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mistersprinkles1983 OP t1_jeeehof wrote

You're wrong. I have HD600's on a Fiio K7 with the balanced cable. No comparison to the Bathys (and the HD600 are >> than the 560S). Sure the Bathys aren't great on bluetooth but if you do a wired connection with USB they smoke everything else I have including HD600. You might not have heard the Bathys with the latest firmware. The original firmware sound was anaemic and kind of lame but now they're terrific.

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ganonfirehouse420 t1_jeeb0md wrote

On a whim I discovered a used HE-4XX in the classified ads.

This was a huge discovery. The seller wanted no more then 90€ for a headphone that doesn't get sold in my country.

It sounds totally natural and highly resolving. My best in ears can outperform on the detail retrieval but not on the natural sound.

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f3llyn t1_jeearwu wrote

> I spit on Hifiman's build quality, but to be honest, in this case it probably wasn't their fault.

It is 100% their fault. It's due to how the plug housing is soldered that causes it to break easily.

Most of their headphones have the same flaw. That's why we keep seeing the same threads about the same issues with the same fucking headphones.

Dropping them only likely exacerbated the problem.

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