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I believe so, but I think the Edition S is less harsh in the treble, especially when you take the covers off
I own the sennheiser momentum m2s and NAD HP50. I was eyeing these as well but I'm if they are worth it. Specially at 150$ or 120 if I get a deal. Are these still worth getting?
I am looking for a set of decent sounding, sturdy, portable phones for my girlfriend. Comfort is paramount for her. She doesn't like my HE-5LE because they are too heavy for her. I don't notice the weight and think they are super comfortable. By contrast, she much prefers my OLD Sennheiser HD590's because they are so light. I find the 590's drivers touch my ears because the pads are worn and I don't like that... The Edition S are an on-ear design? I always prefer a larger, around the ear phone, but that's just me.She does where glasses though. What do you guys, especially with glasses, think about their long term comfort?
All else being equal, I know there are some other good deals for $150 to $200. The HE400i (which are currently sold out, not sure if that's it for black Friday or not) are surely amazing at $250 and might be sufficiently lighter than my 5LE that she would like them. But I think honestly, the extra sound quality might be lost on her. I do very much like that they are so portable, that will be very convenient for her. There's also things like a DT990, which I've heard before and liked and I think they seem pretty comfortable and durable.. AKG 70x variants start showing up around that price too and they are very good as well.
All that said, people on this thread already seem to think they're a bargain considering their performance, so that's very encouraging. She will be using them largely for gaming, so how is their sound placement? That might be the most important question about how they perform for her.
Oh yah, She'd probably spend most of her time with them plugged into either a desktop PC or laptop. I have an old Meier-Audio HA-1 I could lend her, but I think it's important to find a phone that doesn't really need an amp.
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Hi everyone,
There is a great review on EDS. If you are interested in it, just have a look~
https://headphonereview.com/over-ear/hifiman-edition-s-review/
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With a nice design, a relatively high comfort level, and a great sound, the HiFiMan Edition S headphones are quite the cans. They come at a relatively good price too, sitting at $249 on the HiFiMan website or an even cheaper $199 on Amazon. Sure, we did have a few quibbles with the build quality and the high frequencies, but in general these are a great, compact pair of headphones that should offer plenty for almost everyone.
Have the HIFIMAN team rethought the idea of marketing these headphones properly as 'Over-ear' and not 'On-ear'? It's pretty misleading for the vast majority of people, and many people overlook them because of the fact that they are marketed as on-ear headphones. Which is a shame, because they sound great and are really comfortable. I just really fail to understand the logic behind marketing them falsely.
Yeah, but 'on-ear' describes a property of the headphones, a property that these headphones don't have except to those with extremely large ears. If we're going down this road, they might as well just market them as planars and then say it's just a marketing term.
The folding portion of the headphones makes them very portable, which is what they should be focusing on. Not misrepresenting the product to the consumer.
Maybe 'on-ear' and 'over-ear' just translate into the same word in Chinese. /s
I disagree with their use of on ear too which I have addressed on this thread before. I was just trying to find their reasoning for it as I don't know anyone who would want an on ear over an over ear except for extra portability reasons so hifiman isn't doing any harm here. If anything it's just hurting potential sales