? HFM website says they offer 2 years warranty for headphones purchased from official resellers. I was sending mine directly to HiFiMAN despite purchasing in local audio store in Poland. I shipped defective unit to France and they shipped back from...

My Aryas broke twice during 16 months of usage. Both times I got replacement for a new one but without getting new warranty period. Once I received a pair with very loose yoke regulation which caused hedphones to frequently fall into the last hole in yoke due to own weight when resting on stand...

I am using RME ADI 2 DAC FS with Aryas from several months. Handles them well even in low power mode. You are not able to go very loud then, but still more than average. In hi power mode it shows awesome capabilities of both devices. Sub bass rumbles, headphones shake on my head when playing and...

I think is completely subjective. I listen to 80s and 90s pop and rock (Michael Jackson, Genesis, Tina Turner, The Police, Queen, INXS, etc) and newer Jazz and Blues (Candy Dulfer, Snowy White & The White Flames) plus some other (Lana Del Rey, London Grammar, Rag'n'Bone Man) and I simply like...

I picked Arya over Clear after auditions last year. Clear was more vivid with harder mid bass slam while Arya is more laid back with fantastic sub bass emphasis. Arya sometimes happen to be treble intensive, tough.

Hi, Does anyone had an opportunity to directly compare He1000SE with Arya? I would appreciate some thoughts on sub and mid bass quantity and treble harshness.

I have already said everything and I am afraid there is not much to add. I can summarize, though. I have found four forums where people have this issue with D8000 and two forums where people have it with Pro version. After brief auditioning of both in local audio store, I liked Pro sound...

Thanks all for help and opinions! The main point of auditioning and borrowing audio gear is finding possibly best one (subjectively). Average comfort, questionable build (judging by several forums) and slightly too dark sound signature make me search for something else. This is not the one that...

I though that louder volume causes more diaphragm excursion. Plus most songs are not recorded in mono and they might have different bass amount in L and R. As written before both channels produce rattling noise when playing low bass. I fully understand that it might be a damage of test pair but...

So after over a month of auditioning I decided to stay with HFM... I have tested Focal Utopia, Meze Empyrean, ATH ADX5000, Final Audio D8000 and D8000 Pro. While I liked Focals, ADX5000 and D8000 pro, I haven't decided bo buy any of them. Utopia lacks in sub bass capabilities, D8000 has issues...

Thanks all for your advices. I found a song that causes rattling in second channel and some people mentioning this issue in other forums as well. I will not risk buying. At this price tag I expect pure perfection from gear that I buy. I am not able to return them in case of purchase as I...

Got a test pair and this is very disappointing. It happens even when playing not that loud. For example in this song at 1:02 mark: from my RME ADI2 DAC at -10dB in low power mode. To tell the truth my HFM Arya handles it far better. D8000 Pro really sound good to me and despite arguable...

Hi all! recently I auditioned D8000 regular and pro versions. While regular one was too bass heavy to me, the pro one sounded appealing. I am going to borrow a test pair from local audio store for testing at home with my gear and music. I am concerned about driver hitting magnets issue. Some...

Hi, I would like to make my first cable and I have a few newbie questions. :) I own 6.3mm TRS Viablue plug: and two 3.5mm TRS plugs: How do I solder it properly? AFAIK in 6.3mm plug Tip is for L channel, Ring is for R channel and Sleeve is for return signals. I am confused about mini jacks...

Thank you a lot. I auditioned Clears last year and they offer too much bass for me. They directly lost with my Aryas back then. Last week I managed to audition Audiotechnica ADX-5000, Meze Empyrean, Final Audio D8000 and Focal utopia. And... I am probably staying with HiFiMAN. :D I liked ADX5000...

Matter of taste. I love HFM Arya sound signature which is far, far from Nighthawks. And I do care about details like timbre of snare drum. Currently I use 5 bands for really little Arya sound correction. By little I mean that I fail AB test in some songs that lack particular sounds. In other...

I can't agree with it. In the past I owned Audioquest Nighthawk as PC headphones due to their outstanding comfort. But I completely disliked their sound and I needed more than 5 bands to make their sound at least close to my liking.

Why not? Sound wave that comes to human ears is sum of all frequencies in recording. Some people say that soundstage is wide, bass is three-dimensional or vocals has nice texture. Whatever we name it, it is result of sound wave shape. And with parametric EQ you can freely transform it provided...

RME comes with it's own PSU. You can replace it, if you really want to. This is 10th page of RME ADI 2 DAC manual:

No, why should I? It offers 1.5W from SE out which is more that balanced outs from several audiophile AMPs and enough to drive almost anything. No distortions at all in high power mode at all. No hissing, buzzing or anything like that. At high volumes in sub bass heavy songs whole Aryas are...

You can simulate it with APO EQ for Windows. It is also parametrical. Just remember that RME is limited to five bands and you can set gain from -12dB to +12dB and Q from 0.5 to 9.9. Only first and last bands can be shelf filters while all five can be used as peak filters. This does not allow to...