Submitted by staybythebay t3_11bz7ht in headphones
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RadioactiveHalfRhyme t1_ja1i5vg wrote
"They kind of hurt" doesn't inspire a lot of confidence! Could you tell if the treble was uniformly bright, like on the HE1000? Or did there seem to be any narrow peaks?
staybythebay OP t1_ja1k1wz wrote
I think uniformly bright. But it was hard to tell if it was shoutiness in the midrange or spiciness in the treble
RadioactiveHalfRhyme t1_ja1s4qt wrote
That may well be on brand for the egg-shaped stealths, then. I've only tried the non-stealth Arya and HE1000 V2 myself, which I don't find grating in the slightest. (Although I'm sure some people do.) But the HE1000SE is reportedly a fair amount spicier.
kyoroy t1_ja0z4cq wrote
wtf does egg sound sound like
PlotTwistItWasMe t1_ja13le2 wrote
It has a bit of an omelette texture
ChutneyRiggins t1_ja17f8q wrote
Mayonnaise smooth mids and soufflé treble
pokvin t1_ja1wlz1 wrote
great now you made me hungry
staybythebay OP t1_ja1jtac wrote
large stage, weak dynamics, fast transients
LuckyUser777 t1_ja1jdry wrote
I'm sure there's a yolk here about listening to your favorite albumen with them....
YourMother0HP t1_ja17nce wrote
Eggy
wine-o-saur t1_ja32v03 wrote
Big mid hump, treble rolled off all the way round to the bass.
kyoroy t1_ja7ihty wrote
this makes sense
reallyoldcob t1_ja0qfzy wrote
these are the ugliest headphones I saw at CanJam
matefeedkillrepeat_8 t1_ja0t3i2 wrote
Orange wood and brown padding 🤮
Lego_Hippo t1_ja1fa9a wrote
The 1970s special 😎
Miserable-Novel4078 t1_ja2r7rs wrote
Well they do have a track record of shamelessly (and I mean that in the truest sense of the word) ripping off old designs… “neither an homage nor a collaboration… the patents are expired”
spwyll t1_ja28f25 wrote
Probably an "anti-theft" measure.
AntOk463 t1_ja2abck wrote
Maybe is just this picture, the renders didn't look this bad.
SkyrimElf t1_ja58ak1 wrote
I had the DEVA and while they sounded ok I had to get rid of them for being too ugly. Hifiman loves awful colors
thms0 t1_ja30i0p wrote
Well we all are ok wearing massive, sometimes 1+kg headphones.
That plus we accepted the Verums' look.
HeavyCn t1_ja1ajtd wrote
They really need to stop with those catheter tube cables.
No-Context5479 t1_ja1awr7 wrote
So many less than $2000 Closed Backs that will whip that ugly omelette's ass
Xareh t1_ja0slea wrote
Did you get to try them on just the EF400 or the EF600?
staybythebay OP t1_ja0uvd8 wrote
EF400. Funnily enough I remember thinking it was odd that turning it up all the way didn't even get them that loud. I might have been using the SE output though
Fukuramichan t1_ja399t9 wrote
These were one of the worst things I've heard at canjam so far.
blucsigma05 t1_ja3nfev wrote
And the best?
Fukuramichan t1_ja3obzk wrote
The zahl hm1 was great, storm was excellent, the new grell-phone was pretty cool, good for a prototype.
1arghavan t1_ja1olew wrote
Are the cups real wood?
AntOk463 t1_ja2ae6c wrote
At that price they should be.
1arghavan t1_ja2anak wrote
It's Hifiman so I wouldn't be surprised if it isn't wood. I wish they learned a thing or two about the choice of wood from ZMF though
AntOk463 t1_ja2bw7v wrote
It better be real wood, you are spending $2000 and they can't include real wood. Also it better be real wood because if you're buying something that ugly you at least know it's real wood. No one in their right mind would use fake wood and have the option to make it look like any type of wood and choose that one.
The color choice is so bad, they could have learned a thing or two from the interior of a 2015 Chrysler 200.
ThisGuyFrags t1_ja3gs70 wrote
Unless fake wood somehow has better sonic characteristics?
I highly doubt that's the case, but speculating a possible explanation why
AntOk463 t1_ja3ih7h wrote
That is an actual possibility. I remember a reviewer once said "Hifiman headphones aren't the best looking, they aren't the best built, they aren't the most comfortable, but they do have best in class sound quality." And your statement does actually this.
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bolhoo t1_ja1259x wrote
Ouch $2000. I was looking for a closed back to complement my Ananda but that's a big stretch
gvarba t1_ja2ebuf wrote
I wonder, who prefers such bright headphones? I once had D9200, and they were impossible to use with heavy genres - kind of hurtful!
AnOldMoth t1_ja2in2h wrote
Beyer's people would, people unironically listen to the Death Treble 990's. Hearing-damage level hills of treble, lol
kehadnb94 t1_ja2xpqr wrote
How’s ur impression??
JustAu69 t1_ja3y82o wrote
What are they called?
EliasEdiv t1_ja52qj7 wrote
they look beautiful. How do eggs sound like ?
staybythebay OP t1_ja0ou0j wrote
I tried these at Canjam NYC today. One of the first things I went for since I was surprised to see them. They are probably the most open-sounding closed backs I’ve ever heard. They have a good amount of bass while maintaining the hifiman egg sound. They are very comfy, but don’t feel $2000. They kind of hurt when I turned the music volume semi-loud. Highs were getting too much. But it was also super loud in the venue and I had them on for 10 minutes. Happy to answer any questions but just know I’m not the most reliable person to answer with authority.