Iâll let it rest after this - but it appears what Hifiman did was upgrade the magnets in the V2 - also did away with the fancy leather wrapped box and also include the newer black rubber sheathed cables
HIFIMAN HE1000 V2 STEALTH The HIFIMAN HE1000 established a new super class for headphones when it was released in the summer of 2015 and topped the best lists of practically all specialist magazines. Rarely has a product been so unanimously discussed internationally. HIFIMAN has now revised this successful model, which was already further developed into the V2 version in 2016, and will be delivering it from December 2022 with stealth magnets, which lead to less edge breakage directly on the magnetostatic foil thanks to their rounded shape. The sound is a little more natural.
The optimized and basic construction of the HE1000V2 with the pleasant wearing comfort and the clearly slanted ear pads has remained. These allow a slightly improved localization from the front. The ear pads now have a polyester finish to keep you sweat-free for long listening sessions. The previous combination of anodized steel and aluminum on the housing is now made entirely of aluminium.
Nothing has changed about the membrane with a thickness in the nanometer range and the use of the patented âWindow Shade Grillâ as the driver screen. The membrane foil itself is so thin that it would be practically invisible when viewed from the side. It is framed by an asymmetrical magnet system with relatively large magnets on the side facing away from the ear and smaller ones on the side of the headphones facing the ear. This trick reduces interference in playback and allows extremely fast response due to reduced âair congestionâ between the membrane and magnet.
The HE1000 V2 Stealth continues to have an incredibly open and completely homogeneous sound. Given a powerful drive, these are headphones that can reproduce even the darkest bass with the same precision as the finest glockenspiel sounds.
The new HE1000 V2 Stealth comes in a box with the Stealth magnets clearly marked and comes with two headphone cables.
Edit: I lied one more tidbit - I checked with a Reviewer I know, who checked with his Hifiman rep. and confirmed the HEKv2 Stealth. They are not released yet in US it seems.
Jason has confirmed Mjolnir 3 may be coming sometime next year. Full class A (not AB or continuity), with the ability to switch between two different types of SS output topologies (kinda like the 9i-906 âSilver Foxâ amp).
Oh also yet another Susvara V2 rumor, a dealer said that Hifiman is planning on releasing an updated (and more expensive) version of the Susvara next year⌠(pure speculation here, the context is hanging on a thread by âsome guy on head-fi said that his dealer said that a susvara V2 is coming out next yearâ so take this with a big ol grain of salt lol) I guess weâll see.
Next year is looking pretty interesting though, looking forward to whatâs to come!
Not sure, he hasnât released any updates on it yet, as far as Iâm aware. Iâd imagine it would be since heâs been pumping out some albums for his octave records label. From the albums Iâve tried (not much), it sounds pretty good although a bit dead to me. Probably because he uses insulation material as a means for sound treatment, unfortunately
Right, because itâs the next big thing, right? I listen to DSD all the time (never)
Although my good old Marantz 9500 player outputs SACD DSD via its internal DACâŚ
It is my preference 9 times out of 10 when I have it.
Pretty much every (There are exceptions) DSD master sounds better than even 192/24 PCM masters. Some of that is the mastering, some of it the encoding.
Itâs a pity so many DSD masters are so hard to get, because they were limited regional releases.
Though the difference isnât night and day with most DACâs these days for the same recording.
Itâs combination of things for me, Dynamics is a part of it, but Dynamic Range is also a big one, and I still find PCM recordings sometimes have a brittle edge to them when compared to DSD.
Some of it is the masters they used, and some just the nature of the encoding.
It was designed as an archival format for Analog recordings, so itâs pretty unsurprising itâs better at capturing the subtleties.
I wish it had won the format war, but digital processing is so difficult to do on a native DSD signal, it probably never stood a chance to be broadly adopted for mastering, and converting a PCM master into a DSD signal is what DS DACâs do, so not really worth it.
The person with the cowon before me left the âJazz at the Pawnshopâ album in full in redbook and dsd (technically is was one of those off dsd files byt in the end same thing) The DSD was the better version. It makes that plenue S work for it, but its the better version. I usually haye having multiple copies of things but i kept duplicates for that reason.
That would be a nice album to have a DSD copy of. A real nice album to have a DSD copy of. I donât have a copy of that album in DSD format. Why am I sounding like the Christmas Story kid writing his essay on wanting a Red Rider?
I know this is mass market, but IMO itâs going to hit it out of the park if the performance is anywhere decent. A very good looking, simple, retro and everything youâd need for a basic system or a second/third out of the way system.
