[anetode]

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Aside from Rabid Dog?

The next generation of RD: more rabid, more dawgier.
 
I highly suggest not buying the HE6 blind. It sounds very good, but you might not find that it's an improvement on the HE-500.

 

[davidgotsa]

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Aside from Rabid Dog?

Rabid dog? I've been away for a while and might have missed something there.

 

[preproman]

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The next generation of RD: more rabid, more dawgier.
 
I highly suggest not buying the HE6 blind. It sounds very good, but you might not find that it's an improvement on the HE-500.

 
 
For me and IMO there is a noticeable difference in favor of the HE-6

 

[preproman]

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I don't think he6 is quite the same as an hd800 with ortho bass, it also has ortho mids and highs

. Basically there is more body to the sound, but IMO a little less of the really fine delicate microdynamic prowess of the HD800. In my system to my experience etc etc.

 
He did say he want something like this "I want a pair that has the bass of the HE-500 but at the same time presents crystal clear and forward vocals, unreal presentation of acoustic instruments, details, soundstage,"  
 
Sure does sound like the HE-6 I know in my system and going by my experience. and so on, and so on, and so on

 

[jerg]

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For me and IMO there is a noticeable difference in favor of the HE-6

Of course, but the tonality of the two are very different and HE6 could be unfavorable even though it is technically superior.
 
For instance, I have been fidgeting with earpads a lot with my HE500s, and through that experience I realized that I like a darker more LCD3-like tonality (darker than LCD2r2 even, but not r1 because that is way too muffled-sounding). Now if I were to suddenly switch to HE6 now I'd hate it despite it having the better resolution, dynamics, smoothness etc, the whole shebang.

 

[preproman]

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Of course, but the tonality of the two are very different and HE6 could be unfavorable even though it is technically superior.
 
For instance, I have been fidgeting with earpads a lot with my HE500s, and through that experience I realized that I like a darker more LCD3-like tonality (darker than LCD2r2 even, but not r1 because that is way too muffled-sounding). Now if I were to suddenly switch to HE6 now I'd hate it despite it having the better resolution, dynamics, smoothness etc, the whole shebang.

 
See what your talking about is your preference.  I said for me and IMO.  So that would be my preference...  
 
I listen to all my HifImans mostly all the time.  For me the HE-6 is the flagship for good reason.

 

[TMRaven]

Gold drivers.  

 

[jerg]

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See what your talking about is your preference.  I said for me and IMO.  So that would be my preference...  
 
I listen to all my HifImans mostly all the time.  For me the HE-6 is the flagship for good reason.

By the way, if you open your HE6, how do the gold foils look on the driver? Are they all smooth-looking etc? I dunno why but all HE500 aluminum tracings are wrinkly and I bet it contributes to the lowered resolution.

 

[anetode]

I hear Fang himself licks each earpad that's destined to grace an HE-6.
 
You don't even want to know what Joe Grado does to the HP1s people send to him mod.

 

[jerg]

What I mean:
 
Here's a random Techpowerup's review photo of HE6 driver

 
 
Are the gold tracings actually pleated like that? Or is that just an optical illusion?

 

[dleblanc343]

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What I mean:
 
Here's a random Techpowerup's review photo of HE6 driver

 
 
Are the gold tracings actually pleated like that? Or is that just an optical illusion?

Hey Jerg, I'll send a couple good pictures to you tomorrow. The drivers definitely have top notch finishing.

 

[jerg]

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Hey Jerg, I'll send a couple good pictures to you tomorrow. The drivers definitely have top notch finishing.

Cool thanks; it'd be better if we can just get another meet going so everyone can check out those drivers close up irl maybe? 

 

[sofastreamer]

any multi driver custom iem wins in resolution imaging and speed against high end full size easily

 

[SoundFreaq]

That's just simply not true. What is your experience to back up such an incredibly bold and, what I consider, an inaccurate and misleading statement?
 
Multi-BA's weak spot is imaging and soundstage. Almost everything images better than multi-BA's, including single armatures. Multi-BA's smear the imaging all over the place. Speed is arguable. "Resolution?" Depends on what you mean. If you mean transparency and detail, then Multi-BA's always sound far less transparent than any high-end full-size I have heard. 
 
To be clear, I define transparency as how real and accurate the sound is to the real instrument in timbre, decay, and detail. 

 

[anetode]

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any multi driver custom iem wins in resolution imaging and speed against high end full size easily

 
Cool.
 
Why/how?