Cahudson42
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Yes. It does. The HE4XX has a single side of magnets, on the outside of the diaphragm.. The HE5XX has double -sided magnets, on each side - inside and out - of the diaphragm. The audible result - has been debated ad nauseum.Does the HE5XX differ much in driver technology to the HE4XX (HE400i)? If it has a different driver technology then that might be interesting,
The double -sided do appear to be the approach HFM started with , with the HE6 etc
Here is the HFM 'evolution tree':
https://hifiman.com/evo-fhp/tree.html#id_0
The right branch, double sided. The middle, double but asymmetric. The left, single-sided.
Note the $6000 Susvara is part of the double-sided. As is the Ananda, and Arya.
Well worth digging into the differences.
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