This guy at HEDD has given one of the most knowledgeable and helpful videos I've seen to date. This is the kind of engineer I want behind a speaker I buy. Wow, find more guys like this to interview please John! Or do a followup with him in the future. Outstanding content covered here.
I'm a proud HEDD type 05 owner (': Now I truly see the love, passion and hard work that wen't into these babies. Was worth every penny. And all the folks at HEDD audio are very nice. Mr Heinz and his son Frederik have something really special in HEDD audio and I hope to see them grow.
I waited a long time for mine to arrive due to corona. Was worth the wait. I actually emailed and asked if klaus was around in the 'factory' while the new batch was being made . i wanted him to sign them. i got an email back from his son apologising that he didnt see the email in time to make that happen. His son who i believe is ceo of the company. the fact he spent to the time to message me personally was hugely appreciated by me. Dont mess with the germans. engineers and attention to detail. noy cheap but good value. thank you klaus thank you Dr. Knopp
I've got a set of HEDD Type 05's for nearfield listening and absolutely love them! Added an Adam Sub7 to fill out the bottom end, so the system goes from 31Hz-50kHz with extreme speed and precision. With Hedd Lineariser and Sonarworks adding even more accuracy, they're a joy to listen to.
@@CaptainCrunch823 not getting high frequency through them sometimes. contacted hedd, got zero reply. i've just contacted them again, i'll let you know how it goes.
7:52 This is a great point. "Too much" accuracy can have a negative effect on the subjective experience of a speaker's musicality, and if the end result is dealing with music, then it needs to be taken into consideration. I have seen reviews bringing this point up in HEDD monitors, that they are not TOO clinical/analytical/dry sounding, so he did what he set out to.
Hi John, I call Heil Motion drivers *"Squeezers"* because they squeeze out the sound. Cheers, Joe CAA/JLTi PS: I heard the first pair of ESS Heil AMT when Roger Brooks of Pittwater Hi-Fi (then located in Chatswood) brought them in. I was working for HACO-Hagemeyer (Kingsford), JVC and Panasonic in those days. The year must have been 1973. PPS: Looks like a Clio MA-01 microphone 9:01 - tells me that he is using the Clio Audio Analyser for speakers and amplifiers FW-01 (I have) or FW-02.
I just purchased the type 07 this morning. Just see this video now and I’m even more glad I did. I can’t wait to finally hear and use these monitors and I’m gonna ride with HEDD from now on.
Another excellent Darko video. When you return to HEDD in 2019 please get Klaus Heinz to help make two videos. One as planned about HEDD's new factory and a second about the ESS Transar speakers seen in this video.
A really very interesting interview with a lot of technical ideas and information. I'm interesting in speaker technology, during starting my engineer study in Brunswick. There has been a really nice HiFi manufactur, where I can see and test a lot of speakers and technologies, also all kind of crossovers. Fortunatelly the guy is also a professional in amps (he developed amps before at Restek) and that has been the time playing nice LPs (but CDs are already starting slowly). So I tested passive crossovers during my study and found a lot of problems, so I tested later active crossovers (mainly Linkwitz-Riley at that time) which is a big progress and advantage. So i heard a lot of different speakers, also at high end HiFi Studios in Hamburg and Brunswick with toal different technology like Corona Ion tweeters, which are having a sparkling noise, if there is no sound and are very expnsive. So I hope to have the chance to hear a HEDD speaker and find out, if this fine kind of manufactured art is really a live (time) experience with a neutral perfect sound. Or in other words, the speaker, which you can't hear. My last rally astonishing experience has been an old HiFi setup, with an old Maihak valve amp with the old known BBC speakers. Jazz music with clear voice and fast bass attacks - wow. So old equipment can have a very wonderfull sound as well! So thanks a lot!
I just tested the full range of HEDD monitors at the Inter-BEE show in Japan last week, and they told me how “bad” my mixes actually were! I don’t think I have ever come across a more accurate and revealing monitor at any price point. The entire line was great, but the 20s and the 30s were beyond reproach!
I live in Sacramento area and bought 14 of the ESS massive AMTs. Used them in 7.5 surround sound system. Each of the 7 surround speakers has two of the AMTs with 10".
Hi All, well i went on a journey of discovery. I wasn’t aware of HEDD Audio but used to own the Adam a7x’s. I was using a desktop setup having sold my studio. More recently because of lock down I was looking to replace my Genelec 8020d with a speaker with more bottom end, retaining a small foot print, good clear transparent and flat. I looked at all of them and then the Hedd type 05 popped into my radar. I did some research and because of the pedigree decided to go for it. Question is am I happy? Let me tell you if you need a small speaker for your setup look no further than the Hedd type 105. This is one of the best sounding and all round 5” speaker i have ever had the pleasure of using. It’s bring the quality to a level that i can afford. Awesome speakers. You can see the passion in the brand ans when you team passion, creativeness and knowledge it’s a killer combination. Thank you Hedd for building these. I posed myself a challenge and they came through.
Enjoyable stuff. I use some Adam a7x that I find very good at their price point. Interesting to see they use a similar tweeter which I feel are less fatiguing in a near-field position over dome tweeters.
Thanks for this!! Interesting comments about analog re digital! I'm sure there are audiophiles getting out ptchforks. I absolutely adore such honesty backed up by data. Refreshing. Finally someone whose agrees that live cannot be captured only reproduced based on engineer. Absolutely fascinating. Live in Canada would surely like to hear them, long time air motion fan. Thanks again.
Absolutely amazing. Saving up for the Type 20s. Does anybody recognize the silver isolators under the monitors? I can’t figure out what they are. May just be non-commercial custom build.
1. basic principles are known for 50 years. 2. Transparency is a common aim in pro audio and Hifi . 3. There aren’t technical specs for each audible property. 4. Digital audio has become cheaper and will be in the future. Informative and valuable. Thanks.
I am interested to know how you get the digital signal to these active/powered speakers. The HEDD website has a section on audio-over IP that I would like to know more about. It seems an elegantly simple solution to get the digital signal directly to the speaker without the cables and other noisy digital/electronic bits.
Only recently I heard and really appreciated the speed and delicate presentation of an amt.... I have owned silk, ceramic and metal dome tweeters before.... But it just may be that next time around I consider a a design using an amt..... No wonder these things can be costly... Seemed like quite a labour intensive production method there.
If you have a tweeter that moves faster and in a non linear way compared to the woofer, wouldn't that make them slightly out of phase with each other? Especially in the crossover zone? Because you have 2 sources (AMT tweeter & piston woofer) and producing an output in a different way. Like 2 tennis ball launchers with one running slightly faster than the other. Is there some compensation being used for this?
I bought Hedd mk2 07, the serial numbers are 07-102987 & 07-102986. Unfortunately， both of them went broken successively in 8 months! What a pity! And when I contact Hedd, they asked me to contact the retailor. They said they are just going to fix it for me, and both problems are some kind of a chip-burned thing，they are going to change the chip and the dsp board and there's no guarantee in future risk. I really liked the sound 07mk2 produces. But now, I think I'll just change my opinion on Hedd. Maybe Adam's new series is a good choice. 'Cause this was certainly a product line issue, not my fault, and they just let me take all the risk!
That speaker at 1:18 and reappearing thru the video behind Klaus Heinz is the ESS Transar. Very rare it was Dr. Heil's attempt to apply the squeezing push pull concept of the AMT tweeter to the midrange and bass bandwidths. The square white rectangles mounted horizontally are the diaphragms which are connected by rods to a magnet + voice coil at the bottom of the panel. They operate as a dipole like the large ESS AMTs which you see at the top of the Transar providing the top midrange and treble coverage. In the video Klaus' pair is shown one with grill on and the other with grill removed. The full system also featured a subwoofer for the lowest bass. Introduced near the end of ESS's first and greatest commercial success production was very limited so they are very rare in 2018.
This guy at HEDD has given one of the most knowledgeable and helpful videos I've seen to date. This is the kind of engineer I want behind a speaker I buy. Wow, find more guys like this to interview please John! Or do a followup with him in the future. Outstanding content covered here.
Yessss !!
I'm a proud HEDD type 05 owner (': Now I truly see the love, passion and hard work that wen't into these babies. Was worth every penny. And all the folks at HEDD audio are very nice. Mr Heinz and his son Frederik have something really special in HEDD audio and I hope to see them grow.
I waited a long time for mine to arrive due to corona. Was worth the wait. I actually emailed and asked if klaus was around in the 'factory' while the new batch was being made . i wanted him to sign them. i got an email back from his son apologising that he didnt see the email in time to make that happen. His son who i believe is ceo of the company. the fact he spent to the time to message me personally was hugely appreciated by me. Dont mess with the germans. engineers and attention to detail. noy cheap but good value. thank you klaus thank you Dr. Knopp
I've got a set of HEDD Type 05's for nearfield listening and absolutely love them! Added an Adam Sub7 to fill out the bottom end, so the system goes from 31Hz-50kHz with extreme speed and precision. With Hedd Lineariser and Sonarworks adding even more accuracy, they're a joy to listen to.
Will do the same but getting the sub 10
I got a quick question i only need 1 pair so Hedd type 7 OR Adam a8x ? Budget is 2k
Had nothing but problems with mine sadly
alex kirk what issues did you experience?
@@CaptainCrunch823 not getting high frequency through them sometimes. contacted hedd, got zero reply. i've just contacted them again, i'll let you know how it goes.
7:52 This is a great point. "Too much" accuracy can have a negative effect on the subjective experience of a speaker's musicality, and if the end result is dealing with music, then it needs to be taken into consideration. I have seen reviews bringing this point up in HEDD monitors, that they are not TOO clinical/analytical/dry sounding, so he did what he set out to.
Hi John, I call Heil Motion drivers *"Squeezers"* because they squeeze out the sound. Cheers, Joe CAA/JLTi
PS: I heard the first pair of ESS Heil AMT when Roger Brooks of Pittwater Hi-Fi (then located in Chatswood) brought them in. I was working for HACO-Hagemeyer (Kingsford), JVC and Panasonic in those days. The year must have been 1973.
PPS: Looks like a Clio MA-01 microphone 9:01 - tells me that he is using the Clio Audio Analyser for speakers and amplifiers FW-01 (I have) or FW-02.
I just purchased the type 07 this morning. Just see this video now and I’m even more glad I did. I can’t wait to finally hear and use these monitors and I’m gonna ride with HEDD from now on.
How do you like them?
Adam, Eve, HEDD, and Neumann all from Berlin. I have to find out about factory outlet sales ;)
Brilliant company, Klaus is a legend. Extremely informative and interesting video, I'll definitely be checking out their speakers.
I just bought the hedd type 07... I am blown away by the sound. So happy with my purchase. Good job guys 👍
Great interview and lots of information. Thanks for putting this together
11:34 to 12:28
Well said!12:29 - Even better said!!
I'm not really an AMT or Ribbon person, but that was a really good presentation/interview.
Another excellent Darko video. When you return to HEDD in 2019 please get Klaus Heinz to help make two videos. One as planned about HEDD's new factory and a second about the ESS Transar speakers seen in this video.
A really very interesting interview with a lot of technical ideas and information. I'm interesting in speaker technology, during starting my engineer study in Brunswick. There has been a really nice HiFi manufactur, where I can see and test a lot of speakers and technologies, also all kind of crossovers. Fortunatelly the guy is also a professional in amps (he developed amps before at Restek) and that has been the time playing nice LPs (but CDs are already starting slowly). So I tested passive crossovers during my study and found a lot of problems, so I tested later active crossovers (mainly Linkwitz-Riley at that time) which is a big progress and advantage. So i heard a lot of different speakers, also at high end HiFi Studios in Hamburg and Brunswick with toal different technology like Corona Ion tweeters, which are having a sparkling noise, if there is no sound and are very expnsive. So I hope to have the chance to hear a HEDD speaker and find out, if this fine kind of manufactured art is really a live (time) experience with a neutral perfect sound. Or in other words, the speaker, which you can't hear. My last rally astonishing experience has been an old HiFi setup, with an old Maihak valve amp with the old known BBC speakers. Jazz music with clear voice and fast bass attacks - wow. So old equipment can have a very wonderfull sound as well! So thanks a lot!
I've been there as well.
Just awesome - They're going to be one of the big ones
I just tested the full range of HEDD monitors at the Inter-BEE show in Japan last week, and they told me how “bad” my mixes actually were! I don’t think I have ever come across a more accurate and revealing monitor at any price point. The entire line was great, but the 20s and the 30s were beyond reproach!
A great interview. Please more this kind of stuff. ;-)
I live in Sacramento area and bought 14 of the ESS massive AMTs. Used them in 7.5 surround sound system. Each of the 7 surround speakers has two of the AMTs with 10".
Hi All, well i went on a journey of discovery. I wasn’t aware of HEDD Audio but used to own the Adam a7x’s. I was using a desktop setup having sold my studio. More recently because of lock down I was looking to replace my Genelec 8020d with a speaker with more bottom end, retaining a small foot print, good clear transparent and flat. I looked at all of them and then the Hedd type 05 popped into my radar. I did some research and because of the pedigree decided to go for it. Question is am I happy? Let me tell you if you need a small speaker for your setup look no further than the Hedd type 105. This is one of the best sounding and all round 5” speaker i have ever had the pleasure of using. It’s bring the quality to a level that i can afford. Awesome speakers. You can see the passion in the brand ans when you team passion, creativeness and knowledge it’s a killer combination. Thank you Hedd for building these. I posed myself a challenge and they came through.
John Darko John, your videos are so no nonsence. You give very detail review about products. Good work. Keep it up
Enjoyable stuff. I use some Adam a7x that I find very good at their price point. Interesting to see they use a similar tweeter which I feel are less fatiguing in a near-field position over dome tweeters.
recieved type 20 last month. very happy with them
Thanks for this!! Interesting comments about analog re digital! I'm sure there are audiophiles getting out ptchforks. I absolutely adore such honesty backed up by data. Refreshing. Finally someone whose agrees that live cannot be captured only reproduced based on engineer. Absolutely fascinating. Live in Canada would surely like to hear them, long time air motion fan. Thanks again.
Seems to me that Klaus Heinz is to studio monitors as Rupert Neve is to preamps!
exactly
great interview!
Absolutely amazing. Saving up for the Type 20s. Does anybody recognize the silver isolators under the monitors? I can’t figure out what they are. May just be non-commercial custom build.
I never heard of Hedd although ive been into audio for 40 years
greeeeeaat video! thanks!
...and I agree. Active speakers are the future.
1. basic principles are known for 50 years.
2. Transparency is a common aim in pro audio and Hifi .
3. There aren’t technical specs for each audible property.
4. Digital audio has become cheaper and will be in the future.
Informative and valuable. Thanks.
HEDD Audio Gerne.
Great interview what speaker stands are they using?
What are those decoupling (?) stands under all the monitors? These thingies with the dual silver ring design?
I am interested to know how you get the digital signal to these active/powered speakers. The HEDD website has a section on audio-over IP that I would like to know more about. It seems an elegantly simple solution to get the digital signal directly to the speaker without the cables and other noisy digital/electronic bits.
Only recently I heard and really appreciated the speed and delicate presentation of an amt.... I have owned silk, ceramic and metal dome tweeters before.... But it just may be that next time around I consider a a design using an amt..... No wonder these things can be costly... Seemed like quite a labour intensive production method there.
my dream speakers :D
If you have a tweeter that moves faster and in a non linear way compared to the woofer, wouldn't that make them slightly out of phase with each other? Especially in the crossover zone? Because you have 2 sources (AMT tweeter & piston woofer) and producing an output in a different way. Like 2 tennis ball launchers with one running slightly faster than the other. Is there some compensation being used for this?
As always great video, such a pleasure to listen to this engineer, clear and simple...he should paint them RED like the Ketchup haha!!
Miguel Angel Casellas Argáez HA HA HA! Or yellow like the mustard or green like the relish. 😜
I bought Hedd mk2 07, the serial numbers are 07-102987 & 07-102986. Unfortunately， both of them went broken successively in 8 months! What a pity! And when I contact Hedd, they asked me to contact the retailor. They said they are just going to fix it for me, and both problems are some kind of a chip-burned thing，they are going to change the chip and the dsp board and there's no guarantee in future risk. I really liked the sound 07mk2 produces. But now, I think I'll just change my opinion on Hedd. Maybe Adam's new series is a good choice. 'Cause this was certainly a product line issue, not my fault, and they just let me take all the risk!
I decided to pass on both HEDD and Eve due to stories of build issues. I went with new Adam monitors and I couldn't be happier.
Hedd type 07 have a hiss probelm alwyas is this is true or a myth ?
Pure German top-quality.now I finally know what speaker i'm gonna buy..
Hedd is also a Welsh word that means peace.
I would like a pair of Type 20 please.
I wonder what are the speakers at 1:18.
That speaker at 1:18 and reappearing thru the video behind Klaus Heinz is the ESS Transar. Very rare it was Dr. Heil's attempt to apply the squeezing push pull concept of the AMT tweeter to the midrange and bass bandwidths. The square white rectangles mounted horizontally are the diaphragms which are connected by rods to a magnet + voice coil at the bottom of the panel. They operate as a dipole like the large ESS AMTs which you see at the top of the Transar providing the top midrange and treble coverage. In the video Klaus' pair is shown one with grill on and the other with grill removed. The full system also featured a subwoofer for the lowest bass. Introduced near the end of ESS's first and greatest commercial success production was very limited so they are very rare in 2018.
Very knowledgeable guy...Wasn't he the ex- owner of Adam Audio..?..I'm interested in the type 20 myself..
He was the ex CEO of ADAM yes.
Clinton DeLoatch I find HEDDS to be far superior to Adams in every way.
fehlt nur noch ein "Tag der offenen Tür"
First thing I heard was "(unknown german)... Hammertime!"
Are these speakers suitable for car?
If the human ear only hears up to 20kHz, what is the purpose of having a tweeter that goes up to 50kHz?
cun7us, you can’t hear above 20khz directly but lower and upper frequencies interfere with each other and you can hear the results...for example
It also means that the operation of the device will not be as stressed because the design itself is higher bandwidth to begin with.
The old man and his daughter the entire company...???
It's Klaus Heinz and his son.