[damianmb]

Hello guys,

I have these open headphones and wanna know your opinions about keepers. I do listen to music and nothing professional. I'm mostly feeding them from a Burson HA-160D, Dac sometimes switched to a Dacport LX (sound gets cleaner) and occasionally from my mac on a DragonFly Red.

1. Shure SRH-1840: These are the flatter ones and also the most boring
2. AKG K7XX: Great soundstage but they might be on the muddy side
3. HD6XX: Very musical and grainy sound, no sparkle at all seem the most rounded of the bunch and even with the burson it does sound a little veiled/analog. Not sure if I even need more amp than this.
4. HE4XX: More sparkle than the HD6XX, faster.. easier to drive, questionable build quality.

I do consider end game headphones something like the HE-1000 v1, which I listened through a Hugo TT and I was like .

I don't spend as much lately with open headphones and I just bought CA Andromedas for my on the go... had a lot of trouble finding good closed cans with an open sound, I guess that would be HD820 but they are insanely expensive and also I don't think they are much for on the go.

Which one do you think is the keeper of both? I'm inclining towards the HD6XX even when I travel and stay in hotels (which is A LOT nowadays).

 

[Cruelhand Luke]

First thing you need to do is send me the HE4xx, I will tell you what the next step is once they arrive.

 

[smallcaps]

HD6xx for its field serviceability, as well as scalabity with various hardware. HE4xx close second for just how much of a deal it is. I don't want to remember how much I paid for a new HE400 back in the day. The HE4xx is a steal for what you get.

 

[Bern2]

If the HE-1000 v1 is where you want to end up...I'd just go for it. My 2 cents. Otherwise you end up with a bunch of headphones you rarely use and have to end up selling or just watching them collect dust.

Bern

 

[Rhamnetin]

If the HE-1000 v1 is where you want to end up...I'd just go for it. My 2 cents. Otherwise you end up with a bunch of headphones you rarely use and have to end up selling or just watching them collect dust.

Bern

Yup, sell all of those and pick up a used one for $1100 - 1300.

Otherwise, sell the ones you like less. That's all we can say, since we all have different tastes. I'd sell all of those.

 

[damianmb]

Yup, sell all of those and pick up a used one for $1100 - 1300.

Otherwise, sell the ones you like less. That's all we can say, since we all have different tastes. I'd sell all of those.

Yes, agree.. I could have bought a display model but I saw 1) Cracked veneer 2) the headphone connector was not working properly on one side, when moving you could hear cuts....

So I guess the v2 addresses those, but at 3k I think it's, is just insane... beside, I get to enjoy open designs less and less nowadays.... :/

 

[Monsterzero]

1) Cracked veneer 2) the headphone connector was not working properly on one side, when moving you could hear cuts

On a HiFiMan headphone?!? Impossible!!!

 

[Bern2]

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/wts-hifiman-he-1000-v1.883698/