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HIFIMAN HE1000 (V2 / se / Stealth)

#31 overall · open-back planar wired · counts updated Oct 2026

HIFIMAN HE1000 (V2 / se / Stealth)

Ranked #31 of 31: 13 people recommend it and 17 say they own it. Most repeated praise: Owners describe hearing things in familiar tracks for the first time. Most repeated complaint: More analytical than fun for some tastes.

Recommended as a wide, airy end-game planar by people who want scale rather than punch.

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People who recommend it
13
Say they own it
17
Mentions
190
Posts read
2,334
Check price on Amazon · $1399

Price when checked (Sep 2026): $1399. Price is approximate: HIFIMAN sells several versions (HE1000se, HE1000 Stealth, HE1000 Unveiled) between roughly $1,000 and $3,500; no single product page was fetched for a live price, so the Arya page is given as the manufacturer reference. Only 3 distinct owners were counted.

What owners love

3
  • Owners describe hearing things in familiar tracks for the first time
  • Lighter and more comfortable than an Audeze LCD-X; usable lying down
  • Called a monster of a headphone that defines end-game for staging

The complaints

3
  • More analytical than fun for some tastes
  • HIFIMAN build and quality-control reputation
  • Price varies wildly by version

The 14 sources

Every thread and video these notes come from.

Owner = the person says they use it. Recommendation = passed on without saying so. Dates are when the thread or video was posted.

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