There is not much I can add to the best reviews that have been written here but I must say I am very pleased with the HE-400i... specially when I have been using the Sennheiser's HD600 for so long and was convinced that those were the absolute reference headphones. So naive of me!
The HD600's are indeed good but the Hifiman's present the music with much more finesse and realism. So much that I opened my wallet and matched them with a brand new Burson Audio Soloist SL, which they prefered in detriment to my old Musical Fidelity X-Can V3.
I was lucky to made the purchase right after the new version arrived in Europe - equipped with the 2,5mm plugs - but to my disappointment (the only one I might add) the stock cable was so incredibly bad that I get scared for a moment. The cable completly ruined the SQ that I cannot even describe!
So I made a 3 meter-long Canare L-4E6S with Neutrik 6,3mm jack plug and a pair of 3 pole 2,5mm I found on Ebay (and WBT solder) and... WOW! Now this headphones can sing!!!!
Being so cheap why aren't this cable offered in the package in the first place?!
Highly recommended
The HD600's are indeed good but the Hifiman's present the music with much more finesse and realism. So much that I opened my wallet and matched them with a brand new Burson Audio Soloist SL, which they prefered in detriment to my old Musical Fidelity X-Can V3.
I was lucky to made the purchase right after the new version arrived in Europe - equipped with the 2,5mm plugs - but to my disappointment (the only one I might add) the stock cable was so incredibly bad that I get scared for a moment. The cable completly ruined the SQ that I cannot even describe!
So I made a 3 meter-long Canare L-4E6S with Neutrik 6,3mm jack plug and a pair of 3 pole 2,5mm I found on Ebay (and WBT solder) and... WOW! Now this headphones can sing!!!!
Being so cheap why aren't this cable offered in the package in the first place?!
Highly recommended
