You've probably heard this before, but look for a vintage amp from the late 1970s and drive your headphone off the speaker taps. You can get into a vintage amp for less than a couple hundred dollars US.
HifiMAN HE-6 Planar Magnetic Headphone
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You've probably heard this before, but look for a vintage amp from the late 1970s and drive your headphone off the speaker taps. You can get into a vintage amp for less than a couple hundred dollars US.
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I bet a lot of elderly widowers still at home has some quality iron in the way and would pay someone to get it out.
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Just for fun. Driving the HE6 with the Schiit Magni!
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The headband on my HE-6 broke today
What have you guys here done for replacements? I heard Hifiman requires sending them back for replacement, but that's rather expensive and I'm in Canada and I really really don't want to wind up paying import taxes and duties again.
Also, are the screws glued down? They won't budge (and yes I've been using properly sized screwdrivers) and are already starting to strip.
What have you guys here done for replacements? I heard Hifiman requires sending them back for replacement, but that's rather expensive and I'm in Canada and I really really don't want to wind up paying import taxes and duties again.
Also, are the screws glued down? They won't budge (and yes I've been using properly sized screwdrivers) and are already starting to strip.
The headband on my HE-6 broke today
What have you guys here done for replacements? I heard Hifiman requires sending them back for replacement, but that's rather expensive and I'm in Canada and I really really don't want to wind up paying import taxes and duties again.
Also, are the screws glued down? They won't budge (and yes I've been using properly sized screwdrivers) and are already starting to strip.
Sorry to hear about your headband!
Your hinge looks different than mine.. my new HE6 has plastic o-rings sandwiching the metal piece that broke on yours.. did they change something on the headband yoke assembly recently?
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aww man that was painful to see
can you provide one or two close ups ?
can you provide one or two close ups ?
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aww man that was painful to see
can you provide one or two close ups ?
if you click the picture in my post it should zoom in a bit.
Maybe? Mine is quite old, possibly from the original run.
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I got Audeze Vegan Pads, black today. They are too big for the HE-6 cups!
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The headband on my HE-6 broke today
What have you guys here done for replacements? I heard Hifiman requires sending them back for replacement, but that's rather expensive and I'm in Canada and I really really don't want to wind up paying import taxes and duties again.
Also, are the screws glued down? They won't budge (and yes I've been using properly sized screwdrivers) and are already starting to strip.
DOOOOD, that sucks. Please keep us informed of the process. I just ordered those HE-560 rings from Hifiman, and it arrived in a couple of days. They should provide a new headband structure, for free or cheap. Tell them to send it `gift`, and if they refuse ship it to me in Tokyo and I`ll send it to you as a gift. I never get hit with customs here.
They`ll fit no problem. I just installed mine last week. On one side I fit the audeze on the ring, just like the stock pads fit. As long as the material doesn`t block the tabs that hold the pad on the cup, it works. Plus, because there`s extra material there, it actually stiffens the rotation of the pad, which I like: it won`t rotate unless I want it to. On the other side I used the tape; that was easy but the pad rotates too easily now, and I have to keep readjusting it.
I think I`m just going to tape them directly to the cups, like others have done . . .
I`m also waiting to hear about those STAX pads !
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The headband on my HE-6 broke today
What have you guys here done for replacements? I heard Hifiman requires sending them back for replacement, but that's rather expensive and I'm in Canada and I really really don't want to wind up paying import taxes and duties again.
Also, are the screws glued down? They won't budge (and yes I've been using properly sized screwdrivers) and are already starting to strip.
DOOOOD, that sucks. Please keep us informed of the process. I just ordered those HE-560 rings from Hifiman, and it arrived in a couple of days. They should provide a new headband structure, for free or cheap. Tell them to send it `gift`, and if they refuse ship it to me in Tokyo and I`ll send it to you as a gift. I never get hit with customs here.
They`ll fit no problem. I just installed mine last week. On one side I fit the audeze on the ring, just like the stock pads fit. As long as the material doesn`t block the tabs that hold the pad on the cup, it works. Plus, because there`s extra material there, it actually stiffens the rotation of the pad, which I like: it won`t rotate unless I want it to. On the other side I used the tape; that was easy but the pad rotates too easily now, and I have to keep readjusting it.
I think I`m just going to tape them directly to the cups, like others have done . . .
I`m also waiting to hear about those STAX pads !
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I'd like to try the Stax pads, but they are $160 here in the US!
I am just trying a different DHC Cable, it's an 8 wire braid of Silver Hybrid Type 4 Litz, Very nice sound, bigger, wider soundstage for sure, smooth, detailed, excellent vocals. It has been a favorite of mine on other headphones. It smooths the treble a little more, and yes I have done the "fazor mod", and took out the foam, also removed the grille cloth and cotton, using Focus Pads, now but plan to try the Audeze Vegans tomorrow!
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Just put the Audeze Vegan pads on the Hifiman rings from the Pleather HFM pads. Now that I have my HE-6 moded with "fuzors", grille cloth removed, cotton removed, Vegan pads, they are sounding more like my LCD 2F! Hmmmm!
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Re the Audeze pads size - they are HUGE and largest in diameter of any pad I've tried but they accept the HFM ring nicely and do fit well if you want to go that route. The double stick tape route is another way of course.
Stax pads - got them Thursday. Seem much like a Lawton angle pad with a larger ear opening. Definitely a better fit than the Audeze pad in diameter and I could put them on my D7000 in minutes and they would be a perfect fit. Swapped over from the Audeze leather pads yesterday and spent the afternoon listening to them. They seemed to need a bit of "break in" regarding stiffness coming directly after the Audeze pillows that I've used for two months but even by this morning the comfort is excellent. Sound is excellent as well with no drop off and in fact the bass is clearly more present so that I see as a good thing (recovering basshead here). Not sure they are worth $160 but such is the state of our hobby/addiction, right?
I'll post up after a week or so of using them on any other comments and observations I have. For now I like them.
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