My HE-4XX came in today. After 2 hours, some EQ, and some sheepskin pads, I'm decently impressed. From my LG V30 they wouldn't get very loud but I could hear they had a little something I might like. I plugged them up to my SDAC/Magni 3 and that was much better. They went up to a good listening level and the HE-4XX had some soul to them so I fired up EqualizerAPO and played a bit. I still felt they needed a little something. I used the extra pad mounting rings to put on some Brainwavz sheepskin pads and it all came together sound and comfort wise. These are now mini HE-560's imo. They have better bass, slightly less lush in the mids, and better highs with no sibilance even when pushed. The HE-4XX are $170 new on Massdrop and sheepskin pads are $40 at their sale price, making the total package cost $210. You can get a used set of M1060's for $180 to $220 all day long and I'd go that route at that price. However if you can find the HE-4XX used like I did and happen to already have some sheepskin pads sitting around, then this a a very nice budget entry into some good planar sound. Maybe even a better choice than the T-X0/T50rp.
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