[fishda30]

Upssie, so sorry to hear that, back in the previous page i saw this thing ==> https://www.head-fi.org/threads/hifiman-ananda.879628/page-297#post-16824838 maybe this information can be useful to prevent something simillar happening

I hope that you can take care those carefully then, now i told myself if gonna buy a planar used or new, i will make sure it will come straight from authorized dealer and they can make sure can handle/fix this thing, in case something bad happened like that.

I've been lucky with my hifiman hps. This is my 4th from them since 2016. So far none of them have hit the dust.

 

[fishda30]

I do believe in burn in. After 100 hours the mids on the anandas are amazing. Pure and rich is how i'd describe it. Diana Krall's voice is simply stunning on the Ananda.

 

[kith86]

I've been lucky with my hifiman hps. This is my 4th from them since 2016. So far none of them have hit the dust.

Ok mate, if you confidence with your luck, i have nothing to add anymore, good luck and enjoy then, i probably also plan to add ananda to my collection in the future, i demoed at my local music shop they sound like a softdrink its not technically better than my current can i have now but sure its lovely and addicted to listen to especially its treble and mid presentation

 

[drewbadour]

Just a heads up. I reached out to Hifiman and they said if you order Ananda now on their website and email them with other number, they can send you the newer stealth model instead. Why they don't just put them on their website boggles my mind.

 

[MusicalDoc8]

Just a heads up. I reached out to Hifiman and they said if you order Ananda now on their website and tell email them with other number, they can send you the stealth model instead. Why they don't just put them on their website boggles my mind

Clearence sale of older model? Iit seems they are quite nice!

 

[fullbass]

if the stealth version is closer to the signature of EXS, then I definitely don’t need such Ananda
I didn't like EXS at all. too airy, lightweight sound

 

[trellus]

HiFIMAN now openly selling two SKUs of Ananda in their own store, presumably as with the Arya, they will sell both concurrently until the non-stealth run out, here's the link to the Ananda Stealth: https://store.hifiman.com/index.php/ananda-stealth-magnet-version.html

 

[Ivan4you]

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[kith86]

I Just bought Ananda, and i loved it, slim/calm down version of my ADX and still retain the brightness but not too much (which is less technical/analytical), but i really loved it for now, it to complement my fostex and my elear as well

Size comparison between 3 headphone attached.

 

[divineatma]

Hey guys, the right channel on my Ananda just died and is out of warranty. Since this is the original version I was told that repair would not be possible and I would get a discount on a new stealth version if I wanted one. So i thought of opening it up and trying to diagnose the issue. The wiring from the connector to the driver seems to be damaged as shown below. Any advice on how I should go about fixing this. Can do any required soldering.

 

[kith86]

Hey guys, the right channel on my Ananda just died and is out of warranty. Since this is the original version I was told that repair would not be possible and I would get a discount on a new stealth version if I wanted one. So i thought of opening it up and trying to diagnose the issue. The wiring from the connector to the driver seems to be damaged as shown below. Any advice on how I should go about fixing this. Can do any required soldering.

So sorry about your ananda, regular v2 version is better for me imo, goodluck then i wished i could help, however i will try to ask this to others modder i knew, if they have any suggestion about your problem, i will try to update here.

 

[divineatma]

So sorry about your ananda, regular v2 version is better for me imo, goodluck then i wished i could help, however i will try to ask this to others modder i knew, if they have any suggestion about your problem, i will try to update here.

Hey thank you for the help. You find the regular V2 better than the new Stealth version?

 

[kith86]

Hey thank you for the help. You find the regular V2 better than the new Stealth version?

Yes i do, but i might be minority here, the new version is more warmer and i didnot quite like it, i loved ananda v2 better as it is for now..

 

[HTSkywalker]

Hey guys, the right channel on my Ananda just died and is out of warranty. Since this is the original version I was told that repair would not be possible and I would get a discount on a new stealth version if I wanted one. So i thought of opening it up and trying to diagnose the issue. The wiring from the connector to the driver seems to be damaged as shown below. Any advice on how I should go about fixing this. Can do any required soldering.

No harm in re-soldering

 

[fullbass]

Can anyone show the differences between the v1, v2, stealth versions in pictures?