[sonicaudio]

It is at the moment since I have to buy the 400S at $300 USD on Amazon which is ~$400 AUD and then pay for international shipping as I don't know of any australian stores that stock them yet. I can get the hd 600 for $320 AUD and pick it up, no delivery required.

My friend had only received them within the week that I auditioned them so I'd have to imagine they weren't burned in much at all.

I bought the he-400s from minidisc in Sydney a few weeks ago. I thought the price was competitive given the current us/au exchange rate.

 

[Aegruin]

I couldn't find any information about the stock cable which they are using and decided to ask Hifiman. They said wires are 6N OCC Silver-Coated Copper.
 
It is a pure, good quality material but it can be improved by using pure coppers without silver coating. Unfortunately I can't make the cable and write my opinions before February 2016 because of some school reasons. 

 

[john57]

Hmm, one of a rare times hearing that silver coating is a bad idea.

 

[Dudco]

Just finished page #35 of these thread. Still cannot find any comparison of the old He-400 with new He-400S. What do you personally prefer if you have necessary amp and there is no difference in price.
Thank you

 

[Aegruin]

  Hmm, one of a rare times hearing that silver coating is a bad idea.

People says silver coating makes sound worse but more durable. Cyro treated teflon coated pure coppers has better sound according to some... people...
 
I'm generally making Silver-Gold Litz interconnects and I know what silver or gold sounds like and I can compare them easily. Copper or Silver coated Copper is too cheap for interconnect. I didn't make any copper cable or compare them. I mean if I'm wrong please warn me. I really don't want to misdirect people.

 

[sheldaze]

  Just finished page #35 of these thread. Still cannot find any comparison of the old He-400 with new He-400S. What do you personally prefer if you have necessary amp and there is no difference in price.
Thank you

The new HE-400S is an excellent headphone, definitely worth the cost, with high comfort and good sound.
 
From reading this thread, apparently the HE-400 had excellent bass, with perhaps some other parts of the spectrum (of sound) not quite as polished. As a starting point headphone, I would highly recommend the new HE-400S!

 

[raybone0566]

Just finished page #35 of these thread. Still cannot find any comparison of the old He-400 with new He-400S. What do you personally prefer if you have necessary amp and there is no difference in price.
Thank you

Actually the original he-400 sells for $249.00 on Amazon. I own both and find the "S" version is a more enjoyable phone. I prefer the bass of the original though.

 

[conquerator2]

I am really liking the lower mids of this headphone 

Make for nice grudgy guitars 

 

[skeames1214]

Aight, 500 bucks spent for a schiit magni/modi stack and the 400s. Everything comes in Monday. Pretty excited. Anything else I'll need? Cables or whatever?

 

[john57]

Actually the original he-400 sells for $249.00 on Amazon. I own both and find the "S" version is a more enjoyable phone. I prefer the bass of the original though.

Same here, I switch the pads on the HE400 and it sounded much better more closely to the 400S treble with extra bass. The 400S still a more enjoyable headphone.

 

[Aegruin]

Aight, 500 bucks spent for a schiit magni/modi stack and the 400s. Everything comes in Monday. Pretty excited. Anything else I'll need? Cables or whatever?

You'll need RCA interconnects and USB A to B cable. I'm using Gold+Silver+Copper for interconnect but I would reccomend Gold+Silver for this setup. I'm considering changing it. Gold+Silver cables highlights the clarity of mids and treble.
 
Or if you want to improve bass, you can buy pure copper RCA's. They are cheaper and good for bass.

 

[skeames1214]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00OZDCMJA/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?qid=1440021310&sr=8-5&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70&keywords=Rca+interconnect&dpPl=1&dpID=41Sc%2BBrLwNL&ref=plSrch How do these look?

 

[Aegruin]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00OZDCMJA/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?qid=1440021310&sr=8-5&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70&keywords=Rca+interconnect&dpPl=1&dpID=41Sc%2BBrLwNL&ref=plSrch How do these look?

They wrote about the plug they are using but they didn't mention the material of the cable. Neutrik Ryan has good plugs but like I said they didn't mention about the cable. But I don't think you can find a better one for this price. In USA craftwork is too expensive.

 

[Gino]

I initially used Schiit Pyst cables for my Asgard 1. Found the sound to be thin. I had Analysis Plus Oval build me short silver cables. Same cable they use on their iPod cable. Better sounding, much more airy.

 

[rfan8312]

Wow looking forward to this even more now. After seeing the mention of great lower mods and grudgy guitars.

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