[DanPluck]

Headdirect won't ship these to the UK, so I would have to pay ripoff UK dealer prices.

-1 sale.

 

[Ratheriian]

You can get it from Germany or any other EU country using €. I'd guess it will be priced 899€ which is nearly the same as importing it from the USA.

 

[DanPluck]

You can get it from Germany or any other EU country using €. I'd guess it will be priced 899€ which is nearly the same as importing it from the USA.

It works out significantly more costly.

$899 from the USA, $1240 from Europe and $1540 in the UK..........

 

[conquerator2]

It works out significantly more costly.

$899 from the USA, $1240 from Europe and $1540 in the UK..........

Well, there are places in the US where you can get a good deal on these if you know what I mean...
Unless UK customs check every single item's value as it goes through.

 

[davidsh]

Any good (preferably acoustic) tracks to judge bass performance that are not EDM? Which tracks do you use to evaluate bass performance?

 

[Frank I]

   
The overall tone of any headphone is something that I've grown to put more and more importance on. Tone and comfort are now at the very top of my list. 

Tonality is what it is really all about.  Both these new planars I am using are both very comfortable. The P1 is as comfortable.

 

[UNIFi]

  Any good (preferably acoustic) tracks to judge bass performance that are not EDM? Which tracks do you use to evaluate bass performance?

 
I often use the track Would? from Alice in Chains unplugged album for some bass testing, and overall sound quality. Nothing complicated, but just to check if the region where bass guitar/acoustic basses reside is bloated or not.
 
Not sure about lower bass testing in acoustic though.

 

[.Sup]

From what I gathered from impressions here is that this headphone is actually closer to HE-6 in terms of tonality than it is to HE-500. A lighter, more comfortable and easier to drive HE-6? Because when I saw the price for HE-500 successor I was very disappointed, however if this is the price for the new and improved HE-6 then the price is actually pretty good.

 

[davidsh]

From what I gathered from impressions here is that this headphone is actually closer to HE-6 in terms of tonality than it is to HE-500. A lighter, more comfortable and easier to drive HE-6? Because when I saw the price for HE-500 successor I was very disappointed, however if this is the price for the new and improved HE-6 then the price is actually pretty good.

This is not the HE-6 successor. The HE-560 is made to fall in between HE-6 and HE-500.
 
HE-400i is made to replace HE-500 and render HE-400 obsolete as I see it.

 

[frix]

  Tonality is what it is really all about.  Both these new planars I am using are both very comfortable. The P1 is as comfortable.

 
Do you prefer one of them in terms of comfort?
Which one is better built?

 

[d1sturb3d]

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[Frank I]

   
Do you prefer one of them in terms of comfort?
Which one is better built?

They are both comfortable. I prefer the build of the P1

 

[conquerator2]

Guess it's too soon to comment on the soundstage.

 

[Frank I]

no actually both have excellent sound stage and transparency.

 

[conquerator2]

no actually both have excellent sound stage and transparency.

That's good news for everyone then!
I wonder if they're more different or alike