[chillaxing]

 
You just saved me...time and money

 
Glad to be a guinea pig of a assistant to you. 
 
But wait... burn in hasn't set in yet.... 2hrs of hard tuning wasn't enough.  I need at least 400,000 hrs of burn in before this thing really set in.   Sorry, had to do it.  LOL
 
Yeah maybe a pad change,  I mean these things do rumble and thump.  I need more tuning time, need to find its limits

Try the HE400 with a speaker amplifier, preferably vintage with a giant power supply tone controls and a loudness switch.

I've ended up with half a dozen vintage amps just experimenting with the Hifimans and the best one is an Onkyo which has a power supply bigger than my PCs in dimensions and pushes 800w to make 110w/ch stereo, has bass and treble controls along with the loudness button and some smashing VU meters.

 
 

 
 
Must...have...more...knobs and switches...OCD not satisfied yet....
 
Dual mono on this big heavy ass bitch.  Heavy as ****

 

[gikigill]

 
My full setup including the DAC,Amp and the HE-6 and the HE400.
 
The Bottlehead SEX complements the HE400 really well as its much less power hungry and happily runs off the SEX.

 

[Hawaiibadboy]

 
 
My full setup including the DAC,Amp and the HE-6 and the HE400.
 
The Bottlehead SEX complements the HE400 really well as its much less power hungry and happily runs off the SEX.

 
 

 
Got the pic of the other rig in the BG
 
Full Aussie version of ...COME AT ME BRU!!

 

[gikigill]

POST EDITED: Yeah I,m an idiot

 

[gikigill]

   
 

 
Got the pic of the other rig in the BG
 
Full Aussie version of ...COME AT ME BRU!!

Wait till I show my full collection.................

 

[chillaxing]

hahaha  wasn't even trying to flex at you...

 

[chillaxing]

 
Wait till I show my full collection.................

 
 
Nah, i'm coo, NO MAS!!!

 

[gikigill]

BTW I,m looking at the VU meters on the Onkyo with the Rooftop- Eric Kupper Club Remix playing, bass set at 4. volume at
 
10/40 and the ifi acting as the DAC and the HE-400 is constantly hitting the 7-10W mark on the meters which indicates that
 
even the HE400 can take some serious power and not a hint of distortion in the bass.
 
So anyone looking to get the HE400, save your money and buy a vintage receiver.
 
You can probably pick one in great condition for about $200 and service it for about $100 more and it also runs your speakers

.
 
 
PS: Going past the 10W mark CONTINUOUSLY on the Armin and Nadia Ali track Feels so Good.
 
 
https://open.spotify.com/track/1PBE8qas7XxnASAvNcs4eB

 

[chillaxing]

  BTW I,m looking at the VU meters on the Onkyo with the Rooftop- Eric Kupper Club Remix playing, bass set at 4. volume at
 
10/40 and the ifi acting as the DAC and the HE-400 is constantly hitting the 7-10W mark on the meters which indicates that
 
even the HE400 can take some serious power and not a hint of distortion in the bass.
 
So anyone looking to get the HE400, save your money and buy a vintage receiver.
 
You can probably pick one in great condition for about $200 and service it for about $100 more and it also runs your speakers

.
 
 
PS: Going past the 10W mark CONTINUOUSLY on the Armin and Nadia Ali track Feels so Good.
 
 
https://open.spotify.com/track/1PBE8qas7XxnASAvNcs4eB

 
 
so you guys using straight out of the tap with no resistors in between?
 
Been using it from the headphone jack with high gain.  I think theres at least a 250ohm in there and its already pretty powerful.

 

[gikigill]

The HE400 runs off both but the HE-6 demands more power than the headphone jack can provide.
 
Instead of resistors I use the volume on my DAC and the Amp to control the output on the amp for the HE-6 and the HE-6 can soak up a lot of  direct power.

 

[Fearless1]

I run the 400i/400 tapped with a resistor, they come alive as compared to out of the headphone jack of my vintage receivers.

 

[HiyakeIchirou]

I guess I had the wrong impression about Hifiman gear!

Now the question is HF-400/HF-6 or SZ... or th-X00...

Don't think you'll want the HFs if you're bringing them out, my SZs already stand out when I bring them out...

 

[obsidyen]

This track has good bass, bassheads...
 
 

 

[vapman]

Don't think you'll want the HFs if you're bringing them out, my SZs already stand out when I bring them out...

I have some SZ's on the way, yeah. My wife accidentally spoiled what my xmas present was
 
Still would grab some HF's to see what they're all about but if the SZ's are where the bass is, I'll be happy.

 

[HiyakeIchirou]

I have some SZ's on the way, yeah. My wife accidentally spoiled what my xmas present was

Still would grab some HF's to see what they're all about but if the SZ's are where the bass is, I'll be happy.

Yeah slap on some 55x pads and you're good to go. From what I know about the HF they're nice headphones but not something you would bring out of the house.