[Nickapalooza86]

About 90% of what I listen to is Grateful Dead concerts... So here is how my headphones rank for that✌

1. Monoprice m1060
2. Philips Fidelio L2
3. Sennheiser HD598
4. AudioMX HS-5S
5. Philips SHP9500s
6. AKG 240
7. Sennheiser HD 280

I'm looking into getting either the Beyerdynamic 1990 or Amiron Home next... May just try the 990 before those I don't know.

 

[Fasterball]

1. He-400i
2. AD900x (recabled and detachable cable mods) <-- these are super close to #1.
3. He-350

 

[FastAndClean]

1. He-400i
2. AD900x (recabled and detachable cable mods) <-- these are super close to #1.
3. He-350

i have he350 as well, i use them when i want to drill a hole in my head with treble

 

[SHAMuuu]

i have he350 as well, i use them when i want to drill a hole in my head with treble

Is there no way to tame/mod those ? They seem to go for 50-99 US in classifieds, which seems like peanuts for a Hifiman. Curious, but at same time don't need sidegrades (which pile up) ... in the closet.

 

[FastAndClean]

Is there no way to tame/mod those ? They seem to go for 50-99 US in classifieds, which seems like peanuts for a Hifiman. Curious, but at same time don't need sidegrades (which pile up) ... in the closet.

i like them the way they are, with high quality recordings with acoustic and vocal music they are great, the acoustic guitar sound crispy and just awesome
but with poor quality recordings or electronic music with a lot of treble they literally are trying to kill you, take no prisoners approach
you can see how to mod them here - https://diyaudioheaven.wordpress.com/headphones/measurements/hifiman/he350/

 

[cskippy]

Is there no way to tame/mod those ? They seem to go for 50-99 US in classifieds, which seems like peanuts for a Hifiman. Curious, but at same time don't need sidegrades (which pile up) ... in the closet.

Remember that the HE-350 is a dynamic headphone NOT planar which is why they cost less. Not in the same league as their other headphones.

 

[FastAndClean]

i cant use them more than 10 min, but i got them for the headband just in case something happens to my HE500

 

[Fasterball]

Yeah take the little felt sticker off of the drivers and get angled brainwavs and they sound great for their price range. I personally would just go with the AD900x by that point however.

 

[richard51]

well...

number 1 : AKG K 340 (with mods.) the legendary first hibryd headphone with 2 cellullars driver a dynamic +electret like old stax... The only defect of this headphone was the lack of damping adequate material inside, and the imperfect material design of this complex headphone,then the sometimes so different and often contradictory reviews, or sometimes the insatisfaction with it.... Rightly damped, with a good speaker ss amplifier, or tube amp, this headphone kill all headphones under one thousand probably...They sound with a mid frequencies to die for, and a holographic, natural imaging power that makes many so called good headphone almost trash for me...Dont buy the hype,buy vintage is my audio motto...

number x: any of my other headphones in the order you prefer, Hifiman he 400, Beyerdynamic dt 150, Stax SR-5, Stax lambda nova...

The Akg k 340 is so good that it is difficult to listen to the others... It is not the absolute better headphone in the world for sure, but with is used price of 200 bucks, i smile at many thousand dollars headphones, they are better yes but with not a so great margin trust me...

 

[arielext]

I'll always keep my pair of K240 sextett and K340s. They are the magic I compare the other stuff to.
Not the best, the magic for sure!

 

[richard51]

I'll always keep my pair of K240 sextett and K340s. They are the magic I compare the other stuff to.
Not the best, the magic for sure!

You speak few words but better than me.... exactly what i think: « Not the best, the magic for sure»

best regards

 

[arielext]

Lets rank em again
1) Sennheiser HE60
2) Hifiman Edition X v2
3) Beyerdynamic Amiron home
4) Westone UM pro 30
5) AKG K712
6) AKG K240 Sextett
7) AKG K340
8) Beyerdynamic DT770 pro 16 ohm

 

[endgame]

1) HEK 1000 V2
2) Senn 800S
3) PSB M4U1
4) Senn 598

 

[endgame]

Lets rank em again
1) Sennheiser HE60
2) Hifiman Edition X v2
3) Beyerdynamic Amiron home
4) Westone UM pro 30
5) AKG K712
6) AKG K240 Sextett
7) AKG K340
8) Beyerdynamic DT770 pro 16 ohm

Man I really want to hear the HEX V2 side by side against the HEK V2.

 

[SHAMuuu]

Man I really want to hear the HEX V2 side by side against the HEK V2.

I got to hear the HEXv2 and thought wow this is perfect....until the HEKv2. That HEKv2 was hooked to classic remix Pathos model IIRC, and my eyes almost fell out of socket. Quite an expensive pairing though . The HEXv2 was on Pathos .... it was a lower model.... Aurium IIRC ... but to me they were both amazing. But I could not unhear the HEKv2. It was perfectly musical/graceful for my ears. I saw Susvara but they wouldn't hook it up. awww shucks ! .. It looked real purrrdyyy but the audio tech person said it was a step up, which didn't surprise me.