HEDD Type 07 MK2

No words can describe the sound of these monitors. There is no verbal description that can do justice to the experience of owning a pair of HEDD monitors. I had the MK1 for one or so years, now I have the MK2 paired with an EVE Audio TS108 (Sub 33Hz-80Hz, Sat 80Hz-50kHz), which is also extraordinary because of the remote control and the multiple settings . For an audiophile and a wannabe future DJ, like me, it is the absolute best. Anything above this with regards to price, power or quality would be useless if one does not have a professional studio treatment worth at least double or triple the monitors.

I bought these speakers back in July of 2021. All was well until about 6 months in when one of them - the DSP module failed. I had to send it back to Thomann for repair and the whole process of sending it back and receiving it back took about a month. Then not even two weeks later my other speaker failed with exactly the same problem. Currently as I write this, it is on the way back to me and should be delivered within the week.

It is possible I received a faulty batch as the serial numbers of both speakers are less than 60 units apart, so if made in batches of 100 my batch was totally made with defected DSP. However because of this, I can't exactly recommend HEDD to anyone.

I will revisit this review in a year's time as I need to see if the repairs actually did anything.

Update: about half a year after receiving both monitors back from repair, one of them stopped working again - same exact issue as before and it will be a matter of time before the other one stops working. Fool me once, okay, but fool me twice... And this is all within a span of just over 1 year of usage, cheaper made in china monitors outlast this with no issues.

As of this update, I do not recommend these speakers to anyone.

Coming from an audiophile background, I've heard few set-ups that achieved this level of effortless precision, dynamics, imaging across the entire frequency range. Used as near-field monitors as intended, fed with digital input to circumvent the interface DAC - these speakers truly shine. In a properly treated room they're absolutely having no issues with controlled bass down to 30 Hz, phase linearisation all the way. Used for music production, mixes simply translate perfectly. Versatile in their configuration. In daily use since they were released, fully recommend - worth every cent and then some.