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Adorama has HiFiMan HE6 SE V2 Planar Magnetic Headphones (HE6SEV2) on sale for $699. Shipping is free. Thanks iconian

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These need a solid amp to get the best out of them. These also have the latest headband, which is not only much softer, more comfy but does not rely on rubber tension for clamping power, so it should be much more reliable.

It also comes in a new color and box is marked Adorama exclusive
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Did you try to audition them to prove your claim?
I did. I bought HE6 and my friend loaned me LCD4 along with Chord Dave amp(that how he is insane). My headphone amp is Monolith platinum driving all my power hungry cans. My music amp is Yamaha A-S1200. I spend almost month playing with them and than same did my friend as he was interested in HE6 himself.
Bottom line i sold HE6 after all without any regret.
HE6 is very good sounding cans when driven properly, but they no way in same league as LCD4. Sorry, it is what it is. For that price it's definitely good buy if you already own good amp. Otherwise it will open gate for more spending in order to let the sounds right.

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Azrael201
11-20-2020 at 07:42 PM.
11-20-2020 at 07:42 PM.
anyone try the new headband? i'm so tempted
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11-20-2020 at 07:51 PM.
11-20-2020 at 07:51 PM.
I've had the HE6SE and preferred the Verum 1. The HE6SE is a bit more dark for my liking and lacking in sparkle, but both do scale higher with a speaker amp.
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11-21-2020 at 07:55 AM.
11-21-2020 at 07:55 AM.
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When I was in the market for one, all I read was the horror stories about people with the Sundaras, but I couldnt pass up the Sundaras for $275 (no tax) open box directly from hifiman. It has been 3 months and so far so good, I know there is an echo chamber about hifiman with their qc issues but the build quality seems to be equal to my x2hrs.

Thanks for the info. Enjoy your cans!
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8d2s
11-21-2020 at 09:19 AM.
11-21-2020 at 09:19 AM.
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HE6 has huge potential. Depends on how good your AMP are, it can even beat LCD4.

I have the HE-400 and the LCD 2. Not the same as these, but I can say the LCD2 are better. If you got to spend 700, I would go with Audeze first. Schiit Magni and Modi stack, is a great and affordable amp DAC combo.
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MD_Luffy
11-21-2020 at 11:59 AM.
11-21-2020 at 11:59 AM.
Quote from namlook :
The Emotiva Bas-X A100 is Class A/B and provides incredible power output at an affordable price. Will this do the trick?

Power Output (headphone output; direct drive mode)
(requires internal jumper; USE WITH CAUTION):
8 Ohms: 50 watts / channel
33 Ohms: 12 watts / channel
47 Ohms: 8.5 watts / channel
150 Ohms: 2.6 watts / channel
300 Ohms: 1.3 watts / channel
600 Ohms: 0.6 watts / channel

Well, do you connect headphones to the speaker output of the amp?
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nahpungnome
11-21-2020 at 12:11 PM.
11-21-2020 at 12:11 PM.
Quote from MD_Luffy :
Well, do you connect headphones to the speaker output of the amp?

I do with my se v1 to my onkyo m504 using homemade speaker taps.

With the basx you don't have to since you can open it up and set the jumper on the headphone jack to get full power.
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ImNotBob
11-21-2020 at 12:51 PM.
11-21-2020 at 12:51 PM.
Some of the headphones costs hundreds of dollars and for some damn reason they glue the earpads on them as if they were disposable.

I wonder if that is the case with these, if so I'm not interested.

E: Looks like they are replaceable with a new set costing $50 which is not bad at all.
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11-21-2020 at 01:48 PM.
11-21-2020 at 01:48 PM.
Quote from ImNotBob :
Some of the headphones costs hundreds of dollars and for some damn reason they glue the earpads on them as if they were disposable.

I wonder if that is the case with these, if so I'm not interested.

E: Looks like they are replaceable with a new set costing $50 which is not bad at all.
Oh i think you meant earpads
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namlook
11-21-2020 at 02:29 PM.
11-21-2020 at 02:29 PM.
Quote from MD_Luffy :
Well, do you connect headphones to the speaker output of the amp?
There is an internal jumper on the Bas-X A100 that allows the headphone jack to receive the full power of the amp. Using it with the jumper to drive HiFiMan HE560 and Sennheiser HD650.
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ruinedbird9
11-21-2020 at 03:56 PM.
11-21-2020 at 03:56 PM.
Quote from Splash15 :
When I was in the market for one, all I read was the horror stories about people with the Sundaras, but I couldnt pass up the Sundaras for $275 (no tax) open box directly from hifiman. It has been 3 months and so far so good, I know there is an echo chamber about hifiman with their qc issues but the build quality seems to be equal to my x2hrs.

how did you find such nice deal?
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ruinedbird9
11-21-2020 at 03:57 PM.
11-21-2020 at 03:57 PM.
Quote from MD_Luffy :
Well, do you connect headphones to the speaker output of the amp?

just like old time K1000
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volatilepenguin
11-21-2020 at 04:03 PM.
11-21-2020 at 04:03 PM.
Hot take: have played this hifi game many years and figured out that amps and dacs are a solved problem, $100 gets you top tier subjective performance. Fight me

On topic: sundara is hifiman's winner, if I'd go audeze/focal if I were looking to spend more
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CoolBook5288
11-21-2020 at 07:15 PM.
11-21-2020 at 07:15 PM.
Does anybody know how well a THX789 headphone amp will run this set?
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nahpungnome
11-21-2020 at 08:00 PM.
11-21-2020 at 08:00 PM.
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Does anybody know how well a THX789 headphone amp will run this set?

Depends on how loud you listen. My schiit jot is close to the 789 in terms of power and it feels a bit starved for power...
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11-21-2020 at 10:04 PM.
11-21-2020 at 10:04 PM.
Quote from Splash15 :
From what I read they are amazing. I just got the Sundaras so I can't justify buying a new pair of headphones yet...
I am in the exact same position.
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