Hopefully I am getting my new grills tomorrow. Pretty excited!
Omg I returned my LCD x to buy a he6se V2… Love this meaty and impactful sound but i think I’m going to search for another headphone with similar tonality if it exists…
Sorry to hear this. Hope you can get it sorted. I don’t understand the whole “stuck driver” issue. What does that mean exactly? Is this something that is unique to the HE6SE or is this a planar thing? It sounds like an unfixable condition.
Do not like the sound of that! Luckily mine dont seem to have the issue(yet) but I might look for something else now.
Got my grills today. Post office delivered after 8:00PM! They were pretty backed up because everything was closed on Friday due to an ice storm.
Wow, they are really thin. I thought they would be more substantial. I will get into my mod tomorrow and take a few pic’s.
4 Likes
Geez sorry to hear that man 
Can you maybe use the left cup of one pair with the right cup of a second pair? You may not be able to notice any channel imbalance even if the drivers were not paired by Hifiman, hell we know their QC is borderline non-existent, lol
The Burson Soloist does the same thing and it is a headphone amp, with all the refinement you can only find in headphone amps.
Thanks for posting this. I just bought one.
I spent several days working on a grill mod. First ones didn’t work well, as the Elmer’s didn’t cut it for my application. I then tried a different glue, maybe too much, as there a few spots, but I have decided they are good enough. 
Pounding through the iFi on a Saturday afternoon.
Maybe spray glue could solve your problems if the application is the source of your troubles Shane 
That may well be the case, but this morning I was like if the second looks good enough, I am done. 
Both are about 98% good and that’s close enough for me. Once they’re mounted and in use, they are just fine.
And not to be forgotten, I LOVE these headphones! I am Really surprised that so many people give up on these. Of course I don’t understand all the love for Sennheiser either, so I guess it just breaks down to the fact that we all hear differently. 
1 Like
Think the thrill ride @Pokrog just gone through is a bit to much for most XD
I myself had a he 6 more than once in a basket but Import costs plus those quality concerns did make me think otherwise 
1 Like
People said the same thing about the Focal Elex’s. I understand that bad things do happen but I have been rocking my Elex’s for more than a year and a half and I LOVE them.
Landed in Canada, the HE6se V2’s were about $950.00. Worth every penny to me.
Different strokes…
1 Like
I think you would be in tough. Even using balanced, you would be putting out less than 2W per channel. If you follow the link you provided, they provide a chart for this amp working with different models. With the H6SE, they rate the pairing as Good, not Excellent nor Very Good and that is probably optomistic.
I think it would probably be useable, but would not show the HE6se V2’s at their best.
I say this as a guy that LOVES my iFi partnership (HE6se V2 + iFi Pro iCAN).
2 Likes
I was thinking about getting iFi Pro iCan. How do you like it? Is it excellent?
It really is great, but it is also stupid expensive. I bought mine used and saved about 40%. Then the Signature Edition came out and it is even MORE expensive! If you can find a used OG model for around $1,000.00, it is a Great buy, in my opinion.
- An insane amount of power, that I will never come close to maxing. I am a quiet listener.
- Bass boost is well done and addictive. I use it on almost everything.
- 3D is a very cool feature on just a few headphones. Out of ten headphones, at the time, it was used on two or three 'phones. AMAZING with the HE6se V2’s, for me at least.
- The tube mode makes small differences. SS is actually quite impressive and pretty neutral to my ear.
If you have or plan to collect several pairs of headphones, this is a great addition to your collection. I have always felt that I am not an EQ guy, but I have to admit that I change my settings for every single headphone. 
1 Like
what about GX-S mini?
Fuck that amp. That amp straight up sucks with the HE6. Almost zero redeeming qualities, imo.
2 Likes