Some remarks:
Headphones should be comfortable. No word about it. Fit to wear, as first impression, longer listening experience (most HP fail on that short).
Even listening description is so dull vs. the technical part.
I do not see how it can be recommended with a price tag of $1,300.- and still requires EQ. Plenty of that: 10 dB.
EQ for me, is a "BIG NO". EQ of 10 dB is like killing HP Amp's power by a factor of 10. With such a low efficiency: SPL per mW, it is a disaster better to stay away from.
Agree to comfort wise it's a major concern, I have a pretty strong neck and still feels the Hifiman planars to be hefty after long use, definitely not for ladies or guys with a small neck.Some remarks:
Headphones should be comfortable. No word about it. Fit to wear, as first impression, longer listening experience (most HP fail on that short).
Even listening description is so dull vs. the technical part.
I do not see how it can be recommended with a price tag of $1,300.- and still requires EQ. Plenty of that: 10 dB.
EQ for me, is a "BIG NO". EQ of 10 dB is like killing HP Amp's power by a factor of 10. With such a low efficiency: SPL per mW, it is a disaster better to stay away from.
Those look like the stock velours.Are those Beyerdynamic pads on there?
Anyway, pretty good performance, unfortunately many are riced out.
+1Really glad to see this review. Now I really feel smart lol. This is one of my all time favorite headphones. I preferred these over hd800, all stax that I had listened to and owned, and some of the overpriced hard to find headphones like the sony r10 , akg1000 and audio technicas. Yes they do have a slight tilt up high, but that was their only shortcoming for me. That was easy to live with given all of the other attributes they posess. I kept them for years and never thought I would get rid of them. That is until the he1000 came along. They have supplanted the he6 and I have owned them just as long as I owned the he6. That graph shows what I thought I was hearing when I did own them. I loved the extension, mids to die for, and just enough slam and impact to not warrant eq'ing them down low to be enjoyable. And most of all, not a hint of harshness, even with the slight(to me) tilt up high that was still very clean sounding.
Amir vs Jaakkopasanen (measured by InnerFidelity):
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PEQ profile by Amir (from my post #2 above):
Preamp: -5.4 dB
Filter 1: ON LS Fc 60 Hz Gain 5.0 dB Q 1.0
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 2000 Hz Gain 4.0 dB Q 1.5
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 4300 Hz Gain -3.0 dB Q 2.0
Filter 4: ON HS Fc 10000 Hz Gain -3.0 dB Q 1.0
PEQ profile by Jaakkopasanen (measured by InnerFidelity):
Preamp: -5.2 dB
Filter 1: ON PK Fc 17 Hz Gain 3.6 dB Q 0.94
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 52 Hz Gain 2.6 dB Q 0.63
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 2018 Hz Gain 5.3 dB Q 1.81
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 5940 Hz Gain -7.6 dB Q 3.81
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 20018 Hz Gain -9.3 dB Q 0.15
Filter 6: ON PK Fc 959 Hz Gain -1.2 dB Q 3.94
Filter 7: ON PK Fc 3155 Hz Gain -0.4 dB Q 1.67
Filter 8: ON PK Fc 4891 Hz Gain 3.2 dB Q 3.03
Filter 9: ON PK Fc 5546 Hz Gain -3.2 dB Q 7.50
Filter 10: ON PK Fc 8388 Hz Gain -1.8 dB Q 2.70
Oratory1990 didn't measure.
On the other hand the weight would be killing for me.
Agree to comfort wise it's a major concern, I have a pretty strong neck and still feels the Hifiman planars to be hefty after long use, definitely not for ladies or guys with a small neck.
I have a pair of HE6 and there is no way there is a rolloff above 5 kHz as shown in those Jaakkopasanen measurements.