Yes, I did read reports of sibilance in the HE-400s. That's what made me turn away from choosing it. I like prominent and well executed highs, but because I like to listen for an hour or two at a time whilst doing other things, I highly dislike any sibilance in a headphone.
Not to hijack my own thread, but how exactly does one use an equalizer? Do you just adjust and listen or is there some sort of order that you follow? Because an equalizer isn't just separated into bass, mids, and highs. For example, how would you go about adjusting a 5 band parametric equalizer?
Well I got the K7XX from Massdrop obviously and I bought it to give that type of sound signature a try, especially because it was advertised as having more bass than the original K70X series. It was an interesting headphone, but I didn't like it that much. My little brother enjoys it and I couldn't return it anyways. It also looks cool
I thought that the HE-500 was a superb headphone based on reviews so I bought it, but the issue here is that for $500, I wasn't satisfied.
Is the HE-400 are worthy upgrade from the ATH-M50 in your opinion? Part of the reason I was looking to upgrade was because of the fact that the M50s aren't very resolving at all. I guess the short way of saying it is that I am looking for a headphone that is resolving without sacrificing bass
too much. To me that sounds like the HE-400. But your comment on the HE-400 not being very resolving concerns me.
What exactly is your opinion of the HE-400?
I thought the Mad Dogs were dynamic? Isn't the stock T50RP dynamic?
What are your opinions on the Mad Dog and the HE-400 when compared against each other? Which one is more resolving? They're my two current options.
Just curious, why exactly are you purchasing a second pair to compare? Does HiFiMAN have quality control issues?
I didn't exactly say what kind of music I listen to, but rather what I don't listen to. Because I listen to a very wide variety of different music I thought that it would be more convenient to say what I don't listen to instead of list all the genres that I do listen to. I don't really listen to country or K-Pop and techno/trance. I listen to genres ranging from EDM to heavy metal to R&B and old jazz. I love Sinatra! Some artists that I listen to are: Five Finger Death Punch, Flosstradamus, Thy Art is Murder, Hegemon, Lana Del Rey, Metallica, Diplo, Guns n Roses, and Sinatra. Those were the first artists I saw when I put my iPod on shuffle. I also listen to classical and orchestra. Tchaikovsky is a favorite.
How resolving is the HE-400 in your opinion?
Hey there Tuneslover! Thank you for your reply! I appreciate it a lot.
I've always wanted to have a good stereo system, but that is ultra costly. Yes, I think I will purchase a SS amp later on but I was attracted to the properties of a tube amp and the Lyr 2 also has a lot of power. It is also very versatile because it now has a gain switch. Your taste in audio when you were younger is really quite similar to what I liked no more than one year ago. I think it's shocking that I actually found that to be attractive haha!
I enjoyed the length of your reply, so don't be sorry about it! I have actually changed my view on the HE-500. See my post below.