haven't been here (head-fi) in a while and not sure if any new hp are the talk of the town. I was thinking of getting something better then my he-4 any suggestions.
here's my setup:
pangea silver usb
bifrost uber
audioquest cheetah silver rca
hifiman ef5
he-4
adcom power conditioner
ps audio a/c cables
haven't been here (head-fi) in a while and not sure if any new hp are the talk of the town. I was thinking of getting something better then my he-4 any suggestions.
here's my setup:
pangea silver usb
bifrost uber
audioquest cheetah silver rca
hifiman ef5
he-4
adcom power conditioner
ps audio a/c cables
I'm sure you could spend a boat load trying to match the performance of the HE-4. I tossed on some LCD vegan pads on mine and the comfort and performance were improved enough where I almost never listen to my HD800.
If you're looking to spend double... Or more of what you paid for the HE-4, there's gotta be something out there that can best it!
I recommend with your setup... Since I've been there, upgrade your dac and you'll see some surprising gains. I never particularly felt my Bifrsot or EF-5 paired to the point of showing off the HE-4's potential.
Keep in mind, many HE-4 owners "graduated" to Stax setups... That's quite the jump to see tangible gains, imho.
I have not heard the HE-4's so I can't say what might be better if any. I have the HE-400's and HE-400S's and have heard most of there line as in 500's 560's HE-6's and HE1K's. They are all different to me. The 1K's are great headphones to be sure but not quite my cup of tea I think a properly driven HE-6 is way more fun but then your getting into the more you don't want to spend. I agree that a DAC change I don't think will make things all that much better. What is it that you want different or the same? I just bought a pair of Koss ESP-950's and am quite taken with the sound. Just something to consider as they don't get too much love on head fi. They are not as good as my Ether-C's for most things but really fun to listen to. For $ 600 bucks really good sounding can I must say.
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