[obsidyen]

The **** is this?

Hideous color scheme, but interested in what it sounds like. Here's hoping for an ACTUAL HE400 successor, not the lie that is the 400i. Preferrably something like a planar X2 with the HE400 cavernous reaching bass.

Though honestly, the whole damn lot of HE400 owners present and past have just wanted a new 400 with the same bass, and zero of that nasty treble spike. If they did that, HFM is gonna DOMINATE the $300 bracket. I'd consider selling my X2 if that happened. I only have room for one main headphone, and would love that to be a new 400 successor.

As a Fidelio X2 fan who regrets selling it, I bought this one to try something different. If this doesn't do it for me, I'll go back to Fidelio X2. I also have room for only one over-ear headphone. Fidelio X2 is indeed amazing. I hope this is as good as it is.

 

[jkteddy77]

Thank GOD this is out...
My biggest grief with the HE-400 was it's headband and connectors, with the occasional harsh treble spike.
 
I have the HE-400i's, but they honestly bore me to death. I miss my He-400's signature.
I listen to primarily Metalcore and Deathcore
I don't do warm, and I don't do neutral. I need that V-shape back in my life, and nobody did it as smoothly as the He-400
 
If this is truly He-400 in sound signature and soundstage (he-400i's have such poor soundstage. Great imaging, but they make me feel claustrophobic versus how the He-400 was), I will happily downgrade the the HE-400s and save myself $300 along the way.
 
Keep this thread going, or make a a 400S discussion thread, this is a very interesting product for me.

 

[cocolinho]

I think few he400s were actually available. Hifiman's french distributor has few units in stock only

 

[canthearyou]

Here's to hoping they offer a different color. If it wasn't "silver" I'd have ordered a set.

 

[MattTCG]

Here's to hoping they offer a different color. If it wasn't "silver" I'd have ordered a set.

I'm not a fan of the silver either. Seems that to get the price down to $299 some things had to be compromised. I really liked the paint on the 400i. Very classy and auto quality. In fairness, my hd650 is also plastic and I have no issues with it. I'm assuming that the new 400s is plastic based cups. 
 
If they get the sound right, all is good. 

 

[genclaymore]

Here's to hoping they offer a different color. If it wasn't "silver" I'd have ordered a set.

You could always take the drivers out and paint it a different color. It could be worst it could had been orange, red or lime green.

 

[MattTCG]

I sent an email to customer service asking for an estimated ship date. Will report back once I get a reply. 

 

[gkmackey]

  You could always take the drivers out and paint it a different color. It could be worst it could had been orange, red or lime green.

I agree. I wish they were all black personally, but I can live with the silver. They still look better than the HE-400 IMO.

 

[gkmackey]

  I sent an email to customer service asking for an estimated ship date. Will report back once I get a reply. 

Matt, if you live in GA message me if you get to St Simons Island and we will talk head-fi at Mullet Bay or something.

 

[MattTCG]

 
Matt, if you live in GA message me if you get to St Simons Island and we will talk head-fi at Mullet Bay or something.

 
Cool. I hear there's some good golf over that way. Next time I plan a golf trip, I'll bring my hp gear along

 

[florence]

They definitely look better than HE400!

 

[gkmackey]

Plenty golf. Davis Love lll lives here as well as Matt Kucher. You know what they say about golf? Golf is a good walk spoiled. )

 

[canthearyou]

You could always take the drivers out and paint it a different color. It could be worst it could had been orange, red or lime green.

So true.

 

[MattTCG]

  Plenty golf. Davis Love lll lives here as well as Matt Kucher. You know what they say about golf? Golf is a good walk spoiled. )

 
Only people who are no good at golf say that. 

 

 

[MarcelE]

For the silver, I think we can only judge when we see it in real life.
It's not the silver that I don't like but it seems like some sort of (hard) plastic or something, it doesn't look like
a sturdy headphone, but I may be wrong. The sound is the most important.
Waiting for the reviews to come in, then decide if it's something for me, as I need a new headphone
within a month (ZMF Omni on the radar as well or anything around euro 500).