Sounds like we both came from a similar place, I swapped in the SP200 and SU-8 for a Jotunheim with add-in DAC. I'm really pleased as well, especially for the price.

I like the look of those, please post some pics when you receive them and get them installed.

Does this mean you found knobs that are nicer than stock, or are you talking about exact replacements? If the former can you link to them or provide more info? Thanks.

Holy cow, thank you for this! I can tell I'm going to be lost in this playlist for a long time, amazing stuff in here. Something to while away the next 3 weeks or so before my Elex shows up, at which point I'll start all over. :smile_phones:

Go read the innerfidelity.com reviews on the Sundara, Audeze LCD2C (a/k/a LCD2 Classic) and Mr Speakers Aeon Flow Open. He talks comparatively about these three models in the Sundara review. I picked up a used set of the Aeons and am very pleased. I agree with Tyll's assessment that they're...

Wow. It seems there are multiple potential issues (driver issues causing volume mismatches and soldering issues causing dead channels) and you were lucky enough to experience both. Thanks very much for the detective work!

To the best of my knowledge no one has done a post-mortem yet, which is understandable because you'd be voiding the warranty on a $500+ product that is known to be broken. Anecdotally, the symptoms suggest something like a failed solder joint; the headphones start out working OK and then fail in...

Did you friend crack them open or did you decide against it? I suspect the same thing as you, that connections to the drivers are getting compromised or completely broken by the vibration of the drivers during use. I'm speculating but given the number of failures reported specifically with the...

I’m very sorry to hear that; the fear of that happening is exactly what kept me from rolling the dice again. I may try to get some Sundaras at some point in the future (ironically a used pair may be a safer bet) but for now I’ve picked up a used pair of Aeon Open Flows and I’m very pleased. If...

Dynamic drivers like, say, the DT 1990 Pro? :smiley: I kid, I kid! I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts between the two.

Mostly perhaps. I ordered from Amazon and mine died almost immediately. For a little more context, they showed up in an Amazon box that contained another sealed brown cardboard box that looked like it had come straight from the Hifiman factory. I say that because the seam was sealed with a...

I'm interested in "HE4xx but better" if I can find it. It may be that fulfilling that goal means planars but i'm not completely certain of that. I will check out these recommendations.

This didn't help in my case.

Yeah, that guy was me. :relaxed: I have a pair of HE4xx's and really love them, upgraded to a Schiit stack and love them even more. Based on the contents of this thread the Sundaras looked like a candidate for HE4xx++, so i ordered a pair from Amazon. I got them yesterday, plugged them in...

Hello all, just opened my account so I guess I'll provide a little history. I recently got drawn into the headphone world via the Massdrop HE4xx offering. It was love at first listen and that led to the purchase of a Schiit stack. I'm now greatly enjoying this combination. Anyway, I decided...