I was looking into some other JM edition hp but couldn't see any warranty information, can't imagine spending 500 let alone 200 on a headphone without a warranty, but these guys have partnered with him so I think you get one with these which is good.

If you ever get the chance to I'd highly recommend you try the HE6SE v2 on a beefy class A amp. I was running mine off a topping L30 v2 for a bit while I was putting together my Beta 22 amp and it's night and day when it comes to bass clarity and impact driven off of pure class A with 5W into 50 ohms

If you want "warmer", that's what EQ is for. The DX3 Pro+ is an accurate DAC/amp, you can add as much "warmer" as you like with EQ. Or whatever else either.

Oh you're gonna love that Burson! I have some Open Alphas I built and they sound so good on that Soloist. Amazing piece of machinery!! Congrats on finding a set of pure joy! Have fun going through all your music all over again!

The HFM HE6SE v2 is a absolute joy, but only if you can power it correctly. I'll pull out my old dx3 pro plus tomorrow (if I have power since there's a snow storm in my area) and try my He6se v2 with them. I had a little bit of fun with EQ and my He6se v2 and man they take EQ super well. I was able to get chest thumping levels of bass but needed a ton of power to get them up there. My beta 22 amp does like 5w at 50 ohms and I was really pushing the volume to 2-3 o'clock with a -40 db preamp gain along with a +40 db bass shelf. Obviously I don't have those settings all the time I just wanted to see how much bass I can get it while still having super clean and detailed bass. Oh also be warned they are pretty heavy with the double sided magnets and all (I think almost 1 lb/450 ish grams)

What ya running them on? I didn't love mine til I put them on a tube amp. Now I love em. Though I still love my Open Alphas more.

The DSP is factory tuned, you probably need some engineering skills to be able to make it sound good with any other set, because it will sound bad.

Erm no. The DSP is surely 'tuned' to the frequency response of the IEMs to EQ it. This will sound bad on any other set than this

Try Oratory's Harman EQ, (pdf) I find it works very well with the Clear.

That does EQ down the 1250 shout (1350 in this case) as well, I still find them very dynamic.

I find them less shouty and in your face than something like the HD600, and they do graph darker. New pads could be an issue here, I think it will get darker as it gets older.

https://crinacle.com/graphs/headphones/graphtool/?share=IEF_Neutral_Target,Clear,HD600_S3_(2020)_(fresh_pads)

I have the Arya Stealth, it has that Hifiman 1-2.5kHz recess which may help but it's a lot brighter than the Clear above that. It probably is less "shouty" specifically though. It's less dynamic, less punchy, but better soundstage, better bass extension and I think a bit better tonally overall, and also more detail and layering. I like the Clear a lot, but if I could only have one, I'd take the Arya Stealth over the Clear (and also over the HD800S, HE6SEV2, LCD-X, and I'd have to think about which vs the Utopia). Arya Stealth is a great all-rounder.

https://crinacle.com/graphs/headphones/graphtool/?share=IEF_Neutral_Target,Clear,Arya_Stealth

If they haven't fixed:

• Channel imbalance
• Filters falling out
• The sticky cable (non detachable is fine if the cable is good, but it's not)
• The shitty ergonomics that undo the sealing ( the ear hooks are horrible) ... Then I'm not buying it. The Chus are sitting on my desk while I'm going out with the CCA CRA outside just fine ( it has shitty ergonomics too but eh), just because the Chus become unusable after 30minutes outside.

Maybe 10 years ago with 128kbps you could easily tell, but with modern codecs at 320kbps? It's completely indistinguishable for the vast majority of people.

Case in point:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/367klddxnjrvi7g/AB-fidgety-feet-tidal-vs-spotify.zip/file

https://www.mediafire.com/file/a073avgs9ydi2kw/AB-south-of-heaven-tidal-vs-spotify.zip/file

Check out these blinded samples taken from Spotify and Tidal of two very cymbal-intensive songs and see how challenging it is to tell them apart.

yeah they're trying to pull an Apple. snake oil's expensive, too...

>12 kHz can change a lot depending on how you wear headphones, and YouTube has a lower high-frequency cutoff that could reduce the impact that has on the sound. Try putting the XS on differently, maybe angling it forwards or backwards.

e: Wearing glasses or having long hair could also potentially roll off the low end and exacerbate any shoutiness, so watch for that. Also, make sure you turn off EQ before trying anything so it doesn't influence the sound.

Amir at ASR was using an authentically hungry planar. Your headphones are efficient DDs, I can’t imagine there’s an amp that can’t drive them loud enough on low gain.

How loud are you playing your music?

Well…. yes you have a strong point but lossless just makes me happy

You don't need it, you just like to think you do.

You can prolly just go into internet archive and find the artist. And download a listen to a better quality there

No me

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/biocellulose-and-its-use-in-headphones-earphones-referring-the-recent-iem-example-vsonic-gr-07-r07.568694/

For me i need sound quality higher than 320kbps

It's okay if it's a TV, but if this is a computer, then I will spam you with screenshot app links

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Think something like a phone or an Apple Watch would be good enough? 😅

The advice I've seen is to cut a hole in a piece of cardboard that is large enough to pass the meter's microphone through. Then you push the pads of the headphone against the cardboard to create a seal, placing the terminus of the meter very close to the driver (like your ear is). It's not a head or a head simulation, sure, but I don't think the difference matters that much when it comes to a regular consumer grade dB meter.

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