[caprimulgus]

And the bass........oh man, you gents have got to experience the HE-6 bass fed right just once in your lifetime. It's that good.

Basshead club worthy?

 

[Oregonian]

Basshead club worthy?

100%.  It won't flutter paper like is being done on another thread but it is the most visceral powerful bass I've heard.   And that is saying something coming from a person who is a Denon fan and owned a TH900. 
 
It's truly an incredible top level headphone when fed right.  Speaker taps with plenty of power (in my case a 310wpc Pioneer Spec power amp). 

 

[Coq de Combat]

OTOH, pushing papers like that doesn't mean a whole lot more than your headphone being good at pushing papers.
 
If you really want to make it more "real", as in "quasi scientific", try giving the paper the same seal you get with skin (any and all gaps will kill any and all reliability of paper tests), make the pads slightly pressed in because your head does it and it effects the air pressure, and go out of your way to find a standard set of paper to use on all your tests -- it doesn't have to be skin like; replicability is more important here in order to claim something and using the same exact paper is a step in the right direction.
 
What I'm saying is that fluttering paper is all fun and games, but do not take anything from it. It's not a serious test.

 

[Lohb]

 
100%.  It won't flutter paper like is being done on another thread but it is the most visceral powerful bass I've heard.   And that is saying something coming from a person who is a Denon fan and owned a TH900. 
 
It's truly an incredible top level headphone when fed right.  Speaker taps with plenty of power (in my case a 310wpc Pioneer Spec power amp). 

I mean, what does that power translate down to for both ears in watts at visceral bass kicking levels ?
Edit : 5 watts per ear of overhead with resistors or something like that ?

 

[Oregonian]

I mean, what does that power translate down to for both ears in watts at visceral bass kicking levels ?
Edit : 5 watts per ear of overhead with resistors or something like that ?

I'm going straight out of the speaker connections directly into the headphones. No resistors in the path. I tried the HE-6 out of the headphone out and through the HiFiMan speaker tap box (which has resistors) and it required a lot of power pumped into it to get to listening levels. With the speaker connection method my volume control is only a bit higher cranked than when listening to my D7000. Used to be if I wanted to switch from my HE-6 to the D7000 I had to turn the volume way down just to volume match.

To answer your question, I don't know how much is being pumped into them but I wouldn't go back to using the HFM box again. The sound is so much better and cleaner with that bass.

Coq- I agree with you - the paper test has no value in my world as well.

 

[Fearless1]

. No resistors in the path. I tried the HE-6 out of the headphone out and through the HiFiMan speaker tap box (which has resistors)

Try this sometime, I can listen to he HE-500/6 and the D7k out of it http://www.ebay.com/itm/HD800-hi-end-headphone-adapter-APPJ-Headphone-Device-Black-color-free-shipping-/261465455227?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item3ce08e3a7b

 

[Oregonian]

Try this sometime, I can listen to he HE-500/6 and the D7k out of it http://www.ebay.com/itm/HD800-hi-end-headphone-adapter-APPJ-Headphone-Device-Black-color-free-shipping-/261465455227?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item3ce08e3a7b

I'm on an iPad and the flash doesn't work so I can't tell what this thing is or what it does.

Could you explain it to us please?

 

[cripple1]

I'm on an iPad and the flash doesn't work so I can't tell what this thing is or what it does.

Could you explain it to us please?

This is the description for the device:
 
HD800 hi-end headphone APPJ hi-end Headphone Device Black
Black color
 
Free shipping to Worldwide 
 
Descriptions:
This matching is widely used, can be used in 6F3 EL84 6V6 6P3 EL34 KT66 KT88 2A3 300B or the equivalent power of the single ended, combined into a headphone amplifier, strong drive ability good special effects, can drive HD800 and other high-end headphones.
 
Technical Specifications:
Input: 4.0mm Banana Jacks
Output:High;in;low-impedanceheadphones,3.5mmand6.35mmstereo headphones,support:8ohms-600ohms all headsets
Processing power of8W +8 W
Support: 6F3 EL84 6V6 6P3 EL34 KT66 KT88 2A3 300BGewith the same power single-ended tube amp

 

[MrEleventy]

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Looks like a variant of the HiFiman speaker tap but with multiple headphone jacks.

 

[Fearless1]

I'm on an iPad and the flash doesn't work so I can't tell what this thing is or what it does.

Could you explain it to us please?

 
Sure.

It has three levels of resistance, it is made for the Miniwatt tube amp(originally why I purchased) to run headphones out, but I hated that noisy mess and now I tap my vintage receivers with it.
 
Three levels out, one is almost a straight out, the middle one is great for <100 ohm cans (HD650, HD800, etc.) the 3.5 out does well with headphones lower impedance  headphones (D7K, W1000x etc.)

 

[Coq de Combat]

I'm thinking of selling my D2000's (non modded, fair amount of wear and tear, no audible amount of wear and tear on the drivers though). I'll ask a few friends over at work at first, but seeing as they probably don't know a whole lot about headphones and their worth, they will want to get a friend price.
 
What should be my lower limit before I turn to head-fi to sell them, you think? I prefer trying to give my friends some awesome headphones and audio experience, however, I'm not willing to give them away for free either.

 

[MrEleventy]

It's $275-300 on average. I picked up a pair myself for $275. I think selling a set for 225-250 would be fair for both sides. Otherwise, your "friends" can go take a hike.

 

[Coq de Combat]

Thanks, yeah, I'll limit my price somewhere there. 

 

[Oregonian]

Sure.


It has three levels of resistance, it is made for the Miniwatt tube amp(originally why I purchased) to run headphones out, but I hated that noisy mess and now I tap my vintage receivers with it.

Three levels out, one is almost a straight out, the middle one is great for <100 ohm cans (HD650, HD800, etc.) the 3.5 out does well with headphones lower impedance  headphones (D7K, W1000x etc.)

Thanks bud. Interesting.

 

[Lohb]

Would it not be better to just get balanced cables with an appropriate matched resistor on the taps....separate '-ve' connectors = no supposed crosstalk vs this SE to taps box.