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HiFiMAN HE-5, HE-5LE, HE-6, and HE500 Planar Magnetic Headphones Manufacturers Comments
Dear InnerFidelity and Readers,
After start up and running this business for nearly 6 years, I really appreciate all my friends in headphone community. I've gotten help and good suggestion from time to time from this great community, especially on my sponsor's forum at Head-Fi.org.
I hope to add my 2 cents about HE-500 and HE-6 headphones: HE-6 is a headphone who has reached the planar magnetic driver's limit. Low efficiency is what HE-6 paid to get to this level. HE-500 is a more "friendly version" of HE-6. While the HE-500 lacks the HE-6's ultra clarity, its sonic signature over a regular headphone amplifier is pretty close to that of the HE-6 over a high-end amp. If the HE-6 is driven to its full potential (such as our new EF6, which will be released in summer 2011) I have to say its performance is on another level than that that of the HE-500, and most other headphones, will never be able to reach. Hope HE-6 will be recognized again in later 2011.
Fang Bian, President of Head-Direct
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