[Arcamera]

HEDD in the house

First impressions: FAST, clean/transparent/detailed, balanced. But as with most of my headphones, the top end is a tad brighter than I prefer. Not bad though. A touch of EQ applied and I'm liking these a lot.

As far as comfort-- not an issue for me, so far at least. I know that could change over time. But it's immediately more comfortable/more wearable than say my LCD4. I don't mind weight if it's handled well. So far so good.

NP: some Beethoven symphonies. Back to enjoying

 

[Jon L]

I am quite surprised that a revised/refined version of HEDDphone has not come along after 4 years..

 

[adeadcrab]

I am quite surprised that a revised/refined version of HEDDphone has not come along after 4 years..

I would like to see that 6khz suckout (it's -15dB) lifted slightly - compared to LCD-X the HEDD sounds dead... really competent AMT technology but I am looking for a silver cable to use with the HEDD due to the 6khz valley.

 

[Jon L]

I would like to see that 6khz suckout (it's -15dB) lifted slightly - compared to LCD-X the HEDD sounds dead... really competent AMT technology but I am looking for a silver cable to use with the HEDD due to the 6khz valley.

Well, it would not be easy to find that particular silver cable to *just* lift the deficient 6kHz band! EQ?

 

[adeadcrab]

Well, it would not be easy to find that particular silver cable to *just* lift the deficient 6kHz band! EQ?

EQ is the easiest solution, sometimes life is not about the easy solutions...

Going to try a silver plated copper cable, then a pure silver.. to be fair I've been using a beefy pure copper cable and fed signal from a warm preamp, will make adjustments there and see how I can clean the signal before it reaches the HEDD....

 

[DecentLevi]

EQ is the easiest solution, sometimes life is not about the easy solutions...

Going to try a silver plated copper cable, then a pure silver.. to be fair I've been using a beefy pure copper cable and fed signal from a warm preamp, will make adjustments there and see how I can clean the signal before it reaches the HEDD....

Are you going with my HEDD cable recommendation Darren of Arctand in Singapore? This is a silver-copper hybrid sounding downright boundless and should fit the bill nicely, and not too costly.
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/hedd-announces-heddphone-with-amt-technology.906270/post-17414580

 

[adeadcrab]

Are you going with my HEDD cable recommendation Darren of Arctand in Singapore? This is a silver-copper hybrid sounding downright boundless and should fit the bill nicely, and not too costly.
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/hedd-announces-heddphone-with-amt-technology.906270/post-17414580

I tried googling that but couldn't even find a purchase link.
Edit; I think I found it, https://arctand.com/product/rubi-xlr/

For now I'll try out some cables from Ali Express - The shop name is 'Open Heart'.
They offer silver plated cables with 16 strands total, 304 cores, Single strand 19 cores 28AWG.

For comparison Custom Cans have what I consider ultralinear copper cables, they have 336 total cores at 41 AWG (much thinner individual strands, 0.071mm).
The Open Heart is a beefier cable; with the addition of silver plating I expect it to sound as clean as Custom Cans can pull off with their pure copper, ultra-thin Litz configuration.

Looking at the Arctand XLR cable; it is 2 straight 24 AWG wires; copper and silver. It states a capacitance of 90pF/m.
Custom Cans states their capacitance is 20-40pF/m. The lower the capacitance, the less the frequency response is altered by the cable (as my understanding goes).
From what I understand, the OpenHeart cable has 16 * 28AWG wires, each wire in a litz configuration of 19 smaller strands.

 

[DecentLevi]

Seems like you have pretty good concepts for cable design. For my preferred source, different from the design you see on his website, I ordered a custom-made cable 18 AWG with the best shielding around, and he also just got a very pure stock of copper and silver litz. Anything can be customized at request. He's a real pleasure to deal with. It wouldn't hurt to shoot him a message and see what he says.

 

[adeadcrab]

I've just swapped from the Koss electrostats to HEDD and OTL amp. Using the stock Audeze cable and it sounds fine, nicely extended upper frequencies.
Audeze uses 4 * stranded 20 AWG wires.
Will see how the OpenHeart aftermarket compares to the stock Audeze.

 

[adeadcrab]

I've just swapped from the Koss electrostats to HEDD and OTL amp. Using the stock Audeze cable and it sounds fine, nicely extended upper frequencies.
Audeze uses 4 * stranded 20 AWG wires.
Will see how the OpenHeart aftermarket compares to the stock Audeze.

Actually, it sounds awesome. I should have tried the stock Audeze cable and my OTL amp sooner...

 

[S Crowther]

I've just swapped from the Koss electrostats to HEDD and OTL amp. Using the stock Audeze cable and it sounds fine, nicely extended upper frequencies.
Audeze uses 4 * stranded 20 AWG wires.
Will see how the OpenHeart aftermarket compares to the stock Audeze.

Don’t forget to reverse the polarity.

 

[adeadcrab]

Don’t forget to reverse the polarity.

sure

 

[Arcamera]

I've been pretty content with a Forza Noir HPC Mk2.

 

[LCMusicLover]

I've just swapped from the Koss electrostats to HEDD and OTL amp. Using the stock Audeze cable and it sounds fine, nicely extended upper frequencies.
Audeze uses 4 * stranded 20 AWG wires.
Will see how the OpenHeart aftermarket compares to the stock Audeze.

OT couldn’t PM:

Curious about your chain, 1421==>A90==>339. What’s the A90 doing, why not 1421 straight to 339?

 

[adeadcrab]

OT couldn’t PM:

Curious about your chain, 1421==>A90==>339. What’s the A90 doing, why not 1421 straight to 339?

Acts as a preamp; easy to control volume via the A90D compared to the OTL amp.
It is a lovely clean preamp that adds a tiny bit of extra 3D stage to the sound of the LF339. Good dynamics, retains all the upper frequency detail etc.
Turns a good setup into a really inviting one; I got lost in dying light 1 yesterday with this setup - The HEDDphone does low end like nothing else; LCD-X, Focal Clear etc... with a clean chain the HEDDphone is amazing.