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Drop + HIFIMAN HE4XX Planar Magnetic Headphones

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Drop + HIFIMAN HE4XX Planar Magnetic Headphones

Name: Drop + HIFIMAN HE4XX Planar Magnetic Headphones
Brand: Drop
SKU: drop-hifiman-he4xx-planar-magnetic-headphones
Price: 189 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.295849 (2072 reviews)

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Review Highlights:

emscheffel

For such a low price this headphone deserves 5 stars for sheer bargain prowess! So long as this is plugged into a decent amplifier the sound opens up and is terrific! By contrast, anyone expecting to plug this into their cell phone or laptop computer is missing the point, without decent amplification this headphone will not sound as great as it can(more likely dull, actually!). I am driving this through an IBasso Bushmaster D14, which in turn is amped via an RSA Mustang P51 on high gain. I find this combination with the HE4XX heavenly, also because the P51 almost completely eliminates the Sabre DAC's glare. So my recommendation is to buy the HE-4XX, but only if you drive this through a decent DAC/AMP combo!

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Thefuture10

Are the 2 cables that connect to the headphone cans 2.5mm or 3.5mm?

hypnoticdcime

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I just looked at mine to be sure and they are 3.5mm jacks

Zx54x

Im not good with headphones but do these merge at the end int one cord?

Yes.

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3.5

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Sound

4.4

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Comfort

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Markillio

May 23, 2024

Activities:Casual Listening, Gaming, Movies & TV

Music Genres:Classical, Country, Electronic, Hip-hop, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Rock, World

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Multidimensional Jack of all trades

I truly enjoy this headset is a jack of all trades. To start off the comfort, is like having giant pillows on your ears, none fattiguing sound and comfort, wearable for many hours with joy and happiness. The sound is very well balanced good base extension without being g boomyor overly done, the mids and highs are very nice and clean and clear, I noticed this specially during long gaming sessions while playing MW3. The sound is like I said before multidimensional very open and yet direct at the same time. During my musical experience it was pure bliss and beautiful to listen to but if you want to explore and experience this kind of listening, you will likely need a headphone amp and dac combo. I personally used the schiit Hel for gaming and for music I used the topping DX3 Pro+ and I can tell you that wow it nearly blew my mind as I was immediately transported to audio nirvana. I hope this review help you and I do hope you get yourself a pair of this amazing planar magnetic magic for your ears. You won't regret it.

Recommends this product? Yes

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Makis

Apr 23, 2024

Activities:Casual Listening, Gaming, Movies & TV

Music Genres:Classical, Electronic, Metal, Rock

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Manufactured to not be repairable

I enjoyed these headphones a lot, my first set of nice headphones that I bought for my amp. Great listening experience for all my metal music and very immersive for gaming as well. The positioning and soundstage is leaps and bounds better than any gaming headset I've ever used, which I guess doesn't say much as once you try real headphones you can't go back to those. However there are some serious design flaws with these headphones that don't need to be there. The small screws that hold the driver's to the headband WILL fall out. The headband is sealed around these screws so you can't even just screw them back in without butchering your headband. Simply leaving an opening for these screws and maybe going with some bigger ones would have prevented almost ever RMA or warranty claim with them. Sadly, the cost savings were concentrated on making these unrepairable without destroying them. Two small screws and a light dab of adhesive isn't enough to keep them together.

Really sad because they otherwise are a great headphone, that with a small modification would last.

Recommends this product? No

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Markillio

May 23, 2024

MakisWow that's not good I am sorry this happened to you and thankful for you posting about this issue I will check mine and keep an eye on that area. Otherwise I truly agree with you the sound stage is amazing. Gaming with this set is super fun I am truly enjoying mine. Btw I do hope you get them fix or a replacement through warranty.

raileanolek

Apr 18, 2024

Activities:Casual Listening, Gaming, Movies & TV

Music Genres:Classical, Electronic, Rock

Verified Buyer

Best quality sound HF i've ever had

Like them very much ! At a certain low frequency, the right earphone made something like a squeak sound. Support have responded fast and sent me another pair. Enjoying !

Recommends this product? Yes

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TnTblow

Mar 22, 2024

Activities:Casual Listening, Gaming, Movies & TV

Music Genres:Classical, Electronic, Jazz, Metal, Pop, Rock

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Great Sound, Bad Comfort

Headband gets really uncomfortable after about an hour at the top of the head. Needs more padding. Or better yet, segment it into two sections left and right like on the Sennheiser 58X, which are 5/5 for comfort. As far as sound quality goes HE4XX has way bigger sound stage and clearer sound (more resolution). I would prefer HE4XX if they would be as comfortable as the 58X.

Recommends this product? Yes

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ComfyMaxx

Feb 4, 2024

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Hifiman Quality is bad

My earcups broke off the hinge

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Bgswiss

Feb 1, 2024

Activities:Casual Listening, Critical Listening, Gaming, Movies & TV

Music Genres:Electronic, Hip-hop, R&B

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Most comfy and best i own

I'm new to the audio file world but so far these are the best headphones I've ever had but clearest with the most crisp sound and I don't hear that much noise.

Recommends this product? Yes

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Nixin

Jan 26, 2024

Activities:Casual Listening, Critical Listening

Music Genres:Electronic, Hip-hop, Jazz, Metal, Rock, World

Verified Buyer

My Favorite

I'm wearing these right now. I bought them when the first drop+version came out, and one of the cups broke off of the band after a short time -- but Drop was happy to replace them -- and I think the v2 had come out already? So they gave me the upgrade. These have lasted just fine -- and I haven't been more careful with them. They have a great sound, and I'm hooked on open back; I have 3 small kids, so I like to be able to hear the outside world while listening to music. (I still pretend I can't hear them. I like to have the advantage.) I'm not a big spender, so I don't know how these stack up against the expensive ones. Zeos did a review of them in which he had good things to say, so that was good enough for me.

Recommends this product? Yes

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johnupham80

Jan 7, 2024

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connector broke

The 3.5mm jack right side on the headphone is broke. When i plug in the connector it just loose but on the left side is fine

Recommends this product? No

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bmonkman

Dec 29, 2023

Activities:Casual Listening, Gaming, Movies & TV

Music Genres:Metal, Rock

Verified Buyer

Great while they lasted

I loved the sound these provided while they were able to stay together. Unfortunately even after being careful with the second pair (Thanks Drop for replacing the first pair) They broke in 18 months at the same place on the headband. If you have a slightly larger than normal head you may want to look at a different brand altogether as Hifiman has build quality issues across it's entire product line.

Recommends this product? No

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YushinLee

Dec 19, 2023

Activities:Casual Listening

Music Genres:Jazz, Pop

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good enough to enjoy music, but a little shy to fully enjoy

considering the sale price, it's a good product, but the power is not enough and the clarity is short for me. overall it's fine to listen and enjoy music.