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oratory1990 t1_j6mcwpx wrote

Reply to comment by beardedtomato971 in Converting a non-believer by Perviewted

Hifiman does not have a headphone with the same timbre as the HE1.
They're all missing the bass boost that the HE1 exhibits.

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Significant-Detail65 t1_j6mgj9f wrote

Ehh, susvara's tone is close enough to say that it tried to follow the HE-1.

I don't think I've tried a headphone with similar timbre to the HE-1, but it literally might be me forgetting things lol.

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oratory1990 t1_j6mk1ry wrote

The HE1 is very (!) close to the Harman Target (not by coincidence but also not because they wanted to, Sennheiser‘s internal research simply yielded very similar results to Harman‘s).

So I wouldn‘t say the Susvara tried to copy the HE1‘s sound, it just was designed with a similar target in mind (transparent, uncolored sound)

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Significant-Detail65 t1_j6mlhro wrote

Yeah, Harman didn't make the Harman Target without reason, so it'd make sense that Sennheiser and probably Hifiman got pretty similar results.

It doesn't really make sense time wise that one of them copied the other, probably lots of time researching and testing for both manufacturers.

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