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[LEGACY] Dekoni et al. third-party pads for HIFIMAN Edition XS and HE1000 V2 (UPDATED)

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Top to bottom: Cotton fabric suede pads (brown), Real leather hybrid pads (w/ perforated inner walls), Protein pads (w/ perforated inner walls), Real leather pads (w/ perforated inner walls), stock pads (bottom right). The XS is fitted with Dekoni Elite Velour on the left side and stock pads on the right. First up is the … Continue reading [LEGACY] Dekoni et al. third-party pads for HIFIMAN Edition XS and HE1000 V2 (UPDATED)

[LEGACY] Encore of Hifiman Edition XS – Endnotes and Comparison to HE6SE and GL2000

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At last, Resolve my favourite reviewer has posted his review. I encourage you to check it out. Now I can be super biased and gush out some personal opinions of the XS. I actually prefer the XS over the Ananda by quite a large margin. A major feature of the hifiman egghead planar is the … Continue reading [LEGACY] Encore of Hifiman Edition XS – Endnotes and Comparison to HE6SE and GL2000

Review of HiFiMAN Edition XS – Compared to Ananda and HE1000 V2 [updated measurement]

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Edition XS - see measurements here, extra comparisons with HE6SE V2 and GL2000; measurement of third-party pads TL;DR: open and airy but well-balanced tuning leaning ever-so-slightly to the bright side, with the typical Hifiman dip at around 1-3khz making mid-range instruments less forward or aggressive. Great layering and separation. Good all-rounder for different music genres. … Continue reading Review of HiFiMAN Edition XS – Compared to Ananda and HE1000 V2 [updated measurement]

[LEGACY] Grado GH4: Measurement and Pad Rolling

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Grado GH-4 - frequency response measurement Default GH4 sound: typical Grado peak at 2khz, followed by raised treble between 4k-9khz. Slight bass bump at 100hz but rolls off very rapidly below 50hz, so there's little sub-bass. This gives bass a kind of 'bouncy' character. Let's then get into pad rolling (measured with legacy KB006X pinnae): … Continue reading [LEGACY] Grado GH4: Measurement and Pad Rolling

[LEGACY] Measurement and Pad Rolling of Focal Elear & Clear

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the Focal Derby TL;DR: tuning-wise the Clear and the Elear are basically the same headphone the two measuring extremely close with the same pads Caveat: build quality differs though, the Clear is better built and does not suffer from driver failure issues the issue on the Elear can be fixed by resoldering the connection wire … Continue reading [LEGACY] Measurement and Pad Rolling of Focal Elear & Clear