HiFiMAN HE-6 - Pros & Cons

It was comfortable and produced incredible fidelity
Spatial effects were reasonable before but now were incredibly satisfying
good resolution
staging
and decent imaging
news is it can get just loud enough to use
support was quite responsive and quick to replace
slightly improves the bass performance and mid-range
It actually was decent with my Arya
is rated at 4 Watts at 50 Ohm and has ample power
the quality is very good
a nice balance with a forward and intimate sound to it
really comes close to hitting my target frequency response quite well
very
very
nice neutral-reference tonality
speaker-like performance offers a truly unique listening experience
between having present
clear and front-positioned treble
The layering is also quite impressive
accurate
engaging and well-balanced tuning
Arya build best
Instrument separation is quite great
new design is more comfortable and lighter than the original HE6
Thanks and keep up the good work
Super fun with the top level refinements
articulate
clear
and well textured bass in any tracks
little more warmth and quantity in the lowest octave
effortless
clean
smooth
and very natural
Mids and highs are a lot smoother than oval hifimans

flimsy cardboard box with a little foam padding
this headphone is discontinued and was expensive to boot
excessive peaking and exaggerated highs
going a little off on a tangent now
Bass is definitely missing and not well defined and it is
headphones require a lot of power
it grill-less is a bit weird
expensive cans will break on me easily
headband that is not suited for this kind of weight
the cable is astonishingly bad
very flimsy cores
flimsy and it comes damaged right out of the box
4 windings are also very difficult with PVD
recessed coaxial screw-lock system on the older HE
inefficient of any of his planar headphone production
the somewhat etched and grainy treble
some of the spirit has been lost across their range of products
6S decidedly sounds grainiest and most etched in this area
a touch anemic in comparison to the 6S
EARS graphs are extremely unreliable in the upper treble
Vidar not as engaging as other amps
twisted pear audio sympatico out of the garage
tend to be a quite a bit off
pads I'm having around do not work for my taste
the level barely changed when I switched to a low frequency of 80 Hz
It may not display this or other websites correctly
of headphones to take a little bit off of the treble
not have the power needed to drive this hungry headphone
quite a bit of distortion in the piano and trumpet
The bridge of the tune gets pretty loud too loud
the treble can be a tad edgy and overemphasized at times
it sounded comparatively dull and crude still good

HiFiMAN HE-6 - Technical Overview

	Poor	Average	Good	Excellent
Impedance	50 Ω Best: Stax SR-L500 Impedance: 145000 Ω
Weight	502 g Best: Cyber Acoustics ACM-7002 Weight: 0.11 g

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HiFiMAN HE-6 - Full Specifications

Sound output	Stereo
Style	On-Ear
Connectivity technology	Wired

Weight	17.71 oz

Microphone in	no

Carrying case	yes

Colour of product	Black
Acoustic design	Closed
Category	Audiophile

Impedance	50.0 Ω
Frequency range	8 - 65000

Inputs supported	6.35mm
Cable length	2
Detachable cable	yes

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HiFiMAN HE-6 Review: HiFiMan HE-6 Headphone and EF-6 Amplifier Page 2

Sound & Vision

Published: 29.10.2012

Review: HiFiMan HE-6 Headphone and EF-6 Amplifier Page 2

Digging deeper into the HE-6After Will and Lauren finished their listening, I settled in for some longer-term, in-depth listening — which ended up lasting for a couple of months as various hot new products pushed the HE-6/EF-6 combo further back in my review queue. No matter what I was listening to, though, it was always good to get back to the HiFiMan rig.