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Hifiman EF400 & Sennheiser HD600's
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<blockquote data-quote="Tonteldoos" data-source="post: 1158855" data-attributes="member: 689"><p><a href="https://positive-feedback.com/reviews/hardware-reviews/hifiman-ef400-dac-headphone-amplifier/" target="_blank">HIFIMAN EF400 DAC/Headphone Amplifier - Positive Feedback</a></p><p></p><p>Reviewer tested the EF400 with both Arya and HD600. Found it to be quite sensitive to choice of headphone (or possibly more revealing of the headphones' characteristics?).</p><p></p><p>Might be worth playing with some of the gain settings - different headphones may respond differently to different gain settings. </p><p></p><p>I originally found that I had to get used to the HD600 sound. My lesser HD598SE sounded more "alive", until I realized how much more natural tone and detail came from the HD600. I'm not trying to say that you heard wrong - but sometimes you need to compare your experiences over a couple of days or listening sessions, and what you may have thought sounded worse actually sounds better (to you). </p><p></p><p>But that said - sometimes better is just consistently better, and that's ok too. Trust your ears.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tonteldoos, post: 1158855, member: 689"] [URL="https://positive-feedback.com/reviews/hardware-reviews/hifiman-ef400-dac-headphone-amplifier/"]HIFIMAN EF400 DAC/Headphone Amplifier - Positive Feedback[/URL] Reviewer tested the EF400 with both Arya and HD600. Found it to be quite sensitive to choice of headphone (or possibly more revealing of the headphones' characteristics?). Might be worth playing with some of the gain settings - different headphones may respond differently to different gain settings. I originally found that I had to get used to the HD600 sound. My lesser HD598SE sounded more "alive", until I realized how much more natural tone and detail came from the HD600. I'm not trying to say that you heard wrong - but sometimes you need to compare your experiences over a couple of days or listening sessions, and what you may have thought sounded worse actually sounds better (to you). But that said - sometimes better is just consistently better, and that's ok too. Trust your ears. [/QUOTE]
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