🟥HiFiMan Can't Lose _(Z Reviews)_ HiFiMan HE400SE

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0:00 - Intro
8:11 - Cable Rant Begins
15:20 - Pad Removal

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[BillyC]

0:30 Yard Sales Access
1:20 HE400SE vs HE4XX - Cheap & Good, Planar Magnetics!
2:00 The headband
2:30 Stock pads
3:00 HE400SE vs HE4XX
4:40 Rounded magnets = win
4:45 Sundara 2020 enters the ring - $200 better or...?
5:04 Sound profile
7:49 A buy?
8:10 Cable rant
14:25 Pads and swapping (be careful doing so!)
19:41 Putting the back back
20:40 Outro - Sound demos, Patreon & Subscribe Star, telegram chat, HiFiGuides

[JeradBenge]

"I want to thank myself for doing this review." - Zeos 2021

[foysalislam]

Received my HiFiMan HE400SE today. Surprisingly it came with a different cable. Now it comes with the same black cable as the HiFiMan HE400i.
By the way, thanks for this great video. It helped me to press the trigger for this headphone.
All the best wishes.

[speeddrift]

"looks like it wants to be straight but can't be" I felt that

[gamergtx]

Such a great VFM headphone with a great tuning. Using them for a month now with Ifi Zen Dac v2 running balanced. They sound amazing that my HD 650s do not get any love. Removed the dust filter and the sound stage improved. There are also honeycomb mesh replacements sold online for even greater soundstage. Pair with palipads and you have something that is greater than the Sundaras for less price.

[dreams]

Drop has added the HEX4 too which are supposedly indistinguishable from the HE400SE, it's an update to the HE4XX. It's getting a bit confusing haha, I dunno why they just don't number their headhones.. Planar 1, planar 2, planar 3 fucking done

[Akirilus]

When taking the back off, you gain a bit in the 10-40 HZ range in bass but probably lose it around 150-300 in my perception at least. I tried to mod these in 15 ways, different pads, putting stuff on the magnets, closing them. Frankly the way they are out of the factory is my favorite.

[kendoglarson]

The he400se EQ'd through my K7 amp as balanced output is unbelievable. This level of sound is truly astonishing for $110. Mine came with a very nice black plastic coated/jacketed cable so I was happy.

[requiemforameme]

The bundled cable is really good for fishing out wires that fell behind your workstation. Like a pliable wire hangar.

I’ve tried it as a backscratcher, but it’s not quite rigid enough.

[MrBlitzpunk]

Got mine for 110$ for the chinese version, what a time to be alive for audiophile to be able to have planar anything for 110$. I think even the cheapest planar IEMs cost more than that. And it sounds good! I love how hifiman cheap out in the build department instead of the sound, it's a compromise, but one im willing to accept for the price.

[Vorse_Raider]

Bought them on Amazon back in January, got the better black cable.
I have a wide head and these are surprisingly comfortable for me despite the moderate-high clamping force they have. The contact area with the pads on the head is large, and it spreads out the force well-enough. Headband does not have a plastic frame and the metal flexes pretty easily. Recommended to try out if you have a wide head.

[clemsiemckenzie]

Wow those have to be the worst cables I've seen in a long while. I already don't like the one on my HE4XX, but that's amazing. For once I'm not complaining about the 15mn Zeos Cable Rant...

[IAmNotA.]

This is one of the funniest audio videos I have seen! I bought a pair of these headphones a couple of years ago after seeing this video. And they are brilliant! As is the video.

[joshualee]

I appreciate that your reviews are more compact and concise now

[Akirilus]

Just as reassurance, you can break the magnets with your fingers, once my original pair failed, I decided to test that. But you do have to be fairly forceful. A bit harder than breaking a twig and I'd say it's hard to put that much pressure on the magnets by accident.

[ThathousecatSHC]

I just got a pair of these cans, from Amazon, direct from factory, and they included an extra audio cable, it's not shit, it's really nice. The bad one is still included. I believe you may have fixed and issue.

[uhgungawa]

Just an FYI. I got my set in the mail today, and it had a second normal rubber coated cable thrown in with the packaging box

[nicholasrockstroh]

Huh, I'm surprised your perception of the bass on these is that it's stronger than the Sundara, because if you just look at the FR they're pretty similarly tuned in the bass. I guess it's probably because the treble on the 400SE is much more laid back by comparison, so the bass feels more forward even though it, technically, isn't.

[hirdy]

Just bought the 4xx like 2 days before seeing this. I'm sure they'll still be great. I don't like the new headband though. All and all, can't wait for the 4xx to arrive, when I want brighter planars I'll get the Sundara's.