Hifiman HE1000 Planar Dynamic Headphone

[Dopaminer]

Want.  Need.  
 
He skipped a whole range of numbers and went right to the old 1000.  Ballsy.  
Love the lobe-like look of them.  
 
PRICE ? ? ?  

 

[Ron12]

  Want.  Need.  
 
He skipped a whole range of numbers and went right to the old 1000.  Ballsy.  
Love the lobe-like look of them.  
 
PRICE ? ? ?  

 
I hope it's 2x as good and costs 2x as much as HE500 But it's more likely to be rather 1.2x as good and 4x more expensive =/

 

[Happy Camper]

The successor.

 

[bmichels]

I really hope they're lighter than the he6!

+1

 

[rudi0504]

The EF1000 looks pretty big.  So does it sound like these will need heavy amplification?

Look like this is the answer from Audeze upcoming model LCD Z 1200 ohm
Maybe Hi Fi Man HE 1000 is 1000 ohm ?

 

[Timestretch]

Look like this is the answer from Audeze upcoming model LCD Z 1200 ohm
Maybe Hi Fi Man HE 1000 is 1000 ohm ?

  
  
Audeze is making a 1200 ohm headphone? Interesting & unique, sure, but for what purpose? And what sort of headphone amplifier would be ideal for such a thing? Something totally new?

 

[magiccabbage]

these are kinda ugly - hate the headband

 

[bfreedma]

Look like this is the answer from Audeze upcoming model LCD Z 1200 ohm
Maybe Hi Fi Man HE 1000 is 1000 ohm ?

  
  
Audeze is making a 1200 ohm headphone? Interesting & unique, sure, but for what purpose? And what sort of headphone amplifier would be ideal for such a thing? Something totally new?

They had a prototype out, but no statement that any production units would be 1200 ohm.

 

[Kallbo]

Sub`d

 

[Duncical]

Quite possibly the ugliest headphone eva

 

[froger]

I like the steampunk look. Of course, more importantly is its comfort and how it sounds.

 

[rgs9200m]

Interesting that there was no announcement or chatter about this up to now as far as I can tell. Maybe the issues with the 560 intro was the reason.

 

[barid]

This hobby has jumped the shark for me....

I can no longer keep up. And the price tags keep climbing. Maybe someone will sell me their HE-6 for cheap after everyone upgrades to this.

 

[Timestretch]

This hobby has jumped the shark for me....

I can no longer keep up. And the price tags keep climbing. Maybe someone will sell me their HE-6 for cheap after everyone upgrades to this.

  
I don't think it's anything to worry about. I mean we already have $75000 DACs and multi thousand dollar cables, and you can still get good sound without them, so what's the problem with a few multi-thousand dollar headphones existing?

 

[Ron12]

    
I don't think it's anything to worry about. I mean we already have $75000 DACs and multi thousand dollar cables, and you can still get good sound without them, so what's the problem with a few multi-thousand dollar headphones existing?

 
Well, everything under 2000USD will soon to be considered mid-fi or even low-fi... I loved headphone hobby for the simple fact that people could get a taste of so-called 'high-end' for reasonable amount of money (well, more or less reasonable in comparison to average salary AND in comparison to normal pricing in speaker world) + share their experience on forums containing very little elitism. People could reach the high-fidelity experience at home, without disturbing others and without having to worry about surrounding environment.
 
But with prices increasing rapidly and constantly, many people (including myself) will be unable to keep up and have the same high-fidelity experience in the future. For me, owning several flagship headphones (one or two of them simultaneously each time) was and always is a mixed experience - love the fidelity because listening to music is my favourite thing to spend my free time on... but hate the fact I have so much money put into something that can easily stop working and is not something my life truly depends on.
 
Well, I quite answered this for myself... My life does not depend on high-end audiophile gear so I will just move on, I guess. That said, I am questioning myself whether it will indeed be possible to get a good sound without spending multi(tens of)thousand dollars in the future. What if the SQ variability will be much more significant? Maybe you won't be able to get anything but rather crappy sound for 1000USD or so in the future, relatively speaking.