How I cured my sterile hankering after the He-6 and learnt to love what I have, or can get:
A few weeks ago, I made the following post to complain about how the rave reviews of the He-1000 have killed my interest in the He-560 I had previously planned to get :
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I was also set on buying the He-560, which I have not even heard, but I had decided on the strength of the reviews alone... I've been biding my time for almost a year now, waiting for the right moment to pull the trigger... And then the he-1000 happened! Now reading these rave reviews and impressions of the He-1000 has totally slaughtered my interest in the He-560, to the point where my trigger finger has gone completely comatose on it, even though, and once again, I have heard neither of these two cans personally ... What I know for sure is that if I were to get the He-560 now, not a day would pass without me thinking about the He-1000, and wondering "what might have been." And that, simply, is not a great way to enjoy cans one has newly bought, so why even bother... Hell, I recently had a couple of great chances to buy a Beyerdynamic T1 at incredibly discounted prices, and I passed on both for the same reasons (i.e. they're just not the He-1000).
Now here's the other part of this little sad drama... The he 1000 is way over my head, budget-wise, so out of my league that I would have to spend another year or so saving up before I can get it, even if I decide to buy it used... So my loss of interest in the He-560 has left me in a sort of limbo... I am not necessarily without cans -- I have got some so-called "mid-fi" cans: the Hifiman He-500, and a ton of Sennheisers, including the hd700 and the hd600 in my stable, and while they do a fine job when needed, I have worked up so much enthusiasm in past year about getting new summit-fi cans this Summer, that going back to them empty-handed (without something new) feels rather disappointing and anticlimactic.
In short, reading about the He-1000 has left me in a sour state of mind, although it normally shouldn't ... I'm just venting for now, I'm sure this moment will pass... In the meantime, I wish I could heed the wisdom in the old saying : "be content with what you've got." Unfortunately, I just can't... so that is where things stand for now...
Well, it just so happens that I have found 2 killer deals on 2 other Summit-fi headphones I could not pass up: an He-6 and a Beyerdynamic T1, both very very close to new (as in used for 10 hours or less in each case, and still smelling new and fresh out of the box)... Since then, I have ordered a couple of amps: the Audiogd NFB1 amp, which arrived just yesterday and has laid any anxieties I had about properly driving the He-6 to rest, and a Cavalli Liquid Carbon, which is yet to be shipped.
Yes, it has been an unintended splurge that was started by my hankering after a Summit-fi can for my stable, and the He-6/T1 which unexpectedly came my way, but at the right time. The best part though is that I have been able to cover the expenses for both cans, and the two excellent headphone amps I have mentioned, and budget wise, I am still at $500 less of what it might have cost me to get the He-1000 alone. What a lesson about hunting for great value, huh? Well, coming away from these 4 unplanned purchases still richer by $500 than I would have been had I decided to spring for the He-1000 has done wonders for my sterile hankering after that unit, not to mention my emotional balance.
Well, I still remain curious about the He-1000, and hope I might get the opportunity to audition one in the near future, if I am lucky enough to run across an owner, or attend a meet, but all of that can wait. For now, I am quite thrilled to say that since my my He6 and T1 arrived, and ever since I heard the excellent synergy between the He-6 and the NFB1 amp, the sadness and the attack of "audiophilia nervosa" that inspired the passage I have quoted above, are both a distant memory.
In case you're wondering, none of this is meant as a knock against the He-1000 per se, which still seems to represent, from everything I have heard, an excellent piece of craftsmanship, probably unrivaled in the world of planars. I could be saying something about its value, though, but I really wouldn't know, since I have still neither seen one, nor heard one for myself.
I am just glad to have my recent frustration now "cured." Okay, with all that said, let me run off before I begin to sound like someone at a group therapy meeting
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