I'm not a good photographer so I won't be filling this with many pictures. Let's get comfort and build quickly behind us because they are pretty quick to assess: build: No creakiness at all, solidly build, you clearly notice it's from the 5XX range, yet more elegant than all the other family members. Comfort: at first I thought it has the clamp of death when I pulled both cups away to fit it on my head but that notion disappeared very quickly. I didn't notice this headphone in the many hours I had with it and it reminded me of the PC360. Gear...

Alright, this is @Empyah 's headphone which he forced onto I mean which he lend me. I was aware of this headphone but never really reached out to listening to a unit and there weren’t any available around people I know, except him, so I took the bait. Tidal through DX160 -> SPDIF -> Bifrost 2 -> Cavalli Liquid Crimson, Niimbus US4+, Dual F6 Mono Monster Overall Ether 2 really has a great default tuning. Really well balanced across the whole FR with great extension to both sides. I would say it’s a relatively neutral headphone with a warmer or...

I upgraded from the Ananda to the Arya and didn't expect it to be this much better. See my Ananda review about its qualities and shortcomings. Anyway, here are my impressions and comparison to the reference point: the Ananda, a bit of the HE-6 and HD 800 thrown in, but not a lot to keep this short and readable. 1) A few things we gotta let go (again): even the Arya doesn't do hard "tactile" transients and slam like the HE-6 (I own the OG version, blu tacked, reshelled etc.). However not even the Susvara does (it's very close while doing everything...

This review is a bit older (a few months) and at that time I owned the Gungnir Multibit B. The Edition X V2 was a friendly loaner. The Hifiman Ananda is Hifiman’s entry model into their high end lineup sporting the NEO supernano diaphragm which supposedly is 80% thinner than the previous generation. Those who know and adore the very first generation might shudder in fear now as the thinner diaphragms which came by over time and replaced the old world also meant less tactility, physicality in transients and impact/slam. The first of the new...