HiFiMAN HE400i Over Ear Full-Size Plannar Magnetic Headphone

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Only when I heard cans like HD 800 or LCD-X it became obvious that there was substantial difference in soundstage expansiveness. This paired with the EF5 amplifier from Hifiman is almost majestic, music just flows extremely well. I like to flatten out the ear cups before I put them on so they don’t have to rub on my face to flatten out themselves.

HiFiMAN HE-400i planar magnetic headphones - The Absolute Sound

I´m completly new to this whole “hi-fi” music word, I have Bose headphones and speakers, I usually use my Iphone or Samsung PC as a source, almost all my music is 320 kbps mp3, but since I started to read about all this things I´ve gone crazy with excitement and read for hours reviews about DAC´s and headphones. But as long as electronic juices are flowing through wires and being amplified, the unwanted things are also amplified and can sometimes be heard, especially AC mains noises.

The situation was a bit different when you were listening mp3´s – there was less viscerality, worse layering, less bass oomph. Amped the HE-400i sounds better with electronic and jazz over rock and metal, but once your brain adapts to its sound signature it becomes very competent at just about anything you throw at it.

HIFIMAN HE400i Ver.2020 - Reviews - Head-Fi.org

It´s a sound which is „pleasent to ears“, often perceived as lush or euphonic, or sometimes kind of coloured in a subjectively postive way. I got my 400i as a 2nd hand unit so there are some marks of usage but overall it is definitely presentable.LCD Soundsystem's percussive beats driving "On Repeat" had plenty of oomph but lost some of their attack and crispness on the P7. The positioning of lower midrange is almost the same as the bass, it is just a bit forward, the timbre is natural (amped) and it sounds as natural as it can be.