Huh. I hadn't thought about eq, I'm interested to give that a go before I send them back. I'm definitely not up for physical mods but I'd like to hear hese sound their best. What do you do for them eq wise?

Yeah I realized, I guess I went on a tangent there. The he6 I couldn't take even to half way through the volume pot and I was like "huh. Guess they aren't that power hungry after all" I was pretty underwhelmed by the legendary power draw.... Right up until I plugged my trusty 400i into it without adjusting the volume down. Nearly blew my ears out. It'd been a while since I'd used headphones so I forgot just how little room on the volume pot the 400i had on high gain.

Either way, I did like them, just not enough to keep them through cost and comfort.

Yknow, I actually did just that. I saw them on sale for 69% off and thought to myself "nice". Actually I'd always wanted a pair of og he6's and the idea of owning a pair or something of similar power hungriness in the future was one of the reasons I ended up with a Schiit Jotunheim. Perhaps I don't listen to headphones enough anymore or my music isn't mastered well enough or the Jotunheim isn't good enough, or whichever reason, but I wasn't really that impressed with them over the he400i I've had for years. The he6sev2 is definitely better, but not by enough that I really care. Especially not since my living conditions have changed and I have a pair of Vanatoo T1E's to sing to me at my desk. The he6's are definitely going back since I can't be bothered keeping them in their stock form and even for the discounted price I'm not super interested in having to mod them to not be uncomfortable after long sessions.