HiFiMAN HE-1000 V2 Planar Magnetic Headphones

[Frederik S]

The HiFiMAN HE-1000 V2 is the newest über-high-end offering from the company that spawned the newest generation of high-end planar magnetic headphones. The HE-1000 V2 shares most of its DNA with the V1, but there are several significant updates to pads, cable, and headband.

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[Rivage]

Nice headphones. Rarely you can meet such profitable offer! Will buy TWO!

 

[bogami]

Who will be donated me this ,because I can not even afford new dentures let alone $ 3,000 headphones .My Blaster H5 Creative served me well and have a lot of excellent product far above the rest for the money.

 

[PLAfiller]

I just can't comprehend spending 3000 bucks on headphones...but hey I am not a musician. I guess if I was making money out of this business it would make much more sense.

 

[bug]

I just can't comprehend spending 3000 bucks on headphones...but hey I am not a musician. I guess if I was making money out of this business it would make much more sense.

For that kind of money you can get great speakers and a receiver to go with them... Like you said, these may make sense in a studio, but other than that, Idk who would want these.

Edit: Correction. I know who'd want these, Idk who would want to pay the asking price.

 

[Easy Rhino]

I just can't comprehend spending 3000 bucks on headphones...but hey I am not a musician. I guess if I was making money out of this business it would make much more sense.

i dont even think musicians would find these headphones practical. most just use whatever the studio provides and those are generally reference sony sets for $150.

 

[jonfitch]

Actual measurements in the review would have been nice...I thought this was a tech site? Basically until this gets reviewed by Inner Fidelity or SBAF we won't know if it's a paid cheerleader article or if the points made in the "review" were actually objective. Even a partisan audiophile publication like Stereophile has been measuring all the audio equipment it reviews since the 1990s...I mean come on its 2016 and you are doing reviews like some 14 year old girl writing a book review in her journal.

 

[Frederik S]

I would like to do measurements but currently a KEMAR or HATS with appropriate couplers and analyzer is just way out of budget. And even when you have it, it is only really good for comparative studies as there there is no rock solid correlation between measurement results and what the user experiences, especially the high frequencies response is hard to capture correctly. On top of that with super aural headphones you have a lot of noise from position, cup to head seal, distance from driver to ear etc.

Inner Fidelity is great as Tyll has measured pretty much all interesting headphones in the world on the same setup. His measurement setup and method is the best there is and while we could probably buy the same gear I doubt that we will ever reach the same proficiency in headphone measurements that he has.

 

[Frederik S]

And these headphones are obviously aimed at audiophiles not for studio use. Studios usually use a pair of tuned monitors for mixing.