When you're so far favorite HIFIMAN headphone gets a Stealth Magnets update finally, the technical foundation changes or shifts in the very same aspects to any other previous update of a certain model. Where the HE-1000v2 was rather laid back in throwing details at you in this frequency range, the HE-1000 Stealth takes no prisoners. So far i’m 110 hours of burn in into these headphones out of the recommended 180 - 200 hours on the hifiman site.

The grill is made of metal too and it's thick one, not light alluminium prompt to vibration that could create unwanted distortion (like the Grado grill). Hifiman's naming is all over the f'ing place, but just know I mean the HE1000 v2 with Stealth Magnets. Even though you get a safe storage box, a headphone stand and double cables, I am not fully pleased with the package.

As far as V2 original vs V2 Stealth (and going off Oratory1990s measurements,) the V2 Stealth is a lot smoother and not near as bright as the V2 original while still having more air.

Let me spoil it for you: They are different, both in their technical merits and how their presentation aligns with your very own taste. However, Planars are renowned for the mids and highs and are often thought of as lacking the slam of a dynamic driver, so why shouldn't you be able to have all 3?

If listening to a large scale symphonic work for example, you may hear melodic lines or harmonies, things that the composer wrote adding to the overall structure and form of the piece but which have lain obscured in the general sonic texture presented by lesser phones.