[Verde]

This is a really early work in progress, but I wanted to showoff the wood cups idea I was talking about a couple of pages back. These are made from Redwood that I was able to reclaim from my parents house after some repairs. I have never worked with wood before so this has been and is a bit of a learning process. I plan to remake these, once this set is done and proven true, in a few different woods. As soon as I finish sanding the inside, and I get some sheet metal to stick on a small portion of the inside for the magnet, I will give'em a listen. I'm pretty excited about the entire process!  

 

[JaeYoon]

Wow that's really cool!

 

[Verde]

Thanks! I'm really hoping HiFiMAN starts making custom, interchangeable, and differing material backs to change the look and sonics of this headphone. They could call them MyFiMANs...

 

[JaeYoon]

I seriously wish that!!! Better material backs I would buy

 

[avitron142]

Hey, I have a question for you all.
 
Is anyone here ( @Maxx included) able to measure the Edition S? Many people are complaining about the wonky signature, but I'd like to see whether it can be improved with some EQ - the detail is there, the soundstage is there, and with some adjustments it can possibly be a very scary headphone. Is anyone here able to help?

 

[vrapan]

Got mine today, really good stuff, don't miss the L2s not even a tiny little bit. The sound is alive, detailed, energetic. Mostly heard with the caps removed. One thing to say that can sound great through a phone but through the Pure II+ any sign of harshness all but goes away and the bass is definitely better defined so though they do not require amplification they do sound better with it.
 
I was quite hesitant initially having heard the 400S from HifiMan and not particularly caring for it I was worried it might sound like it. Kept reading about the detailed airy sound so I thought I'd give them a go, especially after listening to them at the CanJam and I am glad I did.

 

[avitron142]

If anyone's interested, I reviewed the Edition S here: http://www.head-fi.org/products/hifiman-edition-s/reviews/16681

 

[vrapan]

Anyone recommends any reasonable priced cable to replace the stock one? Don't much care for it - not sound wise just built is very thin and flimsy looking.

 

[Verde]

Any v-moda cables on Amazon should work for about 12 (without buttons) to 15 (with buttons) bucks.

 

[dhm78]

  Anyone recommends any reasonable priced cable to replace the stock one? Don't much care for it - not sound wise just built is very thin and flimsy looking. ​

I dropped 50 for the Audioquest Golden Gate and I noticed a huge difference. It's kind of a stiff awkward cable but it sounds amazing.

 

[dhm78]

Has anyone notice some of the newer models have Hifiman on the band? I'm wondering if they did that one later batches?

 

[Hobgoblinpie]

Mine have 'HIFIMAN EDITION S' on the top of the headband, I assumed it was like this for all of them?

 

[Verde]

  Mine have 'HIFIMAN EDITION S' on the top of the headband, I assumed it was like this for all of them?

Same here.

 

[dhm78]

I wonder if I got a bootleg pair...So much for Ebay. They sound great any way.

 

[dhm78]