Got a pair of these a few days ago, the non-Stealth ones, 25 ohm, from AliExpress for just under £60 inc. taxes. The Stealth Magnet ones would have been £100 or so, but of course since getting the non-Stealth ones I'm wondering whether I should have gone for Stealth!
Anyway, I'm delighted with them and think they sound fantastic. Effectively they are to replace a pair of AKG K702s I have, which, while being undoubtedly impressive in many ways, I have found myself not enjoying listening to as much as I might, for reasons I've never been able to put my finger on. I've played around with equalization on them, but somehow the sound always proves maybe a little fatiguing. To me the Hifimans sound more 'musical' (yes, I know that's a rather meaningless term in this context). 80%-90% of the music I listen to is classical, which has its own special requirements.
I'm listening to them via a Fiio KA11 dongle with my Android phone (listening mainly to Spotify Premium). I very rarely go above 65-70% on the Android volume control, even when using Oratory's EQ (with PowerAmp Equalizer), so I'm wondering whether I do in fact need any more amplifier power than the KA11 provides, although everybody talks about these headphones needing serious amplification. The specs are: 245mW@16Ω. 200mW@32Ω.
What do people think? Will I get a benefit from more amplification? In which case is there a dongle or other easily portable option I can go for which has similarly excellent price/performance ratio?