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**Hifiman HE-400 Impressions and Discussion Thread**
Mar 16, 2013 at 2:59 PM Post #8,732 of 22,116
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ninjames said:
Gonna have to put my beloved HE-400 on the market, along with all of my audio gear. This really sucks. 
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Whoa. That does suck. What happened? 
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Mar 16, 2013 at 3:32 PM Post #8,734 of 22,116
ninjames said:
Gonna have to put my beloved HE-400 on the market, along with all of my audio gear. This really sucks. 
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what?!? Good luck with whatever happened!!!
 
Mar 16, 2013 at 3:58 PM Post #8,737 of 22,116
On the low end, the he400 will sound quite good from:
 
1. Fiio e17
 
2. o2/odac
 
3. magni/modi Schitt stack
 
You can climb the amp/dac ladder but the improvements will be small. This headphones just amps so easily. It does sound great from the lyr, but do I hear a $500 difference? Nope...
 
Mar 16, 2013 at 4:08 PM Post #8,738 of 22,116
mindflayz said:
Please help me, how much should i spend on amp+dac for He-400 without overgearing? (max 800 euro total)
any recommendations?
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Something as cost effective as the Audio-GD NFB-15.32 will make these babies sing. Also, the smoothened top end of the NFB-15, will match up well with the HE-400 sizzly top end. It will feed the HE-400 around 2 watts too.


The other good alternatives with better specs would be the NFB-5.32, NFB-11.32. I personally used a Compass 2, which is a bit better and more versatile, with analog inputs, and customization.
 
Mar 16, 2013 at 4:16 PM Post #8,739 of 22,116
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mad lust envy said:
Something as cost effective as the Audio-GD NFB-15.32 will make these babies sing. Also, the smoothened top end of the NFB-15, will match up well with the HE-400 sizzly top end. It will feed the HE-400 around 2 watts too.


The other good alternatives with better specs would be the NFB-5.32, NFB-11.32. I personally used a Compass 2, which is a bit better and more versatile, with analog inputs, and customization.
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Hmm nice but I cant really take a company with a website looking like 1995 serious.
Also I'm a bit unlucky so it would probably break and it would be a mess sending it back to china.
 
Thanks for the tip tho! Cheers!
 
Mar 16, 2013 at 4:19 PM Post #8,740 of 22,116
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matttcg said:
On the low end, the he400 will sound quite good from:
 
1. Fiio e17
 
2. o2/odac
 
3. magni/modi Schitt stack
 
You can climb the amp/dac ladder but the improvements will be small. This headphones just amps so easily. It does sound great from the lyr, but do I hear a $500 difference? Nope...
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Do you think those setups would be a decent upgrade from Asus xonar essence st?
 
Mar 16, 2013 at 4:21 PM Post #8,741 of 22,116
mindflayz said:
Hmm nice but I cant really take a company with a website looking like 1995 serious.

Also I'm a bit unlucky so it would probably break and it would be a mess sending it back to china.

Thanks for the tip tho! Cheers!
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Lol, so because they have terrible web design, makes their audio equipment not worth checking out? Audio-GD is VERY highly regarded here on Head-fi.

Those things are rugged as hell. I'm on my 3rd piece.

The SA-31 is a $500 amp that has 10watts at 40ohm. Yeah, that is 10watts fed to the HE-400. Kingwa makes some good ****.
 
Mar 16, 2013 at 4:30 PM Post #8,744 of 22,116
incred1ble said:
FiiO 17 sounds nearly indentical to XONAR ST
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Lol, most SS amps sound nearly identical to one another, IMHO. Differences are subtle more than actually noticeable.
 
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