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Nice try at trolling. I won a pair of AirPod Max. Amazing headphones and seamless to use, I love them. They sound good but compared to my modded monoprice M1060, they can't sustain the fight especially for precision. This headphone is in another league that my cheap monoprice so I seriously doubt the AirPod max has a chance. The only way it would win is if you like the AirPod sound signature and overlook pure performance
This doesn't maximize what the HE6se is capable of but they drive them pretty well if you install the jumpers to give the full power to the headphone jack. And if you also have some easier to drive headphones like the HD650/600 (or HD6XX) they will sound fantastic with the BasX.
A step up from that is the Monolith Liquid Platinum on sale right now for $499 (usually $799)
This headphone amp has a ton of power and I'd expect HE6se to sound great with this amp. I personally haven't heard this one but it has some really good reviews.
Last edited by namlook February 27, 2021 at 04:03 PM.
Nice try at trolling. I won a pair of AirPod Max. Amazing headphones and seamless to use, I love them. They sound good but compared to my modded monoprice M1060, they can't sustain the fight especially for precision. This headphone is in another league that my cheap monoprice so I seriously doubt the AirPod max has a chance. The only way it would win is if you like the AirPod sound signature and overlook pure performance
What mods? Not familiar with what can be nodded on headphones.
this is a pretty high end headphone, to the point where you're starting to get diminishing returns. there's a lot of good offerings now for under $400 so make sure you actually want to spend the extra dime on this model.
Good headphone need to go with high data rate quality sound or music. If you just use your headphone to watch youtube, $25 headphone works fine for me.
This is correct. Anyone downvoting has not tried AirPods Max with a true Audiophile setup.
Give them a listen with the highest quality music available, expensive DACs/amps/software, and that POS overpriced apple cable.. You won't find better audio quality for under $800
Tested the Airpods Max with different combinations and honestly, it's far to clinical sounding. Not bright. Clinical. They lack depth. Everything feels squeezed into a small soundstage and then forced through. I compared them against popular and acclaimed offerings from drop (hd6xx & k7xx) and they did well in this price bracket, but costing more than twice the price, they are an insanely hard sell. Compared to serious cans (lcd2, dt1990, dan Clark aeon) Apple simply isnt in the same conversation.
This doesn't maximize what the HE6se is capable of but they drive them pretty well if you install the jumpers to give the full power to the headphone jack. And if you also have some easier to drive headphones like the HD650/600 (or HD6XX) they will sound fantastic with the BasX.
A step up from that is the Monolith Liquid Platinum on sale right now for $499 (usually $799)
This headphone amp has a ton of power and I'd expect HE6se to sound great with this amp. I personally haven't heard this one but it has some really good reviews.
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$229 for reasonably good sound : BasX A-100 Stereo Flex Amplifier [emotiva.com]
This doesn't maximize what the HE6se is capable of but they drive them pretty well if you install the jumpers to give the full power to the headphone jack. And if you also have some easier to drive headphones like the HD650/600 (or HD6XX) they will sound fantastic with the BasX.
A step up from that is the Monolith Liquid Platinum on sale right now for $499 (usually $799)
Monolith by Monoprice Liquid Platinum Balanced Headphone Amplifier [monoprice.com]
Not a huge dramatic sonic difference from the BasX but you can definitely hear the difference.
Another step up but still within a budget (under $1000) is the Flux FA-10 and it should make the HE6se really shine at $749 (plus $100 shipping)
FA-10 Class-A Headphone Amplifier [fluxlab-acoustics.com]
This headphone amp has a ton of power and I'd expect HE6se to sound great with this amp. I personally haven't heard this one but it has some really good reviews.
Need a amp for this. Preferably made in USA, was trying to do a whole "made in usa" setup but already bought these and I have a mojo.
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Give them a listen with the highest quality music available, expensive DACs/amps/software, and that POS overpriced apple cable.. You won't find better audio quality for under $800
$229 for reasonably good sound : BasX A-100 Stereo Flex Amplifier [emotiva.com]
This doesn't maximize what the HE6se is capable of but they drive them pretty well if you install the jumpers to give the full power to the headphone jack. And if you also have some easier to drive headphones like the HD650/600 (or HD6XX) they will sound fantastic with the BasX.
A step up from that is the Monolith Liquid Platinum on sale right now for $499 (usually $799)
Monolith by Monoprice Liquid Platinum Balanced Headphone Amplifier [monoprice.com]
Not a huge dramatic sonic difference from the BasX but you can definitely hear the difference.
Another step up but still within a budget (under $1000) is the Flux FA-10 and it should make the HE6se really shine at $749 (plus $100 shipping)
FA-10 Class-A Headphone Amplifier [fluxlab-acoustics.com]
This headphone amp has a ton of power and I'd expect HE6se to sound great with this amp. I personally haven't heard this one but it has some really good reviews.