[brokenthumb]

Listening to Rust in Peace album by Megadeth and these sound amazing.  The 560's have great speed.

 

[conquerator2]

X12 - SA31SE - HE-560 = 

 
Very happy so far. Really impressed for what I paid for each component. 

 
I feel like my next upgrade will be a headphone for sure. At this point, I can't blame my perfectly musical, neutral and smooth gear anymore 

 
 
Enjoying the HE-560 immensely though, will wait for more Ether/Dharma/HE-1000 impressions. Yggy impressions too, but I am not quite sure about it, considering the X12 is so good 

 

[Xcalibur255]

Hey guys,
 
One easy question.  I read about 350 pages of this thread looking for an answer and decided that was enough to not be branded lazy in "just asking".... 
 
Jerg mentions numerous times that the bass control on the HE560 suffers a lot if the pads fail to form a complete seal.  My question is:  is this a challenge for folks who wear glasses?  I've noticed basically all of my headphones sound different (better) if I remove my glasses before listening, evidently eliminating a small seal gap caused by the bows of the frames, but I like to jump around to different songs without a pre-determined playlist so I really prefer to leave my glasses on my head and be able to read my screen properly.  I am pretty hopelessly blind without them, no matter how much I lean in I still can't read text without them.
 
Does the small gap the bows on glasses creates in the pad affect the HE560 more than it would other headphones due to the magnet design?
 
And, yes, wearing contacts is something that occurred to me.  I can't use them for medical reasons relating to my eyes.

 

[Exacoustatowner]

I've not noticed. The arms of my glasses are thin-wireframe.
quote name="Xcalibur255" url="/t/711824/hifiman-he-560-impressions-discussion-thread/12480#post_11461504"]Hey guys,

One easy question.  I read about 350 pages of this thread looking for an answer and decided that was enough to not be branded lazy in "just asking".... 

Jerg mentions numerous times that the bass control on the HE560 suffers a lot if the pads fail to form a complete seal.  My question is:  is this a challenge for folks who wear glasses?  I've noticed basically all of my headphones sound different (better) if I remove my glasses before listening, evidently eliminating a small seal gap caused by the bows of the frames, but I like to jump around to different songs without a pre-determined playlist so I really prefer to leave my glasses on my head and be able to read my screen properly.  I am pretty hopelessly blind without them, no matter how much I lean in I still can't read text without them.

Does the small gap the bows on glasses creates in the pad affect the HE560 more than it would other headphones due to the magnet design?

And, yes, wearing contacts is something that occurred to me.  I can't use them for medical reasons relating to my eyes.
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[Exacoustatowner]

What is the X12?

X12 - SA31SE - HE-560 = 

Very happy so far. Really impressed for what I paid for each component. 

I feel like my next upgrade will be a headphone for sure. At this point, I can't blame my perfectly musical, neutral and smooth gear anymore :wink_face:  

Enjoying the HE-560 immensely though, will wait for more Ether/Dharma/HE-1000 impressions. Yggy impressions too, but I am not quite sure about it, considering the X12 is so good 

What

 

[d1sturb3d]

He was probably referring to the gustard x12

 

[Exacoustatowner]

Thanks!

He was probably referring to the gustard x12

 

[conquerator2]

I was

And while I am not saying it is the best thing out there , it sure holds its own against competition

 

[Soundsgoodtome]

Hey guys, can anyone do a comparison between the HE560 and the brand new Ether? I understand it's all initial impressions but if someone can point out which is the better headphone in what department, that'd be fantastic!

 

[ericp10]

  Hey guys,
 
One easy question.  I read about 350 pages of this thread looking for an answer and decided that was enough to not be branded lazy in "just asking".... 
 
Jerg mentions numerous times that the bass control on the HE560 suffers a lot if the pads fail to form a complete seal.  My question is:  is this a challenge for folks who wear glasses?  I've noticed basically all of my headphones sound different (better) if I remove my glasses before listening, evidently eliminating a small seal gap caused by the bows of the frames, but I like to jump around to different songs without a pre-determined playlist so I really prefer to leave my glasses on my head and be able to read my screen properly.  I am pretty hopelessly blind without them, no matter how much I lean in I still can't read text without them.
 
Does the small gap the bows on glasses creates in the pad affect the HE560 more than it would other headphones due to the magnet design?
 
And, yes, wearing contacts is something that occurred to me.  I can't use them for medical reasons relating to my eyes.

 
 
While not a full-blown basshead, I lean more toward that direction than the opposite way. I wear eyeglasses with very thick and wide arms. The bass from the 560 is perfect to my ears. I call it a few steps north of neutral with great extension and decent sub-bass. But if the regarding doesn't have that much bass in it (or the bass is low in the mix), the headphone will reflect that. Me wearing my eyeglasses or not has no bearing on the sound to my ears.

 

[money4me247]

Hey guys, can anyone do a comparison between the HE560 and the brand new Ether? I understand it's all initial impressions but if someone can point out which is the better headphone in what department, that'd be fantastic!

ether wont be out until june so you wont get any reall comparisons now except from people who were at canjam or ppl affiliated w mr speakers.

 

[Soundsgoodtome]

ether wont be out until june so you wont get any reall comparisons now except from people who were at canjam or ppl affiliated w mr speakers.

Yes, people that were in canjam indeed. I'd like to hear what people affiliated with Mr Speakers has to say as well but that's more an advert really. Although definitely any info is better than no info.

 

[money4me247]

  Yes, people that were in canjam indeed. I'd like to hear what people affiliated with Mr Speakers has to say as well but that's more an advert really. Although definitely any info is better than no info.

chowmein83's impressions:
http://www.head-fi.org/t/760249/mrspeakers-ether-impressions-thread/135#post_11458387
http://www.head-fi.org/t/760249/mrspeakers-ether-impressions-thread/135#post_11458485
 
bill-p's impressions:
http://www.head-fi.org/t/758649/canjam-socal-2015-impressions-thread/480#post_11463067
 
stillhart owns the he-560 and heard ether at canjam, ask him for a direct comparison
http://www.head-fi.org/t/758649/canjam-socal-2015-impressions-thread/75#post_11455392
http://www.head-fi.org/t/750437/enigmacoustics-dharma/255#post_11463530

 

[jerg]

  Hey guys,
 
One easy question.  I read about 350 pages of this thread looking for an answer and decided that was enough to not be branded lazy in "just asking".... 
 
Jerg mentions numerous times that the bass control on the HE560 suffers a lot if the pads fail to form a complete seal.  My question is:  is this a challenge for folks who wear glasses?  I've noticed basically all of my headphones sound different (better) if I remove my glasses before listening, evidently eliminating a small seal gap caused by the bows of the frames, but I like to jump around to different songs without a pre-determined playlist so I really prefer to leave my glasses on my head and be able to read my screen properly.  I am pretty hopelessly blind without them, no matter how much I lean in I still can't read text without them.
 
Does the small gap the bows on glasses creates in the pad affect the HE560 more than it would other headphones due to the magnet design?
 
And, yes, wearing contacts is something that occurred to me.  I can't use them for medical reasons relating to my eyes.
 

 
I wear glasses too (albeit thin frame ones that hug the sides of my head nicely) and it doesn't mess up the seal, mostly because the new HFM earpads (especially the Focus-A pads) have a lot of "give" to their foam, so they tend to form around the contours of the glass frames and retain seal.

 

[Exacoustatowner]

What Jerg said! If you don't know he basically came up with his own pads "Jerg-pads" that have been adopted by HiFIMan as the basis for the pads that come with the headphones. Did I get that right , Jerg?
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