HiFiMAN HE-1000

[Frederik S]

HiFiMAN is constantly developing their planar technology, and today, we will take a look at their latest state-of-the-art headphone. It is dubbed the HE-1000 and features a nanometer thick diaphragm, leather headband, and milled aluminum. We take HiFiMAN's most audacious and pricey headphone for a ride!

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[Mistral]

Aww man, I was hoping for some sexy shots of the insides...

 

[BumbleBee]

thanks for the review Fred. price of headphones have really shot up. it's hard to recommend anything over the Sennheiser HD600 for the money.

 

[SteelSix]

I went on a five year quest looking for my favorite over ear stationary, over ear mobile, and gym earbuds. And while I'll say I'm content, I'll add that I fell in love with the looks of these instantly. I tell people who've never experienced a properly amplified open set of cans about what they're missing and they look at me like I'm a fu cking alien.

I'd have these sitting around and be like "here, check this out.."

 

[AhokZYashA]

while i like the sound of the HE1000s,
i prefer the tonality and the sound signature of the Edition X.
especially the vocals

 

[mab1376]

i'll stick with my he-500 for now, these are way too expensive.

 

[Deleted member 6693]

Insane ..... in all aspects - have to ask my boss for a higher salery ;-)

 

[Gadgety]

I'm not contesting the sound quality, and I would expect magnetostatics to be good, but it seems head phone measurements are really tricky and influence the results big time, which makes it really hard to get "objective data". I can imagine this makes headphones very attractive for audiophile grade magic dreamscape wonderland products and, even more so, pricing.

 

[Rowsol]

A few millionaires will buy this and the company will be in the black. Sell 10, make a profit. What a rip off.

 

[Jetster]

I'll wear them as I drive my $600 Truck

 

[BumbleBee]

A few millionaires will buy this and the company will be in the black. Sell 10, make a profit. What a rip off.

people often have this reaction when an audio company launches a new flagship product. a lot of the pie in the sky products you see at audio shows like $40,000 electrostatic speakers simply exist to sell the same companies lower priced speakers. somebody will look at the HiFiMAN HE-1000 and buy the HiFiMAN HE-400s

 

[The Terrible Puddle]

people often have this reaction when an audio company launches a new flagship product. a lot of the pie in the sky products you see at audio shows like $40,000 electrostatic speakers simply exist to sell the same companies lower priced speakers. somebody will look at the HiFiMAN HE-1000 and buy the HiFiMAN HE-400s

Just like the Titan

 

[qubit]

@Frederik S With something this good, I'll bet the company had to prise them away from your hands...

 

[AhokZYashA]

i was blown away when i tried this with the chord dave.

but then again, its too expensive for me

 

[GamerGuy]

Hey guys, I've asked a friend to get one when he's in China, I should be getting it in a month or two, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. You can be sure that when I do get it, I'd post pics and perhaps an impression or two. This will be my last headphone purchase as I've a number of mid to higher end cans, the HE-1000 represents my first and only foray into SummitFi cans....