[doctorjazz]

I recently got the Norne Zoetic cable, but the only balanced source I have now is the Pono (waiting on a Liquid Carbon, a few weeks longer hopefully), so have a few adaptors to use single ended (with Ray Samuels HR-2 and MicroZOTL 2), combo with the Pono balanced is really great sounding, as I've ranted and raved here previously (though my best set up so far, LP12 turntable, Pro-Ject Phono stage, MicroZOTL2, Zoetic into HEK, almost had my brother in law (who thinks I'm a lunatic, with some justification, lol) ready to buy the HEK (then he realized he was listening to a whole chain of gear, figured about the expense involved, and came to his senses). Not so great ergonomically, though, to sit I stretch the cable about add far as it goes. One big sneeze and the ZOTL goes flying!

 

[hop ham]

  mmm......question: has anyone tried the Cardas Clear or Nordost Hemdall 2 or Wywires Red with the he1k, balanced? Considering getting one. TIA.

I've only had the Wywires Red (balanced) for a week and it has about 50 hours on them. The low Y-split of the stock cable bothered me after a while, getting snagged on my lounge chair. The stock cable sound more sparkly and airy to me. The Reds bring out the bass more and sound slightly thicker and more energetic without missing any details of the stock cable. More hours can change what I think but so far I like the Reds. 

 

[moshen]

Most concise and to the point review of the HE-1000 yet.
 
http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2015/07/hifiman-he-1000-headphones-review/

 

[doctorjazz]

It was concise, but, not being a gamer, I had to then find out what Oculus Rift was...

 

[matthewhypolite]

  Most concise and to the point review of the HE-1000 yet.
 
http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2015/07/hifiman-he-1000-headphones-review/

ROFL, brilliant review.

 

[moshen]

It was concise, but, not being a gamer, I had to then find out what Oculus Rift was...

It was especially funny to me because that was the exact same metaphor I was thinking of when I use the HE-1000. Something about the 3d soundstage..

 

[icebear]

Currently only showing dots, no text :
Do you have to subscribe to see his reviews?
 

HiFiMAN HE-1000 headphones review

John H. Darko 31.07.2015

The HE-1000 headphones (US$3000) are to music what the Oculus Rift is to computer gaming.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

 

[moshen]

That was the review.

 

[TonyNewman]

  That was the review.

 
I think he liked it

 

[Wildcatsare1]

Has anyone here listened to the HE-1000 through both balanced and singled ended connections? I just received my rental HE-1K today, and wanted to compare it to my balanced LCD-X, but it only came with a single ended cable. Just wanted to know if there was a huge, or subtle, difference. Setup is in my sig. Thanks in advance.

I strongly preferred the balanced out on my Taurus Mk.2, improved soundstage and even better tone than SE (which was very good). Would love to try them with Norne Audio's latest pure silver cable!!!

 

[miceblue]

I've written my formal impressions of the HE1000 here.
http://www.head-fi.org/t/767883/official-hifiman-he1000-impressions-thread/1245#post_11805144

 

[sathyam]

I've written my formal impressions of the HE1000 here.
http://www.head-fi.org/t/767883/official-hifiman-he1000-impressions-thread/1245#post_11805144

 
This is a great review of an amazing headphone!

 

[DreamKing]

  Most concise and to the point review of the HE-1000 yet.
 
http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2015/07/hifiman-he-1000-headphones-review/

 
Is he a professional? He seems to want to sell these to people but the analogy doesn't work if he wants to be concise (unless the HE-1000 has head tracking technology unknown to even the makers). Also funny is that the Oculus Rift, for what it does, will be about a tenth of the HE-1000's price when it comes out and will have virtually no competition -- except if Sony comes out with their Morpheus at the same time, but that's one potential competitor that will support one video game console only. 

 

[alpha80]

It's a funny review.
They are very nice headphones.
Not wirth 3k, but definitely half that.
But I think the reviewer may be coming from a background, where many headphones he has used prior, are rather underwhelming models ?  Not the type of awesome mid-fi stuff we laud here on Head-Fi ?

 

[the8o88y]

   

I find it a bit strange that they don’t include all cables. Did they inform of this in advance and how much do it cost totally to rent the HEK from them?

 
Yes, they only send a 1/4 single ended cable unless you specifically ask for a 4-pin XLR (I forgot this time around), and occasionally the option isn't available, depending on the headphone. Any headphone rented from thecableco.com costs 5% of its retail price. The HEK was $150 to rent, with round trip shipping, $177.