Terrific review. Great video production, I liked the segments with your musician friend, and your assessment of the Heddphone 2 is (IMO) spot on. I've heard the GT as well. For the "audiophile" (or enthusiast) listener, I think the GT actually is a small improvement in every way. There is a little less clamping force from the carbon arc, and there is no "crinkly" sound from the driver, which is remarkable, as it supposedly was something endemic to AMT drivers. (I didn't find it a big deal with the H2 (OG), but it's great that it's gone.) The tuning of the GT is as your describe -- a bit more warmth and bass, and some more sparkle: for enjoyment rather than analytics. Hopefully you continue to review high-end audio gear. I'll be following, cheers
Thanks for the review :) Honestly, I never had the chance to experience such high quality headphones. Could you provide a sound quality comparison between these and other wireless consumer headphones like B&W PX7 S2 or PX8? I presume they should be very different, but would love to hear your remarks, since I know you enjoyed the B&W.
This is really interesting and also unexpected. I got to try the Heddphone two from a friend who owns them. Honestly I found the signature sound awful. Too much bass, sounded somehow veiled and the highs are really dark. Just not to my liking 😅 You should try to get your hands on the Fiio ft1 which are amazing cheap headphones and the Hifiman He1000 Stealth, the best I ever personally heard and owned. :D would love to hear your thoughts on these
Hahaha. That’s a nice coincidence. What did you use to listen to it? You need a very powerful pre-amp to get the best out of the headphones because of the AMT drivers. I will look into these headphones you suggested. Thanks for watching the review!
HE1000 Stealth has quite a different tuning from the Heddphone 2 -- so no surprise that if you liked the former you'd be less enthusiastic about the latter. But Heddphone 2 GT is a lot closer to the HE1000 line from 2-8kHz.
I think also that premium products need to cover all bases. In this case sound, fit, comfort, quality, longevity and so on. At that price point I’d expect something that is beyond criticism in terms of longevity. In seems to be that they are very much in the Ferrari territory of old - awesome performance but not suitable as a daily driver. Perhaps somebody needs to come up with a generic chassis that others can license. Something that does the basics very well, leaving the hifi component to be developed in isolation, and bolted on when ready. Of course this wouldn’t work with speakers where audio quality is as much about the cabinets, but for headphones I think it would work. Thinking here also about the Sony XM5 that look flimsy, which put me off them. Current owner of PX8, AirPods series 4. Grado wooden open ear phones from approx 2000. And a couple of pairs of NC from 2000/2005 (Bose and Sennhauser)
That’s an interesting take. But I feel that the design approach you are proposing is probably in the later future. These headphones are focusing on high end prosumers. But yeah, it would be lovely to see something that, tailored for everyday usage too. Thanks for the compliment :)
I don’t know. Headphones have been around for a long time and the chassis always attract criticism. It should be about audio performance right? Not how well they fit your head :)
Terrific review. Great video production, I liked the segments with your musician friend, and your assessment of the Heddphone 2 is (IMO) spot on. I've heard the GT as well. For the "audiophile" (or enthusiast) listener, I think the GT actually is a small improvement in every way. There is a little less clamping force from the carbon arc, and there is no "crinkly" sound from the driver, which is remarkable, as it supposedly was something endemic to AMT drivers. (I didn't find it a big deal with the H2 (OG), but it's great that it's gone.) The tuning of the GT is as your describe -- a bit more warmth and bass, and some more sparkle: for enjoyment rather than analytics.
Hopefully you continue to review high-end audio gear. I'll be following, cheers
Awesome thank you :). Detailed. Balanced. And very personable.
Thanks for the review :) Honestly, I never had the chance to experience such high quality headphones. Could you provide a sound quality comparison between these and other wireless consumer headphones like B&W PX7 S2 or PX8? I presume they should be very different, but would love to hear your remarks, since I know you enjoyed the B&W.
Yes, now that you mentioned it, I might as well make that comparison video especially with the PX8.
This is really interesting and also unexpected. I got to try the Heddphone two from a friend who owns them. Honestly I found the signature sound awful. Too much bass, sounded somehow veiled and the highs are really dark. Just not to my liking 😅
You should try to get your hands on the Fiio ft1 which are amazing cheap headphones and the Hifiman He1000 Stealth, the best I ever personally heard and owned. :D would love to hear your thoughts on these
Hahaha. That’s a nice coincidence. What did you use to listen to it? You need a very powerful pre-amp to get the best out of the headphones because of the AMT drivers. I will look into these headphones you suggested. Thanks for watching the review!
HE1000 Stealth has quite a different tuning from the Heddphone 2 -- so no surprise that if you liked the former you'd be less enthusiastic about the latter. But Heddphone 2 GT is a lot closer to the HE1000 line from 2-8kHz.
I think also that premium products need to cover all bases. In this case sound, fit, comfort, quality, longevity and so on. At that price point I’d expect something that is beyond criticism in terms of longevity. In seems to be that they are very much in the Ferrari territory of old - awesome performance but not suitable as a daily driver. Perhaps somebody needs to come up with a generic chassis that others can license. Something that does the basics very well, leaving the hifi component to be developed in isolation, and bolted on when ready. Of course this wouldn’t work with speakers where audio quality is as much about the cabinets, but for headphones I think it would work. Thinking here also about the Sony XM5 that look flimsy, which put me off them.
Current owner of PX8, AirPods series 4. Grado wooden open ear phones from approx 2000. And a couple of pairs of NC from 2000/2005 (Bose and Sennhauser)
That’s an interesting take. But I feel that the design approach you are proposing is probably in the later future. These headphones are focusing on high end prosumers. But yeah, it would be lovely to see something that, tailored for everyday usage too. Thanks for the compliment :)
I don’t know. Headphones have been around for a long time and the chassis always attract criticism. It should be about audio performance right? Not how well they fit your head :)