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TMRaven

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Re: HiFiMan HE-560 measurements
« Reply #40 on: July 02, 2014, 04:13:19 PM »
How did you like preorder vs production 560 Marv?
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Re: HiFiMan HE-560 measurements
« Reply #41 on: July 02, 2014, 04:20:23 PM »
Quote from: Eric_C on July 02, 2014, 04:11:54 PM
Quote from: marvey on July 02, 2014, 03:50:23 PM
I would generally steer away from tubes or lower powered amps - tends to sound soft. High Z tube amps like EC ZD or WA-2 are not recommended. EC 4-45 was fantastic, but that is an exception to the guidance. The headphone definitely does scale. Even the Objective 2 drove the HE-560 well. So no need for a mega powered speaker amp. It's not that hard to drive.

Dang. I've only got tubes and hybrids round here.
Hybrids should be fine provided you are not running something which is NOT cap coupled at the end with a small value. In fact, something like the Lyr or perhaps Vali should do fine. I haven't tried on Vali yet - need to find it. I can imagine something like CA LG should be awesome.
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Re: HiFiMan HE-560 measurements
« Reply #42 on: July 02, 2014, 07:00:20 PM »
In case anyone's curious about the "ortho wall" (I know I was), this seems like a good point to start reading:

http://www.changstar.com/index.php/topic,1193.msg31986.html#msg31986

Amusingly, I found that post by googling "ortho wall" after searching within this forum and finding too many hits without a good discussion.  Sadly, I had to go all the way to page three to find it  :)p2

Thanks for all the measurements and impressions.  Looking forward to more.  As to solid wood pre-orders vs. production veneers, I agree that the solid teak looks really nice, but as was noted at Head-Fi, one owner already experienced cracking.  That didn't take long.
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Re: HiFiMan HE-560 measurements
« Reply #43 on: July 03, 2014, 12:44:10 AM »
Thanks Marv. I'll keep those amping recommendations in mind if I can ever swing the cash for a HE-560.
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Re: HiFiMan HE-560 measurements
« Reply #44 on: July 03, 2014, 05:14:31 AM »
Can we get measurements of the production 560 with the pad swap sometime, Marv?
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Re: HiFiMan HE-560 measurements
« Reply #45 on: July 05, 2014, 03:04:13 AM »
Production HE-560 with pre-production pads! Sorry it took me so long. Many requests for this one.

THIS IS IT! A warmer sig. more along the lines of the HE-500, but not quite as much, and without the slight mid-treble emphasis of the HE-500. THIS IS IT!

BTW, ignore 12k dip. It's a measurement artifact.


Gotta run to fireworks show. More later.
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Re: HiFiMan HE-560 measurements
« Reply #46 on: July 05, 2014, 03:08:52 AM »
Damn, that looks pretty good. Anyone know where to score some pre-production pads?
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Re: HiFiMan HE-560 measurements
« Reply #47 on: July 05, 2014, 03:10:41 AM »
Thanks Marv!  It confirms what I heard.  When I first got the production 560 it sounded a little less warm and more aggressive in the lower treble than the preorder one.  Jerg suggested to try swapping the pads out, and I noticed immediately that it was warmer and sounded more like the preorder one, and I preferred that sound.

I suspect it's the use of pleather along the bottom and inner part of the production pads as opposed to the mesh velour of the preorder.  The smaller opening could have something to do with it as well, but the difference in openings is very small.
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Re: HiFiMan HE-560 measurements
« Reply #48 on: July 05, 2014, 03:58:27 AM »
Interesting.

Are there pictures of the old pads vs the new pads?
(I bought an exra pair of their new pads just to test with other headphones! lol ... I know... they just look extremely comfy)
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Re: HiFiMan HE-560 measurements
« Reply #49 on: July 05, 2014, 04:08:16 AM »
Here you go:

Courtesy of Clemmaster over at head-fi:


My picture:


Older pads have a slightly smaller opening, the newer pads have the same size opening as previous hifiman pads for their previous headphones.  The older pads are not made for matching channels, so they are asymmetric.  Also, the older pads have a mesh velour underneath the lip of the ear opening, while the newer pads have perforated pleather on the inside and non-perforated pleather on the underside.
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