[Relaxasaurus]

Can anyone recommend a HP that supplements the Arya well? I feel the soundstage and openess are unmatched but there are times I want a more "fuller-bodied" sound, if that makes any sense. Here are some that I've been looking at:

• Sony Z1R
• Focal Utopia
• Meze Empyrean
• Audeze LCD-X / 4z
• ZMF Auteur
• HD-820

Anyone have suggestions here?

 

[Focux]

Can anyone recommend a HP that supplements the Arya well? I feel the soundstage and openess are unmatched but there are times I want a more "fuller-bodied" sound, if that makes any sense. Here are some that I've been looking at:

• Sony Z1R
• Focal Utopia
• Audeze LCD-X / 4z
• ZMF Auteur
• HD-820

Anyone have suggestions here?

prob Z1R..

 

[UsoppNoKami]

Can anyone recommend a HP that supplements the Arya well? I feel the soundstage and openess are unmatched but there are times I want a more "fuller-bodied" sound, if that makes any sense. Here are some that I've been looking at:

• Sony Z1R
• Focal Utopia
• Meze Empyrean
• Audeze LCD-X / 4z
• ZMF Auteur
• HD-820

Anyone have suggestions here?

I gave my Arya to my brother as i bought the HEKSE, but i'm well familiar with it so I thought I would leave my 1 cent -

For times when I feel like a warmer tilt, i swap out to the ZMF Verite Ltd or LCD2C.

 

[Slim1970]

Can anyone recommend a HP that supplements the Arya well? I feel the soundstage and openess are unmatched but there are times I want a more "fuller-bodied" sound, if that makes any sense. Here are some that I've been looking at:

• Sony Z1R
• Focal Utopia
• Meze Empyrean
• Audeze LCD-X / 4z
• ZMF Auteur
• HD-820

Anyone have suggestions here?

I have the Susvara's, Z1R's, Utopia's, and Auteur's. I find both the Z1R's and Auteur's to be full bodied and warmer than my Susvara's. The Z1R's have a nice open sound to them for a closed headphone. The Auteur's are just a musical headphone. The Utopia's are just different animals. I don't think they lack in anything except sound space. The Danacable Lazuli Reference cable helps quite a bit with this while serving up a dynamic musical experience.

I owned the Audeze LCD-X's at one point but got rid of them. The bass and mids on the LCD-X are fantastic but the upper mid to lower treble transition sounded sucked. You could easily hear what's missing in the frequency range when going from Hifiman headphones to Audeze headphones. I have the HD-820's on the way and I would like to hear the Empyrean's someday.

 

[Relaxasaurus]

Great info, thanks all. Kinda glad no one said the Empyrean, well my bank account is very glad

 

[Relaxasaurus]

I have the Susvara's, Z1R's, Utopia's, and Auteur's. I find both the Z1R's and Auteur's to be full bodied and warmer than my Susvara's. The Z1R's have a nice open sound to them for a closed headphone. The Auteur's are just a musical headphone. The Utopia's are just different animals. I don't think they lack in anything except sound space. The Danacable Lazuli Reference cable helps quite a bit with this while serving up a dynamic musical experience.

Speaking of which, which of your cans gets the most use time? For both general purpose and also classical?

 

[mixman]

Can anyone recommend a HP that supplements the Arya well? I feel the soundstage and openess are unmatched but there are times I want a more "fuller-bodied" sound, if that makes any sense. Here are some that I've been looking at:

• Sony Z1R
• Focal Utopia
• Meze Empyrean
• Audeze LCD-X / 4z
• ZMF Auteur
• HD-820

Anyone have suggestions here?

Audeze would be great alternatives in that they have the impact and bass that the Hifiman do not have. I have the X and they make a great contrast to that of the Arya. For me, the X is the best Audeze in the lineup until you get to either a 4 or 4Z. The Focal will be tough to listen to as far as soundstage after listening to the Arya. Try the Meze you may actually prefer their sound to the Arya. The HD820 is too close to the Hifiman sound.

 

[Slim1970]

Speaking of which, which of your cans gets the most use time? For both general purpose and also classical?

The Susvara's with my DHC Prion 4 cable is an experience. They sound good with every genre of music. With classical they pull you into the music. The only other headphone the excels at classical the way the Susvara's do is the HD800/HD800S. Lately I've been giving the Auteurs a go. They are another good all around headphone.

 

[GU1DO]

I gave my Arya to my brother as i bought the HEKSE, but i'm well familiar with it so I thought I would leave my 1 cent -

For times when I feel like a warmer tilt, i swap out to the ZMF Verite Ltd or LCD2C.

I am looking at the Arya to complement my SE ,
can you give some thoughts how the Arya compared to the HE1000SE if you dont mind ,
and why you chose the Arya over the SE.
Thanks.

 

[UsoppNoKami]

I am looking at the Arya to complement my SE ,
can you give some thoughts how the Arya compared to the HE1000SE if you dont mind ,
and why you chose the Arya over the SE.
Thanks.

Err... I gave away my Arya to my brother when I bought the SE. SE is better in every aspect, complement would be Verite , LCD--4 etc

 

[nunovpc]

How do they compare with HE1000se?

 

[Serge Bernamej]

Yes

Will do a more detailed article in the future, need more time



Yes

Will do a more detailed article in the future, need more time



I'm also looking forward to Ananda BT!



Yep, I will be doing that as well in the near future, currently waiting on ZMG Auteur to get to me.


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BTW, everyone, I did a little mistake, I mainly heard Arya and Jade II, I did hear Ananda as well, but for a short time

I mistyped because I was pretty tired

On a more happy note, I have Arya here with me and will be working on more impressions, please kindly wait~

So far, I can only say this, I had Arya in today's podcast with @dusty.ro who bought the Empyrean, and he actually liked Arya even more than Empy!

And he owns the Empy, with his own money, and he doesn't own Arya, it was just my unit, which we used for comparisons, we're both music enthusiasts. Think about that

By the way thanks for your input George !

 

[dan3952]

Can anyone recommend a HP that supplements the Arya well? I feel the soundstage and openess are unmatched but there are times I want a more "fuller-bodied" sound, if that makes any sense. Here are some that I've been looking at:

• Sony Z1R
• Focal Utopia
• Meze Empyrean
• Audeze LCD-X / 4z
• ZMF Auteur
• HD-820

Anyone have suggestions here?

What part of the frequency range do you feel is lacking with the Aryas, is it some other problem?

 

[Ithilstone]

Can anyone recommend a HP that supplements the Arya well? I feel the soundstage and openess are unmatched but there are times I want a more "fuller-bodied" sound, if that makes any sense. Here are some that I've been looking at:

• Sony Z1R
• Focal Utopia
• Meze Empyrean
• Audeze LCD-X / 4z
• ZMF Auteur
• HD-820

Anyone have suggestions here?

I my vote would go to ZMF As I think is tonalny really far away from Arya

I am looking at the Arya to complement my SE ,
can you give some thoughts how the Arya compared to the HE1000SE if you dont mind ,
and why you chose the Arya over the SE.
Thanks.

Arya would not complement SE in any way except lower weight. it is too similar just a younger sister I would say - SE is better in every aspect

 

[franz12]

I my vote would go to ZMF As I think is tonalny really far away from Arya



Arya would not complement SE in any way except lower weight. it is too similar just a younger sister I would say - SE is better in every aspect

I wouldn't choose one that is really far away from the other.
The thing is that you will feel one sounds weird fairly soon, and find out going back and forth between two completely different worlds is difficult.
At least, that happened to me.

I would choose something reasonably different, not too far away.