I hope this community will not continue down the path of rewarding manufacturers who stuff magnets into their drivers to boost technical performance, only then to end up with 0.

Coming with a cable that's long enough to run from your amplifier, even if it was a desktop amplifier, HE6SE really makes itself at home, when you're using it at home. Fang Bian, the CEO and founder of HiFiMan has stated that the SE needs 2W at 50 Ohms to make it sing. The transparency up top does mean they do prefer well recorded music, and subtleties that are normally lost up top are on show with the HE6SE. Soundstage is comparable in width, which is quite impressive given the Radiante are closed-back, while imaging is slightly better on the Radiante and instrument separation is better on the HE6SE v2.

The Mr Speakers Ether 2 have a more airy and slightly lean sound to them that just doesn’t match the energy of the HE6SE, the HD800s is wider in terms of soundstaging but are no way near as fun or musical. No headphone I've ever heard really has the life-likeness of the HE1000se; the note quality is highly textured and unique, but HE6se V2 has a larger, more open stage. I actually don’t remember what gain I was using, but I think it was the lowest one with the Topping DX7 set to DAC mode (so with max volume). So concentrating on the sound is much more economical and convenient… Irony isn’t your thing Greg, is it…!

Furthermore, most HIFIMAN Headphones are fairly comfortable, with headphones like Arya making competition for HD800S in terms of comfort, and with Sundara being both light and wear-able in pretty rough conditions. In practice the comfort is not the best, the headphone being considerably tighter and heavier than Arya or Sundara, or Sennheiser HD800 the most direct competitor considering the tuning and signature of HE6SE. If you're stuck at home, you will have a great time taking up playing an instrument, or just enjoying the music, or even reminiscing about the times when you used to stay outside, as a teenager.

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Anything less or short implies to other person that you either don’t care about them, are too full of yourself, too busy to be bothered by the likes of them, or worse, just generally disrespectful. It should be noted that I have absolutely no affiliation with HIFIMAN, I am not receiving any incentive for this review or to sweeten things out. The HE6se V2 makes an excellent headphone because it has great note definition, staging, imaging, and resolution. Midrange: The midrange is clean and clear, and always perfectly centered in the mix, with excellent layering. This setup won't work well if you dislike a colder setup, or something that tends to be a bit bright, but then, there's Mytek Brooklyn DAC+.

Build quality is overall very good, the headband is metal with a leather comfort strap, the cups feel sturdy and HiFiMAN have now started using dual 3.

Even if you prefer a warmer, more romantic midrange, something like Arya would be an excellent choice, but if you want the honest truth, HE6SE will really reach your heart.

I was reminded of that moment earlier today when I was just a couple of songs into listening to the HE6se V2 and feeling rather overwhelmed (in a good way). I wanted to intimately familiarize myself with a "control sound" to better and more quickly figure out whether the HE6se V2 would be worth keeping. The HEDD is darker in tonality but doesn’t provide as much in terms of bass, both amount-, and quality-wise.