šŸ”¶ Hifiman Edition XS

I had similar issues with another store on ali, but they messaged me right away and suggested to close my order based on ā€œother reasonsā€ or pay additional shipping fees, because shipping suddenly became more expensive for them. What I found curious is that they had lower shipment fees on that listing than their competitors. I guess some ali shops just can’t update shipment costs fast enough. No excuse for that electricxiaomi store’s behavior obviously

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Well it’s not cancelled yet - status is shown as ā€œfrozenā€ but still showing a tracking number. They say it is with some local carrier and they are waiting for it to be returned. Aliexpress gave me the same crap as it shows a tracking number. I’ll give it a few more days before taking up with Aliexpress again.

I don’t expect this to be sorted out in a hurry…C’est La Vie

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For anyone who ordered via electricxiaomi or GZZB on AliExpress and have a cancelled tracking number it’s most probably being transfered to another carrier as mine did.

Ask the store for the updated tracking number, mine got transferred to 4PX.
The seller said there was an issue with the magnetic scanning so it was transfered to ā€œspecial goods lineā€, hopefully this arrives a little faster than the original shipping method.
Getting plenty of updates with the new tracking method.
The original tracking numbers cancellation time/date and new tracking creation time/date is the same so the tracking looks legit.

I managed to get mine for USD$376 but had to pay 10% import tax, Australia >=(
Total was USD$419 delivered.

Massive thank you to the original reviewers Pokrog, FullBright1, ATK (sorry if I missed anyone, you too) & all new reviews coming through, I was just about to pull the trigger on a pair of Sundara’s after waiting months for Black Friday to drop.

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PLEASE WAIT UNTIL FEBRUARY 19th??? That is insane. It is not Modhouse building each headphone.

You must really want these bad.

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back in stock at HifiGo

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BTW, can any of you guys tell me if this cable can be modded to balanced (3.5mm input to 4-pin XLR)?

I believe this is the same cable that comes with the He-4XX. I’m fine with it and I don’t particularly hate it.
Anyone try and see if it has 3 conductors down the Y-split or 4?
I know if it’s 3 then it’s pointless.
But I don’t want to ruin it to check out, so if anyone knows anything or has a different hunch, would help.

HIFIMAN

So that you’d hack off the single 3.5mm end off and solder on a 4-pin XLR termination? I’d just so sooner buy this and maintain this cable intact for non-balanced applications.

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Can anyone recommend a good balanced cable for the XS?
Have never owned one before.
Amazon would be best.

What source gear are you plugging into? There are multiple options for balanced plugs.

Entry level setup to begin with. ifi zen dac v2 → PC
The zen dac has a balanced output. Pentaconn 4.4mm
Unbalanced output is 6.3mm

Will look at other gear down the track if needed, I’m definitely new at this.

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I ordered mine from the electricxiaomi AliExpress store on November 26 and they got here today. Everything packaged as expected.

First pair of planars and I’m loving the sound!

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Check out hartaudio.

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Thanks dude :slight_smile:

Edit: Shipping seems to be more than the product to Australia :confused:
Nice looking cable though.

What about this one?
4.4 Balanced option (fourth)

and

That’s exactly the idea. But I do have the he4xx too, same stock cable. Then another maybe, so I will have spares for SE use. I ordered a couple of 4-pin XLRs for my other cans already, I’m doing all of those so figured may do the same to this cable while I’m at it. The cable you linked is nice but it’s going to come at another $30.
I did check on other platforms, they do say it has 4 conductors inside, so should be fine I suppose. Or I’ll just slap on a spare metal SE connector back if it’s a fail.
Will give it a shot and update.

EDIT:

Ok I found this awesome cable - again. I’ve ordered one before.
Maybe I should just use this one, but will need a converter for my 4-pin XLR SH-9:

@Millzy if it helps you too. 4.4.

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Hello all, just checked several shops for purchase availability, here is the answers:



Linsoul and Hifigo - out of stock, asked for several Ali sellers with good ratings, they said they out of stock, and 2-5 days needed to ship from factory…

I ordered from Hifigo when it was in stock earlier today, and it has been shipped already.

It might be my first planar headphones. Currently my main headphones is DT-1990.From Ananda/1990 reviews i hear, that they are both +/- on the same level, but has different presentation, but what about comparison DT-1990 to XS?

p.s. Previously, I took planar headphones from friends for evaluation and comparison, such as: Sundara, Aeon flow closed, but for me personally DT-1990 was winner, interesting what about XS, it will be an upgrade or not?

A little update to my order: shop provided new track number today, and describe the situation with delivery the same as for described below:

There is no updates in new track number, but i hope everything will be ok.

Pretty nice for the price, ordered one. My Edition XS are at my post office, i ordered with Hifigo and though they aren’t the cheapest, i’m (once again) very satisfied with the process. Can’t wait to try them out this evening.

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Luckily I checked HiFiGo late last night my time and ordered as soon as I saw they had some more stock, I got my shipping advice 18 hours later. :slightly_smiling_face:

Try your tracking through aftership, much more detailed.
Free Android app too.

I ordered on the 28th and left China today.

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