Hopefully Adorama will let me exchange them for another pair - Iāll give them another shot, they really are amazng sounding headphones, but I canāt do 3+. Iām amazed you bought enough to have 4 die on you lol
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Sorry to hear! 
They really are great headphones, providing they work.
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Aaaaaaand weāre back. Got my replacement HE6 v2 in today, promptly did the headband mod as well as the hex grill mod and fired these bad boys up on my Yggy / Ragnarok combo. Also got the AliExpress pads @Pokrog recommended on the way, but theyāre not here yet.
These are really, really nice. There is work involved in terms of getting the right mods (the stock headband is garbage) and ensuring thereās no QC issues, but on this setup I really find these enjoyable to listen to. Wide soundstage, very detailed - very musical as Iāve said before.
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anyone tried em with a WA-11? andorama sales getting wild thinking about trying them again
Big shout out to @NtraXMod for hooking me up with a custom pair of pads for the HE-6, they look, feel and sound great!
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Those look nice! If these are something he/she/they make and sell let me know because Iāll be looking for a pair for my HE400is (same size cups as HE6) soon enough and would love to give my money to a forum member instead of Dekoni, Brainwavs, etc. How deep are they compared to the stock pads? Any noticeable sonic changes?
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Hey manā¦glad you like them, 
Yes they are a little larger than the stock pads and I would say there is a little more depth and firmness to them which is what I was looking for, they feel less āon-earā now. I specifically asked for ones with fabric that would add a little more bass.
Send @NtraXMod a PM if you are interested!
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Hey man, do you mind if I quote your review and photos in my FB page? Or maybe you can write a brief comment and review in my page, it would be greatly appreciated 
. Thank you
A while back I tried Hifimanās velour pads which filled in the 2 KHz dip nicely, but unfortunately kept the upper treble brightness and werenāt all that comfortable. I noticed someone on Headfi suggest the Beyerdynamic DT 990 pads as a good alternative, so I gave them a shot. They did not disappoint! 2 KHz sounds less laid back now, I donāt notice any excess brightness and the bass is still there. They sound even more detailed now, though maybe not quite as smooth as with the stock padsāa little more like a Sennheiser in that sense, but still much smoother. And the comfort is pretty excellent. Theyāre not deep, but deep enough that my ears fit without touching anything, and the fabric is miles better than Hifimanās. I did have to trim down the diameter of Hifimanās mounting rings a little to get the pads to fit, but that was easy enough.
So, if youāre looking to get rid of the Hifiman dip but keep most of the other positive attributes of the HE6SE, the DT990 pads are well worth a shot.
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Two more benefits to these Beyerdynamic pads:
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Because they donāt seal the way that leather + memory foam pads seal, thereās no driver crinkle
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Also, the sound with or without glasses/hair/etc seems pretty similar since theyāre not sealing anyway
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im using the dekoni elite velours for hifiman it does a similar job but it also tames some of the treble too
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FYI, the Geshelli Erish 2 is enough for these. In high gain, at 11, itās already head-splitting loud.
well loudness and properly driven are two different things YMMV
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How do you define properly driven?
Itās louder than it should be to keep your ears in good condition and the amp is not breaking a sweat with plenty of headroom. What else do you desire?
I donāt know about you, but I desire that phat subbass weight that the HE6SE is capable of assaulting you with. Something a Monoprice THX 888 for example which could get them ear blistering loud, just didnāt bring relative to other amps.
What can I say? Tried several amps and they performed poorly.
Tried the E2 out of jest, expecting nothing. It was insufficient in low gain, but totally transformed in high gain.
I was very surprised. Even the SA-1, which is supposed to push 2W into that impedance, sounded terrible with them.
Our Wave Theory explains pairingsā¦
Thatās cool. Iām sure there are more options in addition to the E2. But I think itās more a matter of being able to supply enough current than anything else.
I should measure that actually.
all about the caps with bass. small caps, small bass. phat caps, phat bass.