[KB24]

I used to have the HD800s. I had them for two weeks and returned them. They had way too much treble and the hiss on ssss was too much for me. Will I find the treble on the Ananda's too much as well? Is the Ananda sibilant? I don't like using the EQ. Thanks in advance.

 

[msing539]

I don't have the Ananda but have had the Sundara and now have the Arya Stealth--I have heard that the Ananda can be sibilant.

 

[Tachyon88]

I used to have the HD800s. I had them for two weeks and returned them. They had way too much treble and the hiss on ssss was too much for me. Will I find the treble on the Ananda's too much as well? Is the Ananda sibilant? I don't like using the EQ. Thanks in advance.

Possibly, no one can say how these headphones will react to your physiology. I will say that for me the HD800s is sibilant only with speech in stock form, but EQ fixes that right up.

 

[KB24]

What about the Hifiman Edition XS? Are the highs more tolerable on those?