[jerick70]

Just got my Blue on white oak 16ohm update pics.

Congrats! This is the same color I ordered. I can’t wait!

 

[jerick70]

Looks like I have an update on my pair too.

 

[iFi audio]

Just got my Blue on white oak 16ohm update pics.

Yup, as much as I like green, this one gets my vote

 

[HardstyleLoco96]

My build from far away!! Yea baby!!!

This reminds me of when I was waiting for mine, ohhh the excitement hahaha

 

[b0lt 0ns]

Ok so the Tres 45's with some EQ have more sub bass than any other headphone i have including a closed back set that are supposed to excel at bass. if any of you like bass heavy music feel free to give these settings a try. if the 16 ohms supposedly do more bass than these then i can honestly say itll be too much bass (EQed) lol.

 

[HardstyleLoco96]

I think many of you may want to try out these new grills after these pics

 

[Alien HP]

That looks nice. You can also experiment with mixed colors, like blue with yellow

 

[paradoxper]

I think many of you may want to try out these new grills after these pics

This is very cool.

 

[HardstyleLoco96]

Ok so the Tres 45's with some EQ have more sub bass than any other headphone i have including a closed back set that are supposed to excel at bass. if any of you like bass heavy music feel free to give these settings a try. if the 16 ohms supposedly do more bass than these then i can honestly say itll be too much bass (EQed) lol.

Absolutely agree. The 45 ohm Tres has amazing extension and a very enveloping low end without being boomy, muddy or slow. It's fast, extremely clean, amazingly separated between sub and mid bass and amazing amount of texture and detail

 

[HardstyleLoco96]

I've been too busy to properly compare them. I'm quite sure that 45ohm version is more balanced (less forward 1khz and/or more upper midrange). So it's a bit of a departure from that audeze style midrange. 45ohm also has less peaky highs. 45ohm propably has less bass than 16ohm. Not a big deal because bass still has plenty of slam so it does not sound too thin. No limp Ananda type of bass here. I will confirm all that with measurements later. I also plan on writing a full lenght review for a Finnish headphone site ( https://kuulokenurkka.com/ ) and compare 45ohm Tres to 16ohm, sundara and edition XS.

It's been some time and was wondering if you were able to come up with measurements?

 

[jerick70]

I wish I had the equipment to do measurements. Maybe someday. You can always send a pair over to Amir @ Audio Science Review. He'll put them through the ringer......

 

[Roderick]

It's been some time and was wondering if you were able to come up with measurements?

I have not done a thorough testing yet but this is a quick measurement with stock pads in open configuration. It is HEQ compensated so flat line would be quite close to harman target. It's quite perfect except for that 8khz peak which is likely a measurement glitch as I don't find it problematic at all.

Hifiman Edition XS vs. Tres

8khz peak is also there with Edition XS so I would not worry about that with either of the headphones. MiniDSP EARS tends to do wonky things around those frequencies.

 

[HardstyleLoco96]

I have not done a thorough testing yet but this is a quick measurement with stock pads in open configuration. It is HEQ compensated so flat line would be quite close to harman target. It's quite perfect except for that 8khz peak which is likely a measurement glitch as I don't find it problematic at all.

Hifiman Edition XS vs. Tres

8khz peak is also there with Edition XS so I would not worry about that with either of the headphones. MiniDSP EARS tends to do wonky things around those frequencies.

Well damn. It measures very very nicely . Makes me curious how velour and all other pads measure. For sure velour mids will be more forward and the perforated will be the brightest with a roll off in the low end....

Thank you heaps for the measurement

 

[HardstyleLoco96]

Some eye candy for everyone .

Can't wait for the green open grills

 

[Roderick]

Well damn. It measures very very nicely

Indeed. It kind of combines Edition XS bass to Sundara midrange. Going purely by graphs Sundara, early he6's and some Susvaras have best midrange tonality of Hifimans lineup. Tres tuning is very nice..not bright or dark but kind of referencish with a tad of extra body in the mids. Edition XS has slighly more treble but still Tres runs circles around it when it comes to resolution. It's only logical that Edition XS kind of sounds like intentionally gimped Ananda and I do think that on technicalities Tres is closer to Ananda than XS.