HIFIMAN - HE1000 Stealth Magnet

My favorite headphones are the meze elite, and they share a lot of similarities to the 105 aer as said in another comment. Other headphones I tend to enjoy on the daily are hd560s, hd6xx, dt1990 and the he1000 stealth. Although as I said, the 105 aer tends to be my daily pick. They sound amazing and are very comfortable! Edit: forgot about music. It depends somewhat on the headphone. The meze elite is very fun with movie scores and big symphonies, but on the daily i listen to anything from ásgeir to some Ren. 105 aer works for it all.

It's currently a tossup between my HE1000 Stealth and Empyrean II. Love them both for very different reasons

I've tried the Unveiled and the SE back to back. The Unveiled was absolute heaven but I just can't get away from the lovely aesthetic of the HE1K Stealth. The brown strap adds a little bit of flavor for me. While a part of me wishes for that insane crisp treble of the Unveiled, I am just fine with the "darker" tuning of the Stealth. It's ever so slightly less fatiguing and I don't worry about stuff touching the magnets as much. I might get an Unveiled one day, but for now, I need to chill out and save up to move out haha

Hey wait a minute, I've got an Empyrean II and HE1000 too! No focal though, just a humble LCD-X. Such a well rounded collection! I support this amazing collection

Right now, I'm using Meze Empyrean IIs for 2022 COD MWII. Depending on the month and mood, I may be using my HE1000, LCD-X, Moondrop Dusk, or Letshuoer Z12. I have specific EQ settings for all of them so that I can boost my ability to hear footsteps. In the past, I used a set of Meze Liric 1s and they were my favorite FPS headphone. With my EQ, the sound stage would close in and texture would disappear (idk why it happens on the Liric bc it never happens on my other headphones). This made footsteps really really easy to find. I want another pair in my life but I can't justify having a headphone just for fps gaming atm. Planning to play BF6 in the future. The audio sounds really good from all the streams I've seen.

Fun can w too much bass and treble for me.  HEK Stealth and Arya U both better as is a refurbed or used HE-6 SE or SE 2.

I have the HE1000 Stealth which isn’t identical but as understand it quite similar and I would say yes absolutely. Some people seem to feel the egg shaped hifimans lack slam but that isn’t my experience.

Hifiman Arya Organic + Topping DX3 Pro+ or Topping DX5 II if you want something with a screen and more power. make sure to turn down the highs and turn up the bass with an eq. Ez pz, just a low shelf at 100 and a high shelf at 10k-15khz depending on your tastes. After that just enjoy. I'm using something extremely similar to the Organic, the HE1000 V2 Stealth with a Topping DX5 II, it's my endgame. With a 7 db bass boost it makes my head numb and it has enough details/separation to make me go sometimes "zamn", but with my own eq it's just a very "good" set. I dont look for a "wow" factor, I just want great quality reproduction if that makes sense. If you want a wow factor, you certainly can do that with eq, these headphones take EQ really well. My recommendations : Hifiman Arya Stealth + Topping DX3 Pro+ (minimum) Hifiman Arya Organic + Topping DX5 II (Maximum) Depending on where you live and the local pricing, things may be in or out of budget but if possible, the last stack is literally endgame. I can't stress how nice it feels to have endless amounts of power on tap. I've listened to headphones costing 4000 USD (LCD-5) and they're not significantly better. Better, yes, but not what the price would suggest at all. The Arya Organic is literal endgame. If money is tight right now, get the Organic and a little TRN Black Pearl with balanced cables and then upgrade to the Topping DX5 II later on. After that just call it quits. Other headphones do some things better but not all of them. Whereas the Susvara will be a genuine upgrade in all aspects by 5-25% but it costs 5-10x more. Diminishing returns.

the hd800s are pretty bad for gaming, even though people seem to love them. they have imaging issues. they are wide, like giga girthy, and thats it. they tend to have a double image which makes them bad, and no bass at all for immersion factors. the he1000 stealth and he1000se kinda beat them by a mile for that aspect, but you gamble with hifiman QC. even the cheaper arya stealth/organic do it better. From sennheiser own line, the 560s and 550/505 do it better. just depends if you want wide or holographic with depth/height. i went on an "early midlife crisis audio buying spree" for my racing-sim setup and other openworld gaming needs + audio. i couldnt find any iem that was close to the borderline "speaker on your head" hifimans for holography and imaging. they made me feel i was actually there, and i could gauge distance in all directions pretty perfectly. i did need a large sub bass shelf on the he1000 stealth though. they ended up being my final gaming choice. only thing i need to find now is a good usb switcher for my DAC so i can stop swapping unplugging so much. borderline tempted to buy another dac/amp since my go to brand suggest not using it for audio :/

Sennheiser PX 100-II. Was a birthday gift from my uncle. After that i have chanced my personal perfect sound. Closes are he1000 stealth with little bit of eq on the treble and zmf pads.

Arya Stealth 4th but those who've tried both the Arya Stealth and HE1000 Stealth know that the HE1000 Stealth means serious business. Quite surprised that not even one of the HE6 models made top 25.

Bro save your money and just get the Arya stealth. Spend that extra money on getting yourself a better chain. Arya benefits from a nice solid state amp. I had a burson soloist 3x and boy oh Boy it’s so beautiful sounding. I’ve had Arya, he1k stealth, focal clear, hd800 all the good stuff. In the price range your talking diminishing results are real.

I can't even tell the difference between wired and aptx adaptive anymore. I don't feel like I'm missing anything when I use my PX8 S2 instead of my HE1000 Stealth and ZMF Bokeh.