They are but produced in China, Sony is also japanese but the MH755 are also produced in China as far as I know.

I'd call all of them Chifi but I can see that many would see it differently.

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You ain't lying. The truthear cable that comes with the X is one of my favorite pack ins.

Linsoul is the store, not a manufacturer.

I didn't know about that. I searched "clean up DT770 earpads" and I found a few results, but nothing about not washing the earpads.

Of course I don't want to fool anyone. Seeing those yellow stains will definitely put people off. They're clean now, but they don't look like it. And I don't want to hide their condition. (meaning: lying about them being mint condition, almost new or anything like that)

Well... I hope I didn't ruin them. I washed them very quickly and I avoided leaving them in water for too long. I'll see when they're dry.

Awful performer 5 , how is it when you listen to the sound from these iem , is it worth the try ,mostly listen to rock music like linkin park

Lmao 🤣

Don’t think so. There is only so much power to go around.

The more you wash it, the more the foam and velour will deteriorate. So it might be nice outside, but pads will be trashed. So that is kind of fooling the buyer, which is not cool.

Beyer specifically states not to use detergents of any kind.

I never once said that, that's why I said that I spit on Hifiman build quality, it's genuinely terrible. I suppose my main mistake was saying "wouldn't" instead of "couldn't" in my most recent comment.

> HE400SE sound better than HD600's with a lot of kinds of music. Honestly in some cases they sound better than Focal Bathys

Wow. That is interesting. I very much want the HD600, but too expensive for me [let alone the Focal :-)]. I have the 400SE with me now but i can not listen to it. It is too sibilant and heavy for me. I am using a 3 times cheaper Superlux 672 instead, which i love. I also had the 560S, TYGR 300, DT 880, Meze 99 - i could not accept their sound quality after getting used to my equalized, ear-pad-changed 672. This shows that one's preference can override the price comparison.

I dropped my LCD-X and they still work great. I've dropped lots of different headphones over the years, none of them broke from just 1 drop.

Literally 100% of the hifimans I've had the displeasure of briefly owning didn't require a drop to break, all I had to do was wear them.

You like them, I get it. But let's not pretend like outside of being dropped hifimans don't just break from regular use. And far more commonly than an other brand out there.

I want to do that lol hmm maybe slice the pad, pull out some foam, and sew it back up...

But we also can't rule out that a drop wouldn't also break any other planar magnetic's diaphgram. At the end of the day, their films are so thin, that I would baby any planar in my posession.

Focals do tend to be a bit more polarizing it seems. People either love the Clear or dislike them. But those that dislike them still recognize that they are good headphones.

They are good headphones, they’re just not for everyone. Just like every headphone this hobby has seen pretty much. I have the Clear and I am a fan, fwiw.

Have you tried them?

This is the way !!

I have the same feeling towards the Clear and ultimately felt that while I might be missing out on the soundstage of the HD800S and the planar bass of the Arya or LCD-X, I’d just be getting a damn good all-rounder headphone that doesn’t do anything wrong. And coming from the Sennheiser family yes, it’s a great upgrade.

I’ve had mine for 2 years now and still love them. Add in the fact that you can get a new pair for $900 in the US now, or even less open box or used, you’re getting an end-game headphone for a really good price.

Yeah I had them on OG firmware. They were fine but can't compete with decent open backs imo. Heck i'd take a hd650 over my focal celestee any day, let alone a Bathys which is quite a bit below my Celestee tbh.

The only thing I ended up using was the little pouch. They just don't fit my ears at all, but they do sound good. I keep them in a drawer for giving away to someone who needs it.

Oh they go in, but then the pain lasts an entire week.

Someone must have ordered the Zero and received a pair of Chu.

Focal clear doesn't have voice coil or durability issues tur elear/elex/old utopia has.

Their QC is quite nice, only issue i tend to see are on pads

Silver / white please!