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Feb 12, 2022 at 8:08 AM Post #2,763 of 3,902
Feb 12, 2022 at 11:16 AM Post #2,764 of 3,902
Benno1988 said:
Is there a "go to" pad choice for the V2s? Adueze/Dekoni/ZMF ?
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75% of this thread is discussing pads. I am currently partial to Ori cowhide
 
Feb 12, 2022 at 12:32 PM Post #2,767 of 3,902
Feb 12, 2022 at 1:53 PM Post #2,769 of 3,902
thefitz said:
The final HE-6SEv2 mod involves having bellows built into the earcups so you can fix the drivers without even taking the headphones off!
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The 1860 bellows mod is so passe... My mod is the valve off an inner tube drilled and hot glued into each earcup along with a dial pressure gauge. When I fill the tires I bring the cans with me and just pump...them up! :D
 
Feb 12, 2022 at 7:51 PM Post #2,770 of 3,902
Pads? Since 2012 The 6 & 500 were listener tested on the 4 letter site. I hold with them - best sounstage, best bass and best FR balance top to bottom. I've tested 13 pads on the 500, 6, 6SE, 5LE, (5SE, 4XX - terrible cans both).
 
Feb 12, 2022 at 8:32 PM Post #2,771 of 3,902
Wow! There is so much tinkering and modding-talk going on here that my poor un-modded He6seV2 gets an inferiority complex whenever I visit... Don't get me wrong, I think these efforts to extract the last x% of performance out of these cans demonstrate a fierce passion for the hobby, and an enduring labor of love that are simply riveting, often heroic, and occasionally breathtaking. Hell someone even mentioned doing a pantyhose mod, a detail which positively gave me goosebumps and sent "butterflies" all over my spine, but I won't comment any further...

I'm just here to pay my respects, and then show myself out quickly to save my poor He6sev2 any further blushes of pain and self-hatred ...:):):)

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Feb 12, 2022 at 9:01 PM Post #2,772 of 3,902
The most important modification I made to my pair was connecting them to the speaker taps of a vintage classic monster receiver (140WPC), being fed by the Denafrips Ares II R2R DAC through a small Tube Pre-amp. This was a match made in audiophile paradise. In fact, you couldn't find a more perfect match in a room full of smokers. It may not be a $65K Orpheus, but it's something extra special enough to give a common working audiophile on a budget a little taste of something really nice! Please disregard the RME ADI 2 DAC. That's actually connected to something else.
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Feb 12, 2022 at 10:51 PM Post #2,774 of 3,902
deafenears said:
Nice. That thing looks like it will allow you to bridge the space-time continuum and talk to one's younger parent in the past to purchase an OG HE6 and/or Bitcoins.
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That's exactly right. I call it my teleportation device. When I'm playing Billie Holiday, I am transported there, or she's transported here, but either way, we are together in a shared experience. Music is life, that's why our hearts have beats. And for me, this is as real as it gets. Everything just sounds right.
 
Feb 13, 2022 at 10:35 PM Post #2,775 of 3,902
JoeTho said:
That's exactly right. I call it my teleportation device. When I'm playing Billie Holiday, I am transported there, or she's transported here, but either way, we are together in a shared experience. Music is life, that's why our hearts have beats. And for me, this is as real as it gets. Everything just sounds right.
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Right on!
 
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