Works very well for me

Nice colour choices

He1000se: The detail is extremely good, similar level to the utopias, ie at that level. Great separation and precision re instrumentation. Tight punchy bottom end One thing to check though is if it may be too bright for one’s personal tastes. I used to own the original ananda and the hekse...

I’ve owned the he1000se and that is extremely easy to drive and for me is very good value. If outside your budget then the he1000 stealth is another option which i believe is not too hard to drive (and cheaper) All the best

Is the $750 used for the master edition maybe?

Caldera?

So realistically (in other words, you’re saying, you’ll never buy a niimbus. And that’s ok

Ps when i bought the may i had no intention to sell the metrum hex. As i don’t have a second system, ie a second room i ended up selling the hex simply because i was no longer using it all because i so much preferred the holo may. It was not sold out of necessity. For the price i sold it for...

Went from the metrum hex to the holo may kte. The hex was the dac below the pavane. Different musical presentation from the two. Hex was definitely more “analogue” in nature. Softer, rounder. I really enjoyed it, particularly with my woo wa2 amp I thought the hex had good separation until i...

I’ve never heard the stealth but have owned the v2 and se and imho at these prices they are hard to beat for value (if they suit one’s tastes of course)

Maybe because in order of release it went He1000 He1000v2 He1000se (se = special edition) He1000 stealth. What i saw was the stealth initially was titled on the hifiman website (and packaging i think) as the he1000v2 stealth and then later as the he1000 stealth. The he1000se came out as a...

I don’t find the Niimbus limiting re what genres of music it suits. That will come down to your set up and the components’ synergy. I find my headphone choice changes based on my mood and what i want to hear. I have the susvaras and utopias (and hd800) and they work well for me as a...

And textured!!!! 😀👌👍

I never studied latin as such but in my younger days particularly, as I don’t practice it as much nowadays, i was a bit of a cunning linguist

All good. My tip would be find a second hand one from a good seller, i’m guessing for about $2.5k and it will be money well spent for the susvaras But that doesn’t really account for personal taste so i can’t guarantee that either but if you sell it you won’t loae much. I bought mine...