Listening To The World's Most Expensive Headphones Sennheiser HE-1

These are the most expensive headphones in the world! The Sennheiser HE-1

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[phototristan]

These had an uncanny ability to play quite loudly yet with no perceivable increase in distortion. The visceral bass was also amazing. I was not expecting to have such good bass.

[Tom_Brennan]

Very cool review, interesting point about the DAC. I believe the same DAC is used for the HDV820 amp, which is crazy.

[scottyh]

It wasn't the DAC bro. I have not heard the HE1 yet, but many who have talk about the system being brutally honest with regard to the recordings it plays. The sibilance you heard was most likely from the recording. It's an 8 chip DAC on a "no expense spared" system. I read an excellent, long review on HeadFi (Fidelity King, listened for 1 hour in San Fran) who said the HE1 ruins the enjoyment of most recordings because it brings out all their faults.

[Satfgk]

I can relate to your findings. I spent two hours alone with it, thought it sounded very solid and cohesive with very strong clean bass. Mids and highs were clean but not as smooth and organic as I like. Vocals sounded odd to me, certainly something off there.

[Tom_Brennan]

Could you give a percentage of how much better the HD1 was over the HD800 S/HDV820 combo? I'm very curious about that amp. 10% difference?

[jr-nbmj]

Very nice. I wonder one thing, you have an amazing headphones/amps, have you thought about getting simular high-end speakers to the computers? Like b&w 805s/d or LS50 or why not genelec.
Do you prefer headphones to speakers in general?

Very much like the variety of topics on your vids.

[magdavelas]

So what songs were on your playlist when you tried it out?

[funkrafty]

The dac is probably a throw in to curb criticism of a lack of it in such an expensive system. The owners of this thing probably will have an array of dacs waiting to feed it.

[ELSA-exph]

Are the Mr speakers Mr speakers alpha prime worth buying if I have a he500?

[arthurwatts]

I dont spend much time on Head-Fi any more, Tristan, but has anyone posted a single *owners* report yet ? All I've seen is impressions from folks like yourself who've had the good fortune to hear it at Sennheiser's behest. Even for those with 55K USD, there seems to be a process for buying the thing - any thoughts on that ? Thanks for the vid.

[forthosewhodare]

So they charge $55k for it and put in a rubbish dac that they in their HDVD820? They should just hire company like Chord or Denafrips to make the dac part for them.

[davidmthekidd]

Any chances of reviewing the Hifiman Shangri-La?

[VeryCoolAlan]

So is it the best thing you've ever heard???

[arthurwatts]

So they demoed their 55K flagship headphone system, basically Sennheiser's Bugatti Veyron, with a laptop running *iTunes* as the source ?? Seriously - who the hell is Sennheiser entrusting their legacy to in the US - Goofy ... ? OK - thats a little harsh - even Goofy could install F2K on Windows or the trial version of one of the Mac playback apps. Mind boggling.

[Quimet]

I tried those, didn't impress me.

[bunozen]

Great review. They should have used a Chord Dac.