[hemipowered007]

I don't want any pieces of schiit. I'll go back to vintage

 

[mrscotchguy]

  I have yet to listen to an amp that has the soundstage and separation that Ember does for the HE series, but I haven't tried Lyr2. Warmth can be altered by the tube, and Ember has many more options in that department. Ember is actually quite easy to use despite its intimidating open chassis.
 
In all honesty, either option would be fine. If you want to tweak the sound more, to find that sweet spot, Ember simply has more options.

 

Sx1010

 
Wolfson WM8471 dac 

 

[hemipowered007]

Yup dual Wolfson, miss my audio gd

 

[Thujone]

Hah! I don't have the real-estate for a vintage amp (yet). I need a bigger desk! As far as DACs go... I'm looking to upgrade my Bifrost to MultiBit soon...

 

[Rozenberg]

Ummm... a few hours ago I received my headphones and opened the box and finnaly received my Hifiman He4. It was actually a early-production model with blacked out metal parts and a diffrent driver cover. But, as soon as I picked up the cable, I realized something that really set me off. What the Hell? The cable they gave me wasn't the stock 6.3mm 3meter crystalline cable. It was a 3.5mm.... and what??
I'm going off to the headquarters tommorow and I'll notice you guys right away what happens next. They should have NOTHING to say against this.

Blacked out metal part? Then yours is the same as mine I think.
 
I think that's a cable with mic and not balanced TRRS since I still could use it with my phone etc... And did they have 3.5mm balanced TRRS?
You didn't get the 3m 6.3mm cable? Really now?

 

[hemipowered007]

Yes they did have a balanced trrs, meant for their hifiman daps mainly. But obviously multiple others worked. Works great for my t50rp to make them a little more comfy to wear while messing around in the garage

 

[hemipowered007]

I almost forgot, me moving to Oregon is giving me access to my father in laws giant workshop. He lives in the town in moving to as well. I hope to get a nice woodied he4 done for Xmas (work to be done by him, I suck)

 

[Akemi Homura]

Rozenberg



Yeah... they said that they lost the original cable and going to order it from China. Should arrive at the time when my amp arrives. And yes. Mine seems to be a very early-production model. Are there any diffrences in the SQ between the early and the new ones?

 

[Akemi Homura]

Oh, and any tube suggestions for the Project Ember? I really want to make the sound warm and natrual, but not overly 'dark' by any means while retaing every nuance of detail.

 

[Soundsgoodtome]

If you get the adapter from Jeremy, the 6SN7 tubes seems to be the biggest draw right now. You can look for the "project ember tube rolling" thread to find suggestions.

 

[Akemi Homura]

Oh really? then is there any way to contact him directly?

 

[mrscotchguy]

Rozenberg



Yeah... they said that they lost the original cable and going to order it from China. Should arrive at the time when my amp arrives. And yes. Mine seems to be a very early-production model. Are there any diffrences in the SQ between the early and the new ones?

That's exciting. Maybe you have the original earpads?!

 

[Akemi Homura]

Yeah. And it's irritating.

 

[Soundsgoodtome]

Whoa, you got a first production he4 even with the pads and everything!

 

[Rozenberg]

@Rozenberg



Yeah... they said that they lost the original cable and going to order it from China. Should arrive at the time when my amp arrives. And yes. Mine seems to be a very early-production model. Are there any diffrences in the SQ between the early and the new ones?

Yup, the same.
I don't really care about SQ between early production and not, still sounds really great to me.
 
And yeah dat pads are irritating, good thing mine came with pleather so I could take the rings out and install it on my Alpha Pads.
Making the HE-4 comfortable for me was already pretty expensive tbh