preproman
Headphoneus Supremus
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Yeah - I keep forgetting. Again, my bad. What are people using anyway. iPods?
Yeah - I keep forgetting. Again, my bad. What are people using anyway. iPods?
There are a few ways to get more comfort. Maybe the easiest is to add a headband over the existing one. I think that this one is the flavor of choice for the guys here:
http://www.amazon.com/Replacement-Leatherette-Universal-Sennheiser-Beyerdynamic/dp/B00862522A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1358166204&sr=8-1&keywords=beyerdynamic+headband+replacement
Secondly, the headband is metal and can be reshaped. You must exercise caution but it is easily done. This works well if the clamp is too much. You can bend the headband completely flat by grabbing it and stretching it to a completely flat position and holding it there for a few seconds or more. Then try it to see if the clamp is where you want it.
I think that the addition of cotton is something that wje did, but he eventually went to the aftermarket headband. Correct me if I'm wrong.
As a curiosity, HE4 are better than HE-400 if properly driven?
I mean, i got the HE-400 for about the same price as the HE-4, and i wanted the LYR anyway. Have i made a mistake? TT
Yokken has long since left the HE400 family I'm afraid, you won't get a response from him.
But yeah some people opted to work the headband padding and snap in all the buttons, it IS doable, you just gotta really squeeze the stock headband into the wrap. I don't see how it is good other than aesthetics though, because bunching it up in the middle like that will only make the padding in the middle hard and compressed which is stupid because the whole point of adding this additional padding is to have more softer cushioning.
Excited to join the HE-400 family soon.
I've had my eye on it for a long time (even when I owned the HE-500) & finally ordered it (from HeadRoom) last week.. it arrives tomorrow. Picked up the velour pads (from HeadRoom) & J$ pads (from Jeremy).. as well as a snazzy Skuld 4 cable from Trevor (Norse Audio). I plan on driving it with the Lake People G109-S.. which I'm ordering from Fried/Lake People, atm.
I'm excited & curious to hear the HE-400.. being that I'm actually coming to it from an HE-500. While the HE-500 was terrific in terms of technical prowess, I grew a bit tired of the thick, slightly midforward nature of the midrange. The mids were quite smooth.. but they certainly had a bit of Grado-y aggressiveness to them (certainly nowhere near fatiguing in the way some Grados can be, though). The HE-500's bass was excellent.. but it sounded a little thick through the midbass for my taste. I was driving the HE-500 (properly) from a variety of amps.. Objective2, Tube-DAC-11 (both the ss & tube outputs.. in the latter outputs, the O2 served as the front end), as well as a class-T speaker amp (which sounded fantastic). DACs used was the ODAC in most cases (along with the TD-11's well implemented, Cirrus Logic CS4398 DAC chip).
Removing the HE-500 grill's fabric backing helped with flattening the midbass, toning back the midrange's forwardness, and creating a touch of air to the treble (but it could get sibilant in some cases).. ultimately, I still wanted something less 'thick' sounding through the mids and flatter through the midbass. I opted for the trusty HD600 (which I've long loved) instead and have been quite happy. That being said, I definitely missed the 'ortho' sound and now that HiFiMan has worked out the build issues with the HE-400, saw it as a perfect opportunity to jump on it.
I've done plenty of reading about the HE-400.. I'm more than a little confident I'll enjoy it. It seems to be a fairly neutral phone with just the right touch of (modest) coloration in the "right" places to make it a fun, musical, engaging phone. Genre diversity is very important to me as I listen to everything from liquid DnB to jazz, soul, blues, rock, Indian classical music, hip hop.. and everything in between.
I dont think ive overpayed for those HE-400, just that maybe i could have gotten a better deal .