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Drop + HIFIMAN HE-X4 Planar Magnetic Headphones
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Drop + HIFIMAN HE-X4 Planar Magnetic Headphones
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keyboard_arrow_downkombajn
47
May 12, 2021
Have they be redesigned/fix or will they, over time, suffer the same problem like my previous pair of 4XX - screws holding caps loosen over time and fall off. I needed to screw them back together every day. Yokes were actually bigger then caps and I think that there was a bit too much tension from metal springiness involved. After some time they wouldn't even last whole day of normal use and one day I was so pissed and tired of rebuilding them over and over and over again that I throw them into garbage bin. IMHO those are simple an example of bad engineering, or perhaps case of using parts that weren't actually designed to work together in the first place.
PhillipNunya
99
Jul 20, 2021
Seems to me you wasted a decent set of headphones. I would have just used Loctite.
kombajn
47
May 12, 2021
They can play whatever sound signal you send in. So if your PC will send sound altered by Atmos for headphones software then you will get what you send - a pseudo virtual sound that is way worse in all aspects then pure stereo sound.
jonkevinSF
0
May 11, 2021
Most headphone speakers are 50mm in size, and the largest are the HyperX with 100mm speakers. How large are the speakers in these headphones ?
Johnsonson
48
May 12, 2021
You're talking about dynamic driver size. These are planar and assuming they're like the 400/xx, 60mm. That said, it really doesn't mean anything.
KattoJesu
139
May 12, 2021
50mm dynamic is not the same as 100mm planar - diff technologies. 100mm also isn't the largest driver size out there. There's plenty planars much larger that can go up to the size of a mattress. The driver can be any size and be comparable so long as the tuning is done well enough. Planars have a different dynamic and mechanical function than dynamic drivers. Dynamic drivers are pretty much the same as your typical cone speaker whereas planar work like a wall of sound as a result you get different sonic characteristics.
trellus
398
May 17, 2021
From various sources on the internet, the HE-400i has 60mm drivers, so it is likely that the HE-400se and this HE-4X have the same or similar size.
The Audeze LCD-2 planar magnetic headphones have 106mm drivers, I believe, and it's not unusual for planar magnetic headphones to have larger drivers generally than dynamic-driver headphones, but it's not necessarily a reliable indicator of anything on its own. The high-end Abyss AB-1266 Phi TC, for example, "only" have 66 mm planar magnetic drivers.
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phoenixsong
1055
May 11, 2021
40mm drivers seem really common though :/ Also, there isn't a reliable correlation between driver size and sound quality. If it interests you, planar drivers generally run larger than dynamic drivers, and for this model, assuming it takes after the HE-4-- series' square drivers, would have a larger driver surface area compared to that of circular dynamic drivers even with the same numerical value attached to their diameters.
I don't have my HE-400i and HE-4XX with me now, even assuming they share the same driver dimensions as these. However, gauging from memory and a measuring tape they should be close to 50mm (side of square)
shkdwnst
85
May 12, 2021
phoenixsong50mm is only 1.9". I assure you, the planar driver is easily twice that size, in ALL HFM cans(aside from the 50mm dynamic HE-300, 350, 35x models). I have seen a few tiny 50-60mm planar cans(Monolith M560, M565). But it is rare to see a planar HP with a driver/diaphragm of less than ~100mm. I have never seen a Dynamic driver in a set of cans that was larger than 70mm in diameter. Which is still just under 3 inches.. This is why comparing driver size between dynamic and planar driver systems is more or less pointless. As 98+% of dynamic cans have 40-50mm drivers, and 98% of planar cans are around 100mm.
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phoenixsong
1055
May 13, 2021
shkdwnstHe wasn't asking for your impressive encyclopedia of general knowledge, but the specific dimensions of the drivers in this headphone. And don't direct that content at me please, I used to work at a headphone store
phoenixsong
1055
May 30, 2021
AndrewMilkyAs one who faces people like you with a smile, leaving you with nothing left before the little wit you have about you has a chance to respond
JP73
27
May 13, 2021
May be a stupid question but all my headphones are labeled left and right yet these aren't. I can tell by the way the pads are angled which is which but I was wondering if others here are the same.
JP73
27
May 11, 2021
Is this a 400se? I just got one and like it but if these sound a little warmer I might return them and get these. I'd save about 50 bucks if you include the cable I had to buy for those plus the $10 credit I still have with drop.
Johnsonson
48
May 12, 2021
They are not the same as any existing set (for real this time).
EDIT: To clarify they are the HE-400SE drivers without "stealth magnets". Technically different sound but very similar.
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