HIFIMAN HE400SE Stealth Magnets Version Over-Ear Open-Back Full-Size Planar Magnetic Wired Headphones for Audiophiles/Studio, Great-Sounding, Stereo, High Sensitivity, Comfortable, Sliver

These really do offer a wonderfully clear and detailed sound at a low price. They are very well made too. They do take a bit of power to get to a decent sound level. A bit heavy but comfortable.

I'll keep this short. The frequency measurements are very good. The imaging and depth are fantastic. The soundstage is wide and spacious. The clarity and detail retrieval are as good as hp's costing quadruple the price. They need a bit of power for them to shine - atleast 1 watt. There's loads cheap hp amps out now that will cater for these. Extremely comfortable and light. Ive owned 5 different Hifiman hp's and these are my 2nd favourites after the Ananda's. But these actually measure better in regards to FR and balance. No brainer.

I've only had a couple hours with it, no burn in. At the moment, I'll say it's good, maybe I expected more. In the UK we pay £150, I know on the Hifiman website it's under $100 right now (or was). Positives - they are clear and more musical than I expected. Mids and treble are lovely. Good speed, notes have good weight and are quite organic and life like. Mid bass is good and can make up for the lack of sub bass. Very nice stereo effect. Negatives - sub bass as I said is weak. It may be quick and had decent enough speed, but that total lack of depth makes that redundant. Soundstage for an open back is sadly lacking depth. Width is okay, maybe just outside the head. If it wasn't for the great stereo imaging and weight of the sound, I'd be disappointed. Comparison - they remind me of the akg k701, but more controlled up top, more fun, but they lack the depth and openness of the k701. They're less fatiguing. The k701 sound a lot thinner. Sub bass is similar in both. I prefer the he400se. If you like the Hifiman house sound and wanted more microdetail and much better bass and don't mind earphones, the re800 silver is like the 400se but better... And the same price. Their re800s is one of my favourite IEMs which improves massively after burn in, ESPECIALLY bass which at first sounded as weak as the he400se, my main gripe, tho I knew from reviews it wasn't going to be massive. In Queen's We Are The Champions those opening bass notes are very weak, no body or depth. The he400se are detailed, but not overly so, that's where I expected better, maybe the fact the soundstage is pretty average, more like a closed back. The re800s IEMs are more detailed (tho IEM comparison not helpful). Compared to the original he400S, they're more immediate and less soft sounding. Similar bass. The new one has more body and better treble. They're more comfy than I expected and they come with a black cable and not that white one.

Sound quality is great, but there did not seem to be any manual or spec sheet in the box. Should there be? I want to get a balanced cable for it and do not know if the dual inputs are 2.5mm or 3.5mm.

Poor quality headphones, bad sound, cheap build.

At first I wasn't impressed with these headphones, I didn't find them to be much different to my Philips Fidelio X2HR's, similar soundstage and sound. These do seem to place instruments slightly more precisely. Considering I only paid £99 for the Philips from Amazon they would win just on value. At the time of writing this review the Philips have gone up in price but still nearly £50 cheaper. Then I changed to a 2.5mm balanced cable and what a difference, it was if they had been opened up and a veil lifted. I am mainly using a phone as my source with a HIDIZS S9 PRO DAC and a EarStudio ES100 MK2 Bluetooth DAC. I've never really noticed too much difference in sound quality changing to a balanced cable before but these Hifiman headphones are an exception. Playing wired by the S9 and by LDAC via the Earstudio both saw a big improvement in sound quality using the balanced cable. I did test them with a Graham Slee Solo headphone amp playing SACD's from my Marantz SACD player too. These tests were done with the supplied cable and were no better than the Philips.

The Left Channel refuses to work. I know it's not the cable's fault as I swapped the Left/Right cable around on the working Right Channel played around with the Left/Right Volume control. Terribly disappointed. Though I must I add, the right channel sounds absolutely amazing.

Very good value for money. Good sound, if connected to a good source that can adequately drive them. Hence, if used with a run-of-the-mill source .. needs going through a (preferably decent) DAC/AMP.

Great headphone for those looking for an entry in to the world of planar. The stealth magnets are a huge improvement. The sound could be described as laid back and very natural but still resolving enough not to feel muddy. These headphones are also pretty easy to drive and actually sound fantastic on my ifi Zen Dac v2. This is despite the relatively high noise and low output power characteristic of the Zen Dac. While most headphones will produce a slight hiss, these are absolutely dead quiet. They are comfortable too and in my experience are not fatiguing even after hours of listening. I was lucky to not be a victim of the reported quality control issues and have not had any issues with my planar drivers thus far. The cable leaves a lot to be desired but honestly at this price I don't mind just buying a third party cable. Overall I absolutely cannot complain and as such they receive full commendation. In fact they were that good that I too caught the planar bug and ordered the Edition XS, if these blew my socks off I'm now very keen to see what I'm missing with the more advanced models.

Empezaré diciendo que hace poco empecé a interesarme en el mundo del buen audio. No voy a decir que soy "audiófilo" porque me parece un término irrelevante, soy alguien que ama la música más que cómo se escucha, aunque no significa que no me guste el buen audio. He pasado por los famosos (¿por qué?) AirPods, audífonos Bluethooth in-ear, Bluethooth con cancelación activa, JVC HARX700, Samson SR850 y desde hace 1 mes con estos Hifiman, sin duda, lo mejor que he escuchado por lejos. Los he escuchado con un DAC/AMP de la marca Ciglow comprado aquí en Amazon. El unboxing en general es simple, pero sólido. Venía muy bien empaquetado y protegido. Construcción: Bastante decente, no la mejor por este precio (Fidelio X2HR imbatibles en este aspecto), pero se siente muy bien. La headband es de piel sintética de buen tacto y el arco que une las copas a ésta es de metal. Las copas en sí son de plástico, pero para nada se sienten de mala calidad. Las mayas que protege el driver se sienten bastante firmes. Primero los compararé con los Samson y los Fidelio. Los Samson son muy buenos, pero tienen un espectro en V marcado y sin duda son sibilantes (frecuentemente tenía que bajar al volumen por los agudos) y al ser semi-abiertos el soundstage es algo limitado al igual que el imaging. Pese a esto, creo que por el precio que pagas es de las mejores opciones. Los Fidelio son maravillosos, la construcción es de lo mejor, el sonido es increíble; sus bajos y el soundstage son sorprendentes, además de super fáciles de alimentar (celulares sin problema). Sin duda una excelente opción. Pasé una tortura decidiendo entre los Fidelio o los Hifiman. Si estás en esta misma situación, déjame decirte que solo por situaciones específicas te recomiendo escoger los Fidelio y es 1: Si eres amante total del bajo y si 2: Rehúsas determinantemente comprar un DAC/AMP para los Hifiman. De ahí en fuera yo me quedo con los Hifiman, pero debo decir que me dolió dejar ir los Fidelio. Sonido: Estos Hifiman, fueron chocantes para mi. Nunca pensé que el audio (de música, películas y videojuegos) pudiera sonar de la manera que lo reproduce. Es el sonido más natural que he escuchado, los bajos aunque son menores que los Fidelio, son igual de profundos y mucho más rápidos (naturaleza de planares), y antes que pienses que es algo negativo, he de admitir que desde que tengo estos audífonos he tenido más interés en géneros como Electrónica o música Pop (que antes no escuchaba mucho). Los medios son lo mejor que he escuchado, y es sorprendente cuando vuelves a audífonos en V para comparar, donde generalmente quedan rezagados. Música acústica como Adele, Johnny Cash, Gipsy Kings se escucha asombroso. No tengo nada malo para los agudos, son extensos pero nunca se sienten sobrepasados o sibilantes. En general y en mi experiencia, TODO se escucha grandioso. El soundstage es estupendo, al grado de nunca saber con seguridad si mi TV está con el sonido encendido, y créeme, muchas veces me he asustado pensando que alguien me habló o que algo pasó, cuando en realidad era lo que estaba reproduciendo los audífonos. El imaging en música es igual de increíble, cierras los ojos y sabes donde están los instrumentos, y no me refiero solo a derecha o izquierda, sino a la derecha arriba, en medio o abajo, igual en el lado izquierdo, yendo hasta abajo mezclándose con los graves donde tienen su propia extensión dependiendo de qué tan profundos sean en lo que escuches, igual con los agudos. Incluso he llegado a sentir sonidos proviniendo de delante. Es difícil de explicar jaja, pero lo que si estoy seguro es que nunca he sentido que las frecuencias estén mezcladas o poco claras. En videojuegos es igual de genial, lo he probado primordialmente en Battlefield 5, ya que los Battlefield's tienen de lo mejor en audio. Y con estos audífonos es gloria pura, te sientes realmente dentro del videojuego por la naturaleza del sonido de los Hifiman, las explosiones no se sientes carentes, las pisadas, sea pasto, tierra, concreto se oyen reales y cercanas, los disparos son como deben de ser, estruendosos y muy satisfactorios, aviones pasando encima de ti o volando a lo lejos, sabes dónde ocurre. De nuevo, la mezcla de todo lo que he dicho en un videojuego como este es una gloria, pero no por eso son solo para juegos "competitivos", lo he probado con Detroit Become Human y se escucha igual de alucinante. En películas es igual de gratificante, las voces son súper claras y en pocas palabras, es como si estuvieras ahí. Amplificación: Siendo honesto no los uso con celulares, pero revisando rápidamente para esta reseña puedo decir que alcanza un volumen medio. Como los uso es conectando el DAC Ciglow a través de óptico a mi TV Hisense H8G y por USB a mi PC y en ambas alcanza un volumen alto, más que disfrutable. Dato extraño: Conectando este DAC al PS5 no alcanza un volumen alto, es muy deficiente así, pero directo al control si se escucha fuerte, sin embargo, el sonido cambia, se vuelve más "lodoso" o menos claro y los bajos se vuelven más invasivos. Por esto lo uso conectándolo a la TV y no directamente al PS5. Sin duda recomiendo tener o comprar un DAC/AMP para disfrutarlos al máximo. Empezando por lo menos negativo o "arreglable". -El cable con el que viene es muy corto para mi gusto y es francamente horrible, plasticoso, se enreda como resorte. Yo solucioné esto comprando el cable NewFantasia en Amazon de Estados Unidos (sale más barato). Vale mucho la pena comprar este cable. -Las pads son más que decentes, la verdad, sin embargo soy algo exigente en la comodidad, y las pads son algo delgadas, el agujero donde van tus orejas es algo pequeño y el velour que usan no es el felpudo como las almohadillas TRANSTEK, sino rugoso como las Brainwavz (que no soy muy fan) y llegan a dar picor. Yo solucioné esto comprando las pads Defean (de nuevo en Amazon de Estados Unidos) de cuero real y con el anillo ya incluido, esto si es caro ($1331) pero si eres como yo, créeme son de lo mejor y lo más cómodo (y huelen delicioso). Llegamos a lo que para mí es lo más negativo (ni tanto, pero bueno) -La Headband pese a que mencioné positivamente la sensación del cuero, tiene una espuma que se siente bien en la mano cuando la presionas, pero al principio es dura, necesitas aflojarla con las manos antes de usarla por un tiempo o con el uso mismo. Sin embargo, a mi me sigue molestando un poco después de unas 2 horas, lo único que tienes que hacer cuando pase esto es adelantarla o hacerla ligeramente hacia atrás de tu cabeza aprovechando que es delgada. Esto junto con que el plástico en el que acaba (donde viene Hifiman y el modelo) que se siente un poco barato, es lo más negativo. Creo que si hubieran decidido un sistema de banda de suspensión como los Fidelio o los Samson hubieran sido PERFECTOS. Pero bueno, nada en esta vida lo es.

I’m picky when it comes to my music’s sound, and have tested a ridiculous number of open-back/over-ear headphones in the last year, including Philips Fidelio X2HR, Sennheiser 599, 600, 650, 660s2, and 6XX, AKG k702 & k712, as well as HiFiMan Sundara (2020 version), Edition XS, and Ananda Nano. All but one pair went back, but it made for some really good perspective re comparing cans. I have spent the last 9 months happy as a clam with my AKG k702 + Schiit Stack (Modi Multibit, Loki Mini+, Vali 2++/3), but recently fell back into the research rabbit hole (oops) and decided to give the HiFiMan he400se a try, and boy am I glad I did. These deliver full and warm sound very consistently via an orb-like soundstage, i.e. music feels like it’s coming from all directions around your head, like being at the center of a large globe. The Edition XS & Ananda Nano are applauded for a large soundstage, but I found it to be too vertical in both, like having a “wall of sound” on each side of your head, and the headphones themselves were comically large for my small head. The he400se are super comfortable by comparison; they do not clamp too hard but aren’t too loose either, the ear pads are amazing, and the body is hefty without being too heavy (as someone who gets headaches really easily, this is a big win). They only ever sit on my head or their stand, so I can’t really speak to their durability as I’m not tossing them into a backpack or anything like that (be gentle with your beloved audio gear!!), but their brushed metal grilles, padded PU leather headband, and stepped per-ear adjustment feel very high-quality. I know people have had issues with HiFiMan products in terms of defects, but this pair was perfect right out of the box. There were no issues with the stock cable either, but it was too short for me (at around 3ft), so I am replacing it with a custom 6ft Hart Audio cable (Amazon’s replacement options are great as well; there shouldn’t be any difference in sound quality). Compared to the AKG k702, in my opinion, the HiFiMan he400se are better for passive music enjoyment due to their warmer tuning & ability to bring out the best in all genres*, while the k702 would be preferable for mixing/mastering, certain games, and other analytical listening, as they have a very wide & accurate soundstage (like being in a large, flat/horizontal disc-like space with musicians scattered across it). *Note re “bringing out the best in all genres”: open-backs aren’t known for boomy bass, and I am not a bass-head. But I can confidently say that the planar magnetic drivers in the he400se brings more bass presence than any of the open-back headphones with dynamic drivers I’ve tried, and the mid-bass-boosted tuning compensates for the imminent lack of “thump.” I do recommend having some way to fine-tune the EQ. With the Loki Mini+, I’ve increased the low bass as well as the treble — because of the warmer tuning, the highs (e.g. lead instruments & vocals) can sound a little recessed stock. These can easily be driven without a super-expensive amp, but having an amp/DAC *will* make them sound better than plugging them directly into your PC or phone (either of which can be sources of lossless music with the right equipment & >40gbps USB-C cable to the source). Not only are these great value, they’re great in general. I prefer them over several much more expensive counterparts. Nobody else can speak for your ears but you, though, so you’ll only know if you give them a try :)

I am using this to listen to records. I am not a audiophile but it sounds as good as listening directly from the speakers.

Muito be construído. Médios excelentes. É interessante ter um amplificador para headphones.