Nickapalooza86
100+ Head-Fier
You may be the only person who hasn't had enough clamp with the Ananda. It is a Hifiman so I would be very gentle in your bending, they are not exactly known for their high quality materials
Hifiman Ananda
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Be very very carefull! bending the Ananda, the clicking meganism get’s messed up very easily by too much pressure. I would say in in the Ananda they are rubbish.
(I had the Ananda Stealth, the clicking mechanism got messed up twice in a month, so went too Arya instead. With me it was carefully bending outwards, got sick of the pressure on my jaws)
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Tecno Monki
New Head-Fier
It's strange because my head isn't that small or I wouldn't be able to wear any motorcycle helmet. My cheekbones and jaw are similar width to my temples. I think one of the problems is that I don't have big puffy cheeks and there's no swivel on these to adjust.
DaOchin
100+ Head-Fier
Try a slight bend, as it's been said most of us go outward but it should be fine if you make small adjustments.
Nickapalooza86
100+ Head-Fier
Ugh I just got the regular stealth, I wonder if this will sound any better or just be silver, which looks way better... Wonder if I should replace.
You can try contact them for upgrade program, probably they will charge you for additional cost around 150-200 dollar ? You must contact them off course for sure regarding the cost.
I suggest you to try it because i read statement that someone can succesfully upgrade old to new version arya for about 300 usd in arya thread recently.
Hifiman has an upgrade program - you can reach out to Hifiman and ask about it. Alternatively, if you really JUST bought the regular Stealth, just return it and buy a new one
Nickapalooza86
100+ Head-Fier
How do I go about doing that?
bagwell359
Headphoneus Supremus
The secret for bending anything is not including the weak point (usually connections at the edges).
After the very nice headband of the HEX v2, the rubbish on the more recent XS, 6 SE v2, Ananda and more are just morbidly bad. What did they save $2.72 per? Furthering the HFM reputation of shoddyness outside of the driver costs more in the long run gentlemen, as do the marketing fibs of the HE-5SE, 5XX, etc.
After the very nice headband of the HEX v2, the rubbish on the more recent XS, 6 SE v2, Ananda and more are just morbidly bad. What did they save $2.72 per? Furthering the HFM reputation of shoddyness outside of the driver costs more in the long run gentlemen, as do the marketing fibs of the HE-5SE, 5XX, etc.
Tecno Monki
New Head-Fier
So I finally got around to trying EQ on these and fixing that dip around 2000Hz completely destroys the sound. It sounds like the inside of a small can or something.
So it's been a while since I made a post on this forum. Some family health issues happening these days. But I'm curious to know what the difference is (mainly in terms of sound) between the standard and stealth version of the Ananda. There is one of each for sale right now on CAM for around the same price.
bagwell359
Headphoneus Supremus
The Ananda (all of them but nano) got a similar profile to a number of other HFM cans which I have worked on the EQ quite a bit.
Do you have a parametric? If a fixed analog EQ with 3, 4, 6, even 31 settings stop, because you cannot get these adjustments. 6 or 8 parametric settings needed.
I find that if you are looking at a published EQ trying to match the Harman curve, I find that the suggested changes are a bit much at times, and lacking others.
ASR ---------------------- my suggested settings
+5 db 1850 Hz Q 2.5 --- +2.6 db 1850 Hz Q 2.5
+2 db 930 Hz Q 2.0 ---- +1.4 db 930 Hz Q 2.0 -- needed, or the 1850 Hz setting makes the can too mid forward, even at my suggested 2.6 db setting.
+3 db 40 Hz Q 1.0 ------ +2.8 db 44 Hz Q 1.0 low shelf
+1.5 db 90 Hz Q 1.0 ---- +1.4 70 Hz Q 1.0
+4.0 db 20 Hz Q 1.0 Low shelf --- ummm, no, unless u live in EDM land... you are increasing distortion higher up for a very negligible change.
-4.0 db 8.1k Q 3.0 ------- -3.0 db 8.3k Q 3.0
-6.0 db 12k Q 3.0 ------- -4.0 db 12k Q 6.0
--------------------------- -2.4 db 8.3k Q 7.5 CSD taming
--------------------------- -2.4 db 2.9k Q 6.0 CSD taming
Tecno Monki
New Head-Fier
I'll give these a try. I actually prefer not touching the treble on these since it doesn't really fatigue my ears somehow. I have the Stealth version by the way, I've heard that their frequency response smooths out some of the peaks and dips of the original. My RME ADI-2 allows for five bands of PEQ, what frequency would you recommend instead of the treble correction? I'll try the 1850, 930, 44, and 70 Hz corrections but I have space for one more that I might as well use if I can. I really like to listen to the bass guitar and impact of the deeper drums so maybe I can add more bass?
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bagwell359
Headphoneus Supremus
Please try for what you like, your tastes are your own. My thing isn't following directions and forgetting it. I try to get to the point where the music comes through with accuracy, but the headphone is still essentially itself, just a better version of itself.
If you like bass, try the ASR: 3 settings, but I still think 20 Hz is a silly place to raise output. One thing most seem to ignore is that the human ear hears 100 Hz much louder. If the artist wanted you to hear 25 Hz as loud, they could have added it in after all. But, your choice.
The two mids next. If you go to 2 bass settings try each in turn of my two suggested CSD settings on any cuts you hear as annoying or unnatural in the highs (if any), you won't lose music, but you might lose some edge.
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