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Re: Headphones?

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Ithi will have headphone comparison table in his room at Wigwam show with some very expensive headphones and amps - he is a headphone Guru.

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Yeap Sundara are definitely one of the best choices from planar family at current price. I really like them - hope you will too - and if you want to have a bit more fun with them buy some brainwavz pads and Dekoni ones ( you will need those plastic rings from Hifiman 10 USD or so) as newer Hps from them have them permanently glued in

https://www.brainwavzaudio.com/collecti ... phone-pads - XL and OVAL works
https://dekoniaudio.com/products/

those are really good but v expensive
http://www.zmfheadphones.com/pads-and-cables

and rings
http://store.hifiman.com/index.php/earp ... rings.html
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They arrived today.
Straight out of the box they already sound great. I will let them settle in a bit and see what happens, but I am already liking these.

Thanks again for the recommendation.

I will look at pads a bit further down the line.

My only criticism is the cable is a bit short, so I will be looking for either an extension or an upgraded cable of a suitable length.

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I bought a (cheap) replacement for my HE400i headphones but I can't remember what or where from so I accept it's of no use whatsoever other than to sympathise on cable length :-)

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I have been using the Sundara for a few weeks now.
They are very good in my opinion, with a pretty neutral sound to them.

I have not looked at upgrades yet, apart from a longer OCC copper headphone cable.

So once again, thanks for the recommendation.

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Well on WAM show around 25% of people preferred Sundara to HE1000se so there must be something that Sundara does bloody well 😎
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