I have continued my quest for an upgrade for the original he400 and have not yet had luck. I have since tried the LCD2 fazor, Audioquest Nighthawk, and DT1990PRO. The LCD2 were way too dark for me. The Nighthawks are dark but kind of interesting sounding. The DT1990PRO is interesting but do not...

Yeah I just put my HE400 back on and listened to everything that I have just heard with the Elears. The HE400 are way more natural sounding and much more engaging. Maybe I should just stick with them. I have upgraded pads and cord for them, which helped quite a bit with the sound. Also my new...

Just got the Elears in the mail tonight and have spent a little over an hour with them. First impression is that they are definitely much better than the hd-6xx to me. I am not sure what was causing the fatigue that I was getting with the hd-6xx, maybe I was turning them up too much in an effort...

Thank you all for the help! I ordered a Focal Elear that I found on eBay for a great deal. Hopefully it will be something I like, if not I will resell and try out the LCD2.

I have an original Hifiman HE-400 with upgraded pads, forgot who made them but the are sheepskin on the outside and microfiber inside. I also just bought a Schiit Modi 2 Multibit and Magni 3 in anticipation for the mass drop hd-6xx which arrived last week. After all of the glowing reviews I...

007Shark, That sounds like it would be fun, but unfortunately I know absolutely nothing about working on electronics. I am great at making things with my hands but I am purely analog.

It is for the original HE-400 not the HE-400S. I am getting a little confused, I was leaning towards the JDS LABS O2 amp after reading some past suggesting on here(like 2014 and before, there are no recent threads for recommendations for amps for this model headphone) but I watched some youtube...

I would love to know of any recommendations for a cheap (under $200.00) amp to use with my HE-400. Also, i will be using it with my macbook pro retina 15" which i have read, has a fairly good DAC. Would i notice a significant change in quality having a DAC/amp combo or would i be ok with just...

You might want to take a look at the Echobox Finder. I tried them out yesterday at canjam and was blown away with their price/performance. They had a show special for $100.00 but I'm not sure if it is available still or not. They had nice bass and relaxed treble. Very pleasurable sounding. I...

I would not suggest the fx850 for a plane at all. I've had it and it is horrible for isolation. Also I agree that it is a bit too peaky.

Hi Triblle, I'm sorry I meant the Dragonfly. I had found this on Audiodquest's website and other people reporting similar issues to what was happening to me.   "In some rare instances, the combination of an iOS device in conjunction with the standard CCK and DragonFly Black or Red causes a...

I found out that I was using the wrong adapter for the firefly red. I was using the plain USB adapter and found out that I needed to be using the USB 3 adapter so I picked one up. Been using it since this afternoon with the NO's and I have notice a big improvement. I still notice the strange...

Yes I'm using an Audioquest Firefly Red which is as big as I would be willing to use on a portable commuting situation. Someone mentioned that the Firefly Red might be making the sub-bass response low but I don't feel like adding another $400.00 iphone sized amp to my pocket. 

I have had the Nightowls for about three weeks now and have well over 200 hours on them. I will tell you what I hear. I am in no way an expert and not even an audiophile, I just want the best music experience I can afford.    I LOVE the way these things are made and how they look and feel...