I have noticed the crinkle sound (driver flex?) whenever I put on the HE6SE with a bit of "acceleration". That is, I don't hear anything if I gently place the headphones on. But if I am putting them on and "release" the ear can while it is still a little distance away from my head, I will hear...

Thanks. Off topic of HE6SEv2... regarding your HD800S — what if you put a passive (potentially stepped) attenuator on the RCA input signal going into the BasX? That would lower the presented signal strength, allowing you to then take advantage of the gain and available power on the BasX...

I already own the Mini-A100 (actually, two of them). Is there any difference between the jumpered TRS jack on the BasX compared with running off the speaker jacks on the Mini-A100?

I am curious if people have suggestion on which is likely to be the best amplifier for the HE6SEv2: Monolith THX 887 (XLR4) Emotiva Mini-A100 (Speaker Terminal -- older version with no headphone jack) NAD 370 (Speaker Terminal) Or, is the hype about how hard these are to drive overblown, and...

Where did you order the adapter from? I will be honest, I am a bit annoyed to find out that the HE6SE (which I ordered because they included that adapter) no longer include the adapter. I contacted HIFIMAN, and they charge $90 + $30 shipping, increasing the cost of the v2 from $699 to $819...

I used Black Friday to research and shop for my first pair of planar headphones ($500 to $700 range). After lots of reading and shortly after placing an order for an open-box Ananda, I came across the $699 deal for an HE6SE v2... so I did what I had to do, and placed another order :) From...