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HIFIMAN Arya - Arya Stealth - Arya Organic :: Impressions Thread
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X1787X
100+ Head-Fier
Burn in is basically the same as normal listening, so are you saying the ananda gets worse over time just by playing music? That's scaryYeah I was a non believer too, until my Ananda went through burn in and actually sounded worse to my ears Luckily the Arya had the opposite effect. I have heard though that the V1 are said to have a more expansive soundstage though. Keep us posted!
Iggnasty
100+ Head-Fier
That’s a lot of links. Would you be so kind and tell us where to go or what your point is? It would save us a lot of time. Thanks in advanceDon't mind me. I'm just going to go ahead and put this right here...
https://www.head-fi.org/forums/sound-science.133/
Iggnasty
100+ Head-Fier
Based on this comment,I’m assuming you are a girl. it has been scientifically proven than women have better hearing than men.The heddphone won this competition, but is too big and clunky for girls.
Have they performed a blind test in that study?Based on this comment,I’m assuming you are a girl. it has been scientifically proven than women have better hearing than men.
Iggnasty
100+ Head-Fier
Can you hear any differences between class A , AB and or D?This is wrong, the arya don't need much power or class A amp's without EQ or incredible quiet source. Something around 0.2-0.3W is sufficient enough, for example, the Ifi HipDac can drive them to the owner hearing limit easily.
This can all be calculated, measurements of devices can be found in the internet for many interesting amps and i can even back this up, because i did blind tests with all of this with a switch box, multioutput to all devices at the same time with arya, 1000v2, susvara, heddphone, zmf auteur and verite as well audeze lcd-2.
Solid state Amps, if measured flat, otherwise most likely sound all exactly the same, as long as they can provide the needed power. Only tube hybrid's or tube sound different, which can be pick easy in blind test level matched, but not SS amps.
You can even drive the hifiman susvara off an xduoo XD-05 BAL and it sounds exactly the same like a questyle twelve master. But in this case, the mobile amp is operating at its limit, if you like to listen very very loud (past 90dbA), otherwise its save without EQ.
If you want to be absolutely safe, you could buy for example the ifi signature and used it for on the way or at home as desktop amp, anywhere you want and you got enough power for pretty much every headphone that dosn't require more power then the hifiman susvara.
LongBeforeShort
Head-Fier
Based on this comment,I’m assuming you are a girl. it has been scientifically proven than women have better hearing than men.
It was a straight no from my girlfriend, but i wanted to listen at least once, because i have heard many good things and i found them pretty good, but thats just my subjective 2 cents. They had more details to offer compared to the arya while being much more relaxed and not sibilant at all. The susvara was very impressive in that area as well.
I have no clue if women have better ears, but my girlfriend is pretty sure to have better taste then me
Can you hear any differences between class A , AB and or D?
I have compared for example RME ADI-2 DAC FS + HeadAmp GS-X Mini (Class A) againts ifi Hip Dac (probably Class D) or Sabaj D5 (i believe Class D) and there is no audible difference between these devices with fullsize headphones. I never tested IEM's, so not sure about hiss.
All of them including the ifi hip dac could drive ZMF Verite/Auteur, Heddphone, Hifiman arya/1000V2 or some audeze i know for example.
X1787X
100+ Head-Fier
I am not sure if women have better hearing, but in terms of eyesight they have some advantages yes
Spits out coffee lolSolid state Amps, if measured flat, otherwise most likely sound all exactly the same, as long as they can provide the needed power. Only tube hybrid's or tube sound different, which can be pick easy in blind test level matched, but not SS amps.
You can not bypass the dac section of the hipdac so what you are listening to is not just the amp so there is a clear distinction comparing the hipdac to say a 789.
LongBeforeShort
Head-Fier
Spits out coffee lol
A few people spit already coffee, so to speak, because of no audible difference.
You can not bypass the dac section of the hipdac so what you are listening to is not just the amp so there is a clear distinction comparing the hipdac to say a 789.
You don't have to, because it doesn't matter. You could compare and mix
- 3x same DAC + 3x different AMP
- 3x different DAC + 3x same AMP
- 3x different DAC + 3x different AMP
The result will be the same, no audible difference aside from hiss/noisefloor.
If you have an Amp that can produce 0.8-1.5W and output up to 6V and the DAC measure flat and got a somewhat okay SINAD, this device will be enough to drive pretty much any headphone on the market including the hifiman susvara, one example would be the ifi micro signature. It's Endgame for Transistor, there is nothing beyond this. Another example would be, hmm lets say Topping EX5.
And FX Audio DAC X6 or ifi iDSD, ifi hip dac and the like are able to drive most headphones as well with no audible difference to big desktop amps and dac's. And i can prove that live anytime at my place for anyone, who is interested to try it out. PM me, if you're from germany, or somewhere around visiting our country.
T 1000
1000+ Head-Fier
@LongBeforeShort
With the best of intentions
I think you get too involved in proving how you hear different amps.
People detect sound differently. If you continue to convince others, you will never get satisfaction.
I hope I wasn’t too rude
With the best of intentions
I think you get too involved in proving how you hear different amps.
People detect sound differently. If you continue to convince others, you will never get satisfaction.
I hope I wasn’t too rude
What we need to do T 1000, is repent of our misguided (evil?) ways, get the cheapest amp and DAC with somewhat okay SINAD and live happily ever after@LongBeforeShort
With the best of intentions
I think you get too involved in proving how you hear different amps.
People detect sound differently. If you continue to convince others, you will never get satisfaction.
I hope I wasn’t too rude
T 1000
1000+ Head-Fier
That's the way I like itWhat we need to do T 1000, is repent of our misguided (evil?) ways, get the cheapest amp and DAC with somewhat okay SINAD and live happily ever after
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I do agree that a lot of amps and dacs do sound the same but they are just the same amount IMO that do not. But to each there own I don't follow the zeos mentality
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