I have brainwav hybrid pads that I tried on these and they made them sound pretty awful. The closest I would compare them to is closed headphones like the Beyerdynamic DT 700 x but worse since the relatively tame highs on the r70x are made even more tame. They totally killed the neutral...

I actually like them best for movies but they also sound good with music and games. The sound profile is very nice and natural on these and sound quality feels premium when watching movies on my OLED. Most other headphones I've tried (Ananda Nano, beyer DT 700) sound very unnatural with voices...

He should recite mantras to the voodoo music gods and buy a silver cable before he should really judge them. He probably also forgot to burn them in for 500 hours.

These are impressing me so far. I owned the HD 650 when I joined this forum and wanted an upgrade in modern times but everything I'd tried up until these disappointed me (planars, modern beyers etc). Awesome tonality, excellent mid presense and holographic soundstage is what seems to stick out...

I've owned the HD 650 (liked) and Hifiman Ananda Nano (disliked) and the r70x intrigued me enough to try them out (will get in a couple days). I would probably buy Sennheiser again in the future since I know what to expect but wouldn't buy Hifiman even if the sound quality is better. I just...

Just bought a pair of these after my attempt at being frugal with some Ananda Nano headphones failed. Really looking forward to them as the Nano was extremely uncomfortable after only about 30 min-1 hour use. The Nano also wasn't suited very well for gaming/movies and I'm hoping the punch...

I don't think different pads or using the nuggets would help. The dekoni pads are more shallow than the stock pads and the way the ear cups are designed I can either wear them 2-3 clicks up and have discomfort as they're rubbing my earlobes or 4+ clicks up which cause the drivers to lightly...

Here is my opinion on these. I wrote this all out but was ambivalent about posting even. I had to return them because the discomfort was too much but I feel I'm being pretty fair with my opinion on them here.* The Ananda Nano is my first planar headphone but I've owned HD650s, Beyerdynamic...

In my experience EQing is hit or miss. On some things, like my Sony WF XM4 earbuds, it makes a massive improvement, but on my Beyerdynamic DT 700 Pro X, Sennheiser HD650, Hifiman Ananda Nano and AKG 250 MKIIs it made the headphones much less musical sounding and I didn't like it. It's also a...

Ananda Nano works well with metal. Overly analytic headphones sound horrible with blast beats or something like high treble black metal but these do well with their detail, separation, dynamics and fast response. Some people say these have a mid bass emphasis over other planar headphones (these...

For anyone that has occlusion issues with these, there are a couple of tiny needle sized ports in the inner surface of the buds that can get filled with gunk and dead skin. They're sort of rectangular shaped. If you clean those ports (you'll need to use a needle), the issues with occlusion and...

Does anyone know if I'll get better audio from something other than this device when listening to hifiman Ananda Nanos on mobile? The nano is rated at 14omhs with 94bd sound pressure. I'm not sure if the ifi go link has enough power for them.

Happy to report my new Ananda Nano is much better balanced than the old one. I'm enjoying the sound of these. Especially coming off using a set of Beyerdynamic DT 700 X Pros. I've been out of the over ears headphone game for some time now but decided to treat myself with these to get a taste of...