Hifiman HE400SE vs Hifiman Sundara

So if a headphone or speaker is a bit sibilant and you have a sibilant recording then it's gonna be Obvious and to me, it's really distracting these g...

This is a planar magnetic over-ear open back headphone that comes in right at around $350. So let's take a look. This review unit was sourced through ...

Headphones Beyerdynamic DT1990 pro and Hifiman HE400se. Overall I am very happy with the setup the 1990 are absolutely amazing and haven’t disappointed. They are very nice for music, and for gaming they are unmatched. The 400SE are very good for the money I just got them so I haven’t had a lot of time to listen to them but my initial impressions are very good for them very good budget headphone to grab

The Sundara has been out for a while, years actually, and there was even a slight revision to it two years ago where they basically upgraded the pad. ...

I also have a little recording studio setup with a Tascam Model 12 as the center. These phones plugged into the Tascam just sounded lifeless and quiet. I had to return them because they just aren't right for me - ordering the Senni HD560S instead and hope they are awesome.

Seriously? For me, however, the dealbreaker was comfort. The housings on these things are very large and the clamping force is substantial. No matter how much I adjusted them, the pads on the housings pressed hard on the back of my ears and the bottom rear of my jaw, and I found that I could wear them for much more than thirty minutes before I have to take them off. This may have to do with the fact that the ear cup housings do not rotate at all, they are fixed perpendicular to the headband, and thus there's no compensation for pressure differences from the front to the back of the ear cups against your head/ears

In terms of fitting, like most IEM's on the market they fit and isolate pretty well once you find suitable ear-tips for your ear canal size. Comfort is pretty great too with the base silicon sleeves being cool and not rough on my ears at all.

Also these are some of the most open headphones ever. If you can hear your music someone 10 feet away can as well. As far as comfort goes they aren't the worst for me. Their pads are scratchy and slightly small, while the headband is just fine

5mm male-to-male cable (Yes, they’re Bluetooth). Please think twice before spending $170 on this HIFIMAN headset. I even tried a replacement cable and sound never improved. I had to return the headset

I bought these headphones in 2020 about 1 and a half years ago and I use them daily at my desktop for about 8-10 hours a day. After the first year the headband completely shattered one day out of nowhere on the left side and I discovered the band made from cheap plastic and fake metal-plastic with the exception of 2 of the 8 pieces of the band. After gluing it together with super glue and trying to work with it, it has repeatedly broken over and over with no solution and now the ear pads it comes with are COMPLETELY destroyed from just daily wear. For 300$ this is 100% not worth it over the Sennheiser competitor options