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[@anthonyg6517]

Hifiman will drop the price by over half in a few years, no point in getting it now

[@1TechCritic420]

Except 2-3 years of listening bliss. Lol.

[@anthonyg6517]

@1TechCritic420 i’d argue it’ll sound better when it inevitably sells for ~1k

[@maximgodunov7717]

​@@anthonyg6517 but its still the best headphone at its price

[@joshuakarp2586]

Yup

[@patlezinc]

Unless you want one now 🤣

[@michaelbellamy2462]

I bought the Arya Organic based off your videos and advice - and man am I blown away!!! Incredible details, sound staging, bass delivery and clarity - amazing! Thank you!

[@dt1990pro]

Black Friday 2026 sale is going to hit different

[@mapleafy]

Will there ever be Joshua Velour pads?

[@fatdoi003]

you mean perforated velour pads?

[@roybenz187]

😂

[@scotchhifi]

The HE1000se stands for special edition, dog. Not the stealth magnets on the HE1000 revision.

[@levelling2]

I heard that to the contrary and against common sense the se specifically stands for stealth edition. As explained by other reviewers. Not to be mistaken with the he1000stealth. So there are two he1000stealths.

[@Maver1ck911]

​@@levelling2 no. There is a V3 and V4 Stealth. It was a named "silent" revision. The lineage is: HEK>HEKv2>HEKse>HEKstealth v3>HEKstealth V4>HEK Unveiled

[@teachonlywhatiseasy]

"all thoughts and opinions are my own". Do you get to keep the headphones or are these being returned? are you going to sell them if you get to keep them?

[@narutaru6522]

Facts lmao

[@moltenbullet]

These types of review units typically get returned or recirculated to the next reviewer. But there's still the tacit benefit of being able to produce content at no cost. Though, the brand may have to roll the dice if the product is even marginally trash.

[@omegaelixir]

Hey Josh what about DCA TOTL headphones?

[@KopfhörerLounge]

I’m still happy with my HE1000 stealth. What’s your amplifier recommendation for the unveiled?

[@JMAudioEditions]

you should try the XTC2

[@al201103]

What did you primarily use as a source amp? Ease of driving and synergy could be important factors to people thinking about this one.

[@521tifosi]

Josh, have you heard the ZMF Atrium “open version”? Seems like the HE 1000 would be a competitor as they are close in price and sound stage.

[@P4sta.]

id love to see you review the element IV

[@johnrbruestle]

Just gonna tease a engine rebuild and not gonna give info, comeeee onnnnn I am hooked to know more.

[@Christian-cy2pn]

Just got the ananda nano and I have difficulties understanding how anything can sound "better" to be honest. Guess I'll find out the day I try something costing like 6k$.

[@ClintAvila]

I used to think that about the Arya and then I got to HEK1000 SE. Mind blown. Now I have Susvara. There's a lot more to experience 😉

[@mklaudijus]

​@ClintAvila just got he1000se and and it's better than arya organic and ananda nano but ananda has more intimate sound and also has a slam if you like that presentation is very good headphone I returned Ananda nano as had comfort issues as have big head and clamp was too much and was hard to put on and to take off headphones as they do not stretch enough. But for the price Ananda nano beats everything on the todays market

[@Christian-cy2pn]

Yeah,I suppose. I envy you though,would love to listen to some proper high end headphones. It took me years to get the nano and getting something high end is just a distant dream. I'm happy some people get to own things like this.

[@fatdoi003]

headphone alone does not give the complete experience..... it's the whole system to create the synergy.... if you spend $2k on a headphone, to fully realize its potential, you'll also pair it with similar priced DAC and amp..... if you spend more on the source gears, you'll also get a better listening experience on your cheaper headphones

[@ClintAvila]

@@Christian-cy2pn High end gear brings new elements to the table. This is a hobby for people who love music at the end of the day. If you find yourself toe tapping and moving to the beat then you're doing just fine with your setup. I'm still making payments (no interest) for my current gear. So I get it. You've got a great set of headphones 🎧. I'll tell you what I still listen to my Sennheiser HD6XX that I paid $200 for and they still bring a smile to my ears.

[@1TechCritic420]

Friggin gorgeous headphones.

[@menachemelkayam153]

Joshua, you mention that It has a very good soundstage and even wider than susvara. How’s the depth of the soundstage? I know that the susvara has good depth. Does this match it in depth?

[@kenneyt9]

i auditioned this in china, its unreal, the width , the stage, the BASS, everything is so so good. Actually worth the price point atm haha. THey had meze elite, focal utopia, all the flagships.. he1000 unveiled was the best... I had the he1000 stealth before and sold it. if i would have bought this, it's endgame... done. Waiting for the right price /time to buy em :)

[@menachemelkayam153]

@@kenneyt9 wowww! And how’s the depth?

[@fatdoi003]

@@menachemelkayam153 also depends on your dac

[@WoodstockG54]

@@menachemelkayam153 Did you watch the review? It’s all in there.

[@kenneyt9]

@@menachemelkayam153 couldnt fault it at anything tbh.. everything was spot on

[@SupplyNinja]

I am all but sure that Josh still doesn’t understand that the HE1000 Stealth and the HE1000SE (special edition) are not the same headphone. How is this possible?

[@cowboyflipflopped]

Josh, you do know that the HE1000 SE and the HE1000 Stealth are different models, right? I don't know what SE stands for, but "Stealth Edition" probably isn't it.

[@narutaru6522]

Special edition

[@CheekyFest]

What amps / dacs / combos would you consider getting to match with this HP?

[@MouathAlawadhi]

Does anyone know the name of the stand at 4:14 ? Edit: it's the MANTA HEADPHONE STAND from Meze and costs $300. I guess I will stick with my stand from Temu for my Aryas 😂

[@life_in_solace]

So. No one ever mentions the driver covers. Do they alter the sounds while on? Etc. I need to know

[@admiralnorman]

With the covers on, it sounds almost as bad as the Audivina. Almost.

[@darsch1982]

The HE1k unveleid is pretty close to Abyss dyana DZ . Do you will do a VS between them?

[@greymatterstome]

Interesting. Seems like Resolve preffered the Arya Unveiled over the HEK in part due to better timbre. I suppose I will have to compare the two regardless

[@fatdoi003]

i'm sure they both drink their coffee differently

[@cibo4569]

Resolve also eq'd the arya to provide better timbre

[@patlezinc]

I have the He1000U and EQed it to match the FR of the AryaU. More tolérant with some songs mixed a bit bright, but you loose details and depth in the soundstage.

[@AG-en5y]

How’s the bass tho😊

[@kirkhamilton775]

Is there somewhere we can watch the engine rebuild or at least get highlights? rather curious about how that goes

[@vladislavjovan7000]

Hi Joshua ! :) i love ur videos man. Keep it up !

[@jaybrodnax]

awesome review

[@2thousand639]

When will this be sold on Amazon?

[@conniggit]

Sweet humble brag with the land rover

[@1TechCritic420]

What's with that huge difference in that graph between left and right? That's atrocious.

[@justadad2304]

I think he borrowed those measurements from Resolve, you'll have to go ask him or the other Headphones Show crew

[@BombasticBooger]

those... aren't huge differences? at all? the variations are within just small differences of head placement

[@YTjuanchicod]

i remember you trying the he1000se with a solidstate dac and THX headphone amp saying that HEKse sounds bright 😆

[@MrRosscoz]

Yeah, that headphone on a warm amp for $1699 now is a steal

[@wmc_videos]

I think this sounded amazing with the WA7 (3rd gen) at CanJam Dallas last year. Would love if someone can confirm as my memory is vague AF right now lol

[@User_not_found_403]

I'll have to audition and see if they're worth upgrading from my Susvara OGs..

[@eddiecotter7201]

Thank you josh

[@MachineSanto]

u turned me into an addict, damn u

[@coardtech]

You prefer this over Diana DZ (btw abyss products are trash) is mind blowing to me that you come a long way as a reviewer. ❤

[@jaybrodnax]

How does it compare to He1000 v2? I found that headphone boring... I'm guessing this series isn't for me. My fave is Arya Organic

[@FabioGrenkh]

4:55 Wait, what? Shouldn’t it be *less* shouty with a dip? Or did I misunderstand something?

[@DistortedDan_]

He says "it doesnt feel as shouty as it did before"

[@FabioGrenkh]

@@DistortedDan_ Exactly, and if the Aryas had a bigger dip, shouldn’t they be *less* shouty?

[@DistortedDan_]

@FabioGrenkh he seems to be saying that it has less energy at 2-3 than the Arya, and therefore is less shouty.

[@FabioGrenkh]

@@DistortedDan_ Hmmm, that would make sense

[@Nikita11035]

he1000se is not "too bright". Even Arya at some points brighter.

[@RainbowSun0529]

Yeah this one is really good

[@kirkhamilton775]

Have you tried listening to them with the covers on? I know that's not their intention but how bad do they sound like that?

[@kevinmohamedkain9474]

It's Horrible 🤣 I tried it out hahaha I thought i can use it like a closed back headphone. But they are made to use it open

[@dragonsbreath8653]

As the owner of HIFIMAN Arya Organic, I listened to Arya Unveiled and HE1000 Unveiled and I can say that the owners of HIFIMAN Arya Organic can safely pass by HIFIMAN Arya Unveiled and HIFIMAN HE1000 Unveiled if they are in love with the sound of Arya Organic and they like high frequencies. HIFIMAN Arya Unveiled and HE1000 Unveiled can't beat Arya Organic in terms of emotional sound delivery. The HIFIMAN HE1000 Unveiled sounds very close to the HIFIMAN Arya Organic, rich in midrange, only the lower and higher frequencies are weaker. HIFIMAN Arya Unveiled did not understand at all, it's just terribly boring-sounding headphones, devoid of emotional coloring. Unlike Arya Unveiled and HE1000 Unveiled - HIFIMAN Arya Organic sound very emotional, fun, and they also have the most powerful bass, creating a live sound effect. I'll give you an analogy with coffee. HIFIMAN Arya Organic as a sip of rich and strong espresso from the Jura E8 coffee machine, and HIFIMAN HE1000 Unveiled the same espresso coffee, only diluted with 60 ml of water, killing all the strength and saturation of the espresso.

[@thinkbeforeyoupost9766]

If

[@thinkbeforeyoupost9766]

I think you are talking about colorisation vs neutrality and real life like timbre - vocals sound the way they sound in real life, piano like piano, bass like real bass ect colouration can be added with EQ but cannot be removed - analogy having a red camera lens or transparent

[@dragonsbreath8653]

thinkbeforeyoupost9766, True, coloring can be added using an equalizer, but you still won't be able to get the Organic bass even through an equalizer, it's all about magnets. Organic has thick magnets and they are tightly arranged, I counted 26 magnets (13 pieces inside the ear), the gap between the magnets on the eye is 3-5 mm. The HE1000SE has thinner magnets, and there are also 13 of them, with an eye-to-eye gap of 6-10 mm. The Organic magnet has an eye thickness of about 4-6 mm, and the HE1000SE has an eye thickness of about 2 mm. All HIFIMAN HE1000 Stealth, HE1000SE, HE1000 Unveiled, Arya Organic, Arya Unveiled models have the same high sound resolution and high detail. The only difference is in the thickness, number, and location of the magnets. A denser arrangement of magnets creates a stronger and more uniform magnetic field, while the thick Organic magnets provide greater induction, and this affects low-frequency reproduction and focused sound. The most bass-heavy among all these models is the HIFIMAN Arya Organic. The Organic has a powerful bass register that adds a warm and lively sound effect to a neutral sound, while the other models do not have a warm sound effect due to the lack of powerful bass. Then playing with medium frequencies creates the effect of the width of the stage. In Organic, the midrange is heard very close, in HE1000 Unveiled, the midrange is heard as close, but not as in Organic, in HE1000 Stealth, HE1000SE, the midrange is heard further away.

[@thinkbeforeyoupost9766]

That is very interesting information which now only means that these are different headphones and are not meant to compete - analogy now saying that colour blue is better than red or yellow - some prefer both - horses for courses - no reason to get all colours aka different amounts of bass (lcd 4 vs lcd 5)

[@gregfd]

Don’t want to be offensive but as a coffee enthusiast, Jura E8 is not a good benchmark. It’s a high-end quality appliance which produce inoffensive coffee, but it’s nearly irrelevant within the coffee enthusiast community

[@themelancholia]

You can get an Elysian Annihilator for the same price.

[@Razeri]

nah not cost 3k, just softer and lighter version of arya stealth, listen it with noire x and bought noire))

[@SupplyNinja]

Tbf broke people make broke decisions. So of course you bought the Noire. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@Razeri]

@@SupplyNinja nah can affort unveiled, it just not fun, noire have best frequency response that i have ever listened, i dont know unveiled price or noire before i have bought it unveiled have only better stage, noire have better bass, tembres, better at fast track unveiled will be 50% price at 3 month 100%

[@ryanguy6789]

I wonder if anyone who watches this video can afford it.

[@moltenbullet]

After my Arya started peeling like a mofo, I swore off hifiman products. ChiFi products are ChiFi for a reason, I suppose... I can only really stand by their DacAmps now, with brands like Topping still doing good.

[@jhg699]

the milkiness

[@tylerstravis]

I own and love the HE-1000 Stealth, but I won't ever buy an unveiled headphone. It would last a week before I put a finger through it.

[@patlezinc]

Then you have the fingers of dwarf child

[@Greeaf69]

ill stick with my sundaras for my wallets sake

[@rhodey2952]

Knowing the chain would be helpful.

[@prithviboinpally2138]

HE1000 unveiled is really easy to drive, don't worry. But yes it would've been helpful.

[@ChrisStoneinator]

​@@prithviboinpally2138 that's not relevant at all? We still need to know what it was driven with.

[@prithviboinpally2138]

@ It's relevant. If it's easy to drive, it implies that sound is not going to change much based on the source gear. This would not be the case with say, the Modhouse Tungsten. What drives it would directly affect how someone reviews it.

[@ChrisStoneinator]

@@prithviboinpally2138 just false. Impedance matching and amp topologies are extremely and fundamentally important. A headphone is just a dumb electrically driven oscillator. To ignore the signal that you're driving that oscillator with is fundamentally absurd. Even in the absence of knowing things about electronics and information theory, it's plain arrogance.

[@prithviboinpally2138]

@@ChrisStoneinator Lol. In what ways do you think an op-amp based topology affects sound as opposed to a fully discrete design? It's just as you said, the headphone is dumb in that it does not know, nor does it care what steps were taken (i.e. topology) to achieve the voltage coming into it. Impedance matching has more merit, but nearly all solid state amplifiers on the market have output impedance that's already low (~2 ohms). Even the 8x rule of thumb is surpassed in almost every pairing. If you want to use tube amps, sure. If impedance matching were that important, I doubt people would say that Hifiman headphones pair will with tube amps (a Schiit Valhalla has an output impedance of 19 ohms on hi-gain so we'd need 160 ohm impedance headphones, and most hifimans have far lower impedance) and yet they do. Go figure. The HE1000 Unveiled has fairly low impedance of 28 ohms but it's a planar magnetic driver. Planars have flat impedance vs frequency curves pair well with almost any amplifier that can put out a bare minimum amount of current (given the high sensitivity of 94 dB/mW).

[@ACE112ACE112]

it better be s tier for them $2700 price tag

[@themelancholia]

I got an Elysian Annihilator earphone for $2700 a week ago, and idk what could even be done to improve it.

[@Eugene-r1n]

$2.7K for a chuina product, following the msrp drops on their most popular headphones? 🤣

[@deparoo]

Nice.

[@Yxzjvc]

A more detailed comparison to the HE1000se would have been nice. From the driver unit it seems to be quite similar, so when using a bit of EQ they should almost sound the same I guess

[@stormer1686]

Except the Unveiled not having the headphone cover grill at all which apparently seems to affect the sound by making reflections. I don't think you can really do it by EQ while the other headphone having a grill, and the other is not! However, I haven't heard the Unveiled, but there is a recent video of Hifiman guys themselve's showcasing the new Arya Unveiled while explaining the sound difference with the Unveiled design! I think you should look it up, at least for me it was really interesting! A side note, if you listen to the Hifiman's and place your hand outside, you can clearly hear a difference in the sound and in the soundstage. By this, I think, the Unveiled series without a grill might be the ultimate solution for the headphone to produce as uncolored sound as possible. Who knows, would be happy to try one out!

[@2thousand639]

HE1000se is far brighter

[@ChrisStoneinator]

Crazy conclusion? The acoustics are completely different.

[@S.G54321]

HE1000se + ZMF Hifiman+ Subs Perforated pads + some EQ = Better Hifiman HE1000 Unveiled...... Save yourself $1000

[@gdimi2023-ld7uj]

Anything new product js best always 😂

[@johnosam4681]

I cant own this now coz, its too expensive for me and my room is dusty. I bout an arya stealth for now. Hahaha

[@VaporEG]

Why the heck do you continue to pronounce it like that?

[@menachemelkayam153]

Wow, the first viewer 😅

[@TheMayor5000]

as yes almost 3k dollars for some headphones that are most likely as good as a pair of 120 bucks headphones but ill trick myself to think they are much better because i just spent 3k on them

[@sammy10001]

I dono if I can take you seriously when you listen to TV speakers in the livingroom lol. Atleast get a soundbar

[@brrryan2908]

$2,700.00! I can't wait until I get my Verum 2 for 1/5 the price! I prefer headphones with less severe frequency dips and peaks in "touchy spots," so I can easily correct them with my EQ.

[@menachemelkayam153]

@@brrryan2908 verum 2 is a zmf headphone?

[@patlezinc]

lol. Severe peaks and dips at high frequencies probably dont exist in real and, more, there is no chance you hear them as you see here because ear to ear variations are just huge in this area .

[@brrryan2908]

@@patlezinc Your statement contains "probably" which means it has no factual basis in measurements, or even a subjective anecdotal experience. EXPENSIVE lipstick on a pig is still just lipstick on a pig. Sometimes fancy shapes and materials contribute to sonic improvements, and sometimes they just generate more sales. I appreciate product reviews like this one, but in the end, I analyze the correlation of their opinions against the specs. Sadly, there's not any meaningful THD type info in most reviews, just a lot of "A" vs "B" talk. Good luck, happy listening!

[@patlezinc]

@@brrryan2908 I am not sure you know what you are talking about. What you see on this graph will be different if you change the microphone recording. It is a fact, check yourself. Even Resolve shows two graphs with different systems of measurement and they are not the same. And if we add ear anatomy of each person in top of that, yes, there is zero chance you hear what is shown in the video. Measures have been done with mics in ears of many poeple and you have up to 20dB of variation in high frequencies. This is huge. So yes, if you think that you hear what you see on this graph, you are wrong.

[@ELECTECHNUT]

​@@patlezincI'm sorry if I didn't make it clear but I was comparing the specifications of my verum 2's to this brand. FYI, Just because you don't understand something doesn't mean that somebody else is wrong.

[@WoodstockG54]

Would love to buy, but, it’s made in America. Boycotting. For how long? Until MAGA is pushing daisies. For those who are confused about where HIFIMAN is from. Founded by Dr. Fang, from New York.

[@schwajj]

I don’t understand. You think these headphones are made in USA, and therefore you are boycotting because Trump is in charge? Are you from USA or some other country? As far as I can tell, these are made in China.

[@WoodstockG54]

@ Is it not an American company? You’re young, give it some time.

[@schwajj]

@@WoodstockG54no need to be rude. According to a Google search, Hifiman not only manufactures in China, it is based there. So your comment is confusing.

[@WoodstockG54]

@ info from there own site: HIFIMAN,founded and owned by Dr Fang in New York. It wouldn’t surprise me if they are assembled in China, after all, America first.

[@WoodstockG54]

@@schwajj For some reason my response wasn’t posted or was deleted. Founder by Dr. Fang in New York. Info taken from their web site.

[@marcospaulorodriguescorrei8839]

Top comenter is gay

[@WyattOShea]

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