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HE-6 modding/amping thread
knerian:
Since I have not found a thread devoted to mods for the HE-6 I thought I would start one.
I originally bought the HE-560 and HE-6, then sold them when I figured the HD800 would hold me over until the HE-1000 came out. Then I heard and purchased Bill-p's excellent modded HE-560, and since then (only a little over a week ago) have listened to the almost exclusively. Then I got an itch for the HE-6 again and bought a demoed/open box version and did the basic mods right away: regrilled, took out the white cotton from the back, and fuzzorred the inside sides of the magnet array, but used 1mm thick felt as I could not find the 2mm felt.
IN fact I actually sandwiched two sheets of the 1mm together and cut them and put them in, but they were not amenable to being rounded on the edges a la Jerg's suggestion. So I just ripped them out and used 1 sheet of the 1mm, at this thickness there's not really a need to round the edges.
That's it, I haven't done anything else yet. I'm running them out of a Rag, it's much better than any of the other head amps I have, but haven't tried them with a speaker amp. Also I want to change the headband to the HE-560/400i headband and am working on getting one. Anyone try that yet?
Sound improvement? I have tin ears, I don't know.
Clemmaster:
Don't put a HE-560 headband if you plan on using the Audeze Vegan pads later on: they are incompatible.
The HE-560 sound so great with the Vegan pads that I'm actually considering swapping the headband for the old type :-DD (which I was never annoyed by).
kothganesh:
I am content with the no-grill mod for now. I am not good at removing and reattaching the pads hence I've held off on the fuzzors. However, I don't have an issue with the treble. Pairing this with the Stratos Extreme power amp has provided more of a neutral sound. I had previously used my JVC receiver and it was definitely more on the dark side.
No_One411:
--- Quote from: Clemmaster on February 05, 2015, 07:19:12 AM ---Don't put a HE-560 headband if you plan on using the Audeze Vegan pads later on: they are incompatible.
The HE-560 sound so great with the Vegan pads that I'm actually considering swapping the headband for the old type :-DD (which I was never annoyed by).
--- End quote ---
What do you mean the Audeze Vegan pads aren't compatible with the HE-560 headband?
I was under the impression that the two headband types themselves are incompatible. I sent an email some time ago during pre-production phase and the rep said that you couldn't use the HE-560 style headband with the older models.
Which is a shame, since the comfort is infinitely better with the newer style.
Clemmaster:
--- Quote from: No_One411 on February 05, 2015, 05:22:10 PM ---What do you mean the Audeze Vegan pads aren't compatible with the HE-560 headband?
I was under the impression that the two headband types themselves are incompatible. I sent an email some time ago during pre-production phase and the rep said that you couldn't use the HE-560 style headband with the older models.
Which is a shame, since the comfort is infinitely better with the newer style.
--- End quote ---
I'm not talking about mounting here. Just the way the headband, and especially the yokes, work with the cups:
- On the older headband, the yokes are rotating on the outside of the cups; No matter how far you stretched the headband (pull the earcups apart), the yokes would never cross the inner edge of the cup, where the pads are.
- The new headband works by pulling the cups from the inside. Unless you have a narrow head (like me), when you stretch the headband to normal head size, the yokes cross the inner edge of the cup and, thus, hit against the Vegan pads (which are bigger than the cups). This put pressure on the temples :/
I hope I can find a way to fit the old headband to the HE-560...
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