philipmorgan

@philipmorgan I have had 3 pairs in the past (>3yrs). They are all broken now . I listened to just about everything on them but mostly at low volumes. Lack of bass make them shouty at moderate to high volumes. I liked them for their relatively good midrange and smooth treble (Relative to similarly priced IEMs which have garbage bass, dipped mids and mandatory 10khz treble spike. No bass > Bad bass)

Pairing bass light iems/buds is tricky as well. You shduldn't be using something like ESS or similar sounding sources with such phones. In absense of bass they would make midrange and above sound thin and tiny. I had a HTC M7 that did just that , while a Samsung S4 made them sound lot better

I dunno, I’m listening to them now Qobuz app/iPhone 7 via lightning dongle and my original opinion remains. Very clear, definitely mid-centric with enough lower midbass to make for a good listen. They definitely sound better than my AirPods #shrug

Thanks Obama

Cool. But one hard-hitting note???

The double-sided older HFMs all sound fairly similar in terms of bass response with a small bit of variation. I actually like the lewse bass of the HE4 and 400 for some bass-forward electronic and hip-hop stuff. HE6 definitely the tightest and most controlled, but not as phat as the 4-series. HE5LE kind of in between.

Yeah, hard hitting one note.

I'll go as high as Asgard 3 on the amp, or use my JLH69 if a few more watts are needed.

I'm a hardass about this because to me anything more than $400 for a headphone component is a waste compared to the ROI of the same money towards speaker gear. :)

I've got a modded HD650 and Magni 3, so I know what awesome midrange, wooly bass is like. I'd like tot experience awesome hard-hitting tactile bass, but on a budget. (also had the THX00, which was great, but didn't have the muscle of the HE6 in the bass)

Here is the discount link
https://www.adorama.com/hmhe6se.html?emailprice=T

Vtory created a budget system in his review with JLH69 https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/hifiman-he6se-measurements-and-short-review.8544/page-2#post-279225

What did you replace it with?

Daking mic pre one into a motu m4's line input.

Oh, and was using a dbx 286s pre. Sold that. It sounds significantly bad (wooly lower midrange, sibilance) vs the daking.

I haven’t listened to mine recently, but I was pretty “meh” on them overall. They didn’t sound as good as the wired version with an iPhone dongle IMO and the cable was fiddly and annoying.

The legacy of grumpy cat lives on!

When grumpy cat died his power only increased. Now he is...

I bought a small pair of assembled bookshelves when he was first starting out. Fairly flat and inefficient but a bit unexciting. didn't keep them too long.

Philip, I heard their 4-way model called the Cali4 at the California Audio Show a couple weeks ago. That one was good.
http://www.selahaudio.com/cali4

Woah

Those crazy mothafockars!!

@spwath @Lyer25 that is horrible. What a POS.

ha, i love how psalm reps the entire sub-genre on the back. trying to imagine the 'smooth jazz' equivalent.

That is strangely believable. Although instead of the VW van, I could see him in one of those 60s era ford vans, kinda like the Scooby Doo mobile.

Definitely something cab-over

@zerodeefex you’ve given solid recommendations!

does the woofer on the right channel drink for the whole system or only itself?

LOL, only itself :)

@Riotvan That’s exactly what was going on with me. Then my wife noticed I would suddenly stop snoring. Then I would gasp for air. Sometimes I’d wake up and my heart was racing.
Edit: Just took Gaspasser’s test. As expected I got a 7/8.

I scored something like two points, still time to call the doc. Sleep is way too important to mess around with.

sleep apnea, the most under diagnosed condition for men, imho. especially when results of study indicate several hundreds of non breathing events in a night. And you wonder why you are groggy in the morning, brain is busy waking you up every few minutes to breathe.

I'd wanny try one against my Vali 2 if that's fine for you tbh.

Noted, the Magni 3 must be more than decent for a basic headphone system.

My Vali 1 has sentimental value, I don't think I'll ever be able to part with it.

May have lent mine to @CEE TEE for a few months there...

That could work. Might actually be easier to construct than my concept.

Ha, am I the only one that keeps self-correcting after reading the city name as 'Tacos'? Either way, sound like a good place to be.

I love Taos, it's really beautiful there. It was too "sleepy" for me when I visited as a kid, though.

I have one of those weird internet jobs I made up for myself. :) Taos has surprisingly decent infrastructure for a town of its size (in American terms, I mean).

You Americans and all those abbreviations! I think I get CO, but not NM.

But hey, Brits are even worse. "Salop" is the abbreviation for Shropshire? I have been thinking WTF on that one for over 60 years.

<googled> Oh well, I suppose that should have been obvious.

Happy move :) Hope you have lots of speaker space!

New Mexico

In case you're wondering, I will give Friends a SWEET ASS deal on this. It comes with Applecare. The best I can get outside eBay is like $180, so you can lowball me and I won't be offended because I've already been lowballed by Amazon, Gazelle, etc. So make me a deal. Accessories can include Apple cover, the can-charge CCK, and video adapter.

If you are interested in other Apple gear I think you can get much more on trade in at the Apple Store/online

Did you find any takers? I may be interested.