Zoom25
Headphoneus Supremus
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How would you guys say the DT990 compares in soundstage, both the premium and the PRO to the HE-500?
Anyone who says the he500 doenst need burn in time is or deaf, or bought an already burned in one(sold as new..it happens!!), or their equipment is not on par with whats needed for a planar to sound good..or simply doesnt have one at all....i listened to a burned in version just before i got mine delivered all virgin..and believe me..it was different..i didnt like the sound first on my he500..it was a bit grainy and muddy (just as my he400 and my he300 i had owned)..but as i knew how it could sound i kept on to it..and let it play in another room on my mstage (sold now) for 100 hours straight..day and night on medium levels..with lots of DIFFERENT kinds of music..my he500 sounded good on my mstage also by the way (on gain 10)...only then iswitched over to my wonderfull 337...believe me..more phone u dont need..only maybe if u spend double the amount u will get better phone..imho...its open, airy, huge soundstage..and those female voices..my god..or violins..am going to invest in a nad m51 in a month or 3...that will be the supercharge on my rig..first going listen to it on the london meet from a fellow headfi'er..and if its as good as they say..well..lets say my wallet and wife wont like it..lolz
I, for one, very much appreciate disastermouse's thoughts about the HE-500 and O2. Nwavguy himself wrote that the O2 had plenty of power for the Hifiman orthos, so when I read some people saying it was a bad pairing I wrote it off as people who just wanted a more colored amp. But there are obvious flaws in the sound I'm hearing (not to be confused with a sound signature that I dislike), so unless I got a dud pair of HE-500s, it does look like the O2 is the likely culprit. By the way, my O2 uses the Xicon 18VAC/500 mA power supply, which I believe was recommended for current-hungry phones.
And yet I feel like there's gotta still be a place in head-fi for folks like me where we can achieve great sound without making enormous mistakes and without getting fleeced.
Not deaf at all .... nor do I doubt your experience.... but my NEW HE-500 sounded fantastically magical out of the box paired with a Lyr, and I've not been conscious of an improvement since. BTW, paired with the O2 ..... not quite as magical.
You were honest with what you were hearing and that opinion is to be respected not fleeced. If you feel the amp does not work with the he500 in you system then it does not. I think for a 700.00 headphone that plays well above its price point it would benefit from more suitable amps and sources. i commend you for you honesty and so should others. You should feel no need to apologize for letting your opinion be known. Good luck in you finding the right amp for the hE500 and there are many good choices for you to seek out. If you can get to a meet to hear some other options thats your best bet this way you can hear the he500 and make your choice based on preferences or buy an amp with a liberal return policy to help you decide.
I have the same problem with a small head. Someone posted a solution using a cheap headphone band cushion and a consumer adhesive. I could look them up for you. I had to use a small towel wrapped around the headband as well until someone posted this solution.
You keep going on and on posting this. We get it, you don't have the correct wall wart/gain setting to use the o2 with your specific dac without clipping on the he-500. Just because you can't seem to rap your head around this doesn't mean you need to post everywhere that the o2 doesn't sound well with the he-500. At least set yours up correctly and then you can spout your opinion all over the forums. I think that's fair.
I don't want to come off as a tool, but if I know all about your issue just from browsing the forums you're going a little overboard.
Frank,
I'm running the Schiit Magni with the HE-500 and it's working splendidly. Mind-blowing sound for the money with the HE-500 and no conflicts with my DAC.
I have HE-400 and using a highly modified Bottlehead SEX 1.2 to drive it. Spectacular. Better than anything I have heard at the HF meets that I have attended. I dont notice any deviation from flatness. Sound almost identical to my ribbon speaker system.
Anyone compared HE-400 and HE-500 on a good tube amp?