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...

I recently purchased the Ananda Nanos and they had significant channel imbalance with the right side sounding noticeably louder. I've listened to them probably 20 hours so far. They sounded impressive but I noticed more detail on the right side and overall everything seemed to pull to the right...

Don't be a fanboy for this product. The card wasn't failing.

Like I said. When I put the card into the computer it says "please format to use". Im doing a data recovery scan to see if I can save myself hours and hours of work to restore everything but I don't have high hopes.

This thing just wiped out a 128 gb ultra sandisk sd card with over 2000 flac files (which I stupidly didn't back up since 2015). Be warned. I'm just hoping I can use a data recovery app to get them back. How it happened; A flac song I normally listen to froze the cayim every time I tried to...

Super slow sounds best to me

Low impedence with these se535 sounds best to me. I don't think the sound is muddy out the box. It's very detailed. Mids and mid bass sound really good with a ton of detail and fair amount of impact and swing. If I switch to mid gain or high gain the sound becomes more muddy and congested...

I use low gain. With my se535 low gain is fine. My review seems harsh but I actually think it's a really cool dap. The sound quality is "fun" because the mids are so forward and detailed. I miss the more expansive swing, impact and soundstage of my htc microstreamer compared to this but it's...

Just bought one after getting tired of problems using a dac with a mobile phone. I bought an lg g5 because of the B&O dac and that was a colossal failure. Typically I use a hrt microstreamer. Using either of these with a phone became a cumbersome and frustrating experience as the slightest bump...

I owned a Fiio cable. The plug doesn't work well on things like DACs. The way it's shaped makes it so it cuts out because the jack doesn't fit in all the way. I'd been using a Fiio cable for a bit and bought a new dac. The dac started cutting out when listening so I naturally blamed the DAC...

Most of the aftermarket cables I've seen are worse quality or total con jobs next to the stock cables. I like the stock cables except the metal bendable over-ears part. I think that is unnessesary. That part is also prone to cracking. I've had to replace my cable because of that (and had a small...