[gordec]

Nice. Hopefully there is a good upgrade deal for us.

 

[ufospls2]

I hope that when Susvara V2, or whatever it is called, happens, it isn't $10,000USD...Having just bought the Susvara, I also hope there is an upgrade deal!

 

[gordec]

I hope that when Susvara V2, or whatever it is called, happens, it isn't $10,000USD...Having just bought the Susvara, I also hope there is an upgrade deal!

If it's $5, I'll upgrade for sure. I'll pay for shipping.

 

[lunarhjs]

I hope that when Susvara V2, or whatever it is called, happens, it isn't $10,000USD...Having just bought the Susvara, I also hope there is an upgrade deal!

We might catch Bian next year at a NY expo, and when Rhamnetin asks him why the Susvara 2 is 10k, he'll probably say because it sounds good. But hopefully there is an upgrade.

 

[Slim1970]

It's still surprising to me knowing that Bian is intimately aligned in R&D right now, working on the Bugatti Chiron of headphones for next year, the Susvara 2.

If a Susvara 2 is made there better be a way for current Susvara owners to upgrade. Even if there is a small fee involved it would be totally worth in my opinion. Hifiman can't afford to drop the ball like they did with the HEK V1 to V2 upgrade and alienate a lot it's current owners.

 

[lunarhjs]

If a Susvara 2 is made there better be a way for current Susvara owners to upgrade. Even if there is a small fee involved it would be totally worth in my opinion. Hifiman can't afford to drop the ball like they did with the HEK V1 to V2 upgrade and alienate a lot it's current owners.

That settles it then. Upgrade deal or the family riots!

 

[lunarhjs]

 

[Slim1970]

That settles it then. Upgrade deal or the family riots!

Lol, it did piss off a lot of customers and the Susvara's cost even more. I don't even want to imagine how the headphone community would react if Hifiman came out with a second version of the Susvara's so soon like they did with the HEK's. With that said, I think Hifiman got it right with the Susvara's. Hopefully we'll have a number of years to enjoy them without worry.

 

[llamaluv]

Wait, so is the specter of a 2019 Susvara sequel an openly acknowledged fact, or more on the level of a rumor?

 

[Rhamnetin]

We might catch Bian next year at a NY expo, and when Rhamnetin asks him why the Susvara 2 is 10k, he'll probably say because it sounds good. But hopefully there is an upgrade.

Haha, it'll probably sound 5% better at most and go for $7,000 - $8,000. I still haven't listened to the Susvara yet but I will soon... but how much better can a planar get than the Susvara, when trying to go for the sound signature they're going for? Might be a silly question to ask around here though.

 

[ufospls2]

Wait, so is the specter of a 2019 Susvara sequel an openly acknowledged fact, or more on the level of a rumor?

Its not even a rumour. We were just speculating.

 

[lunarhjs]

Wait, so is the specter of a 2019 Susvara sequel an openly acknowledged fact, or more on the level of a rumor?

I just believe it can come then since HE1000 sequels came every 2 years, as the SE did with the V2. But hopefully it doesn't, but I believe it will.

 

[Matez]

I'm not surprised about the Susvara outclassing the HE-6 in every way. The HE1000 kind of does that too, as do a lot of other newer high end headphones. The HE-6 is a real jack of all trades, master of none.

I can agree with this. HE-6 always sounded good to my ears yet never impressed me. Susvara blew me away though and fairly easily at that.

 

[lunarhjs]

I know someone that will be demoing the Niimbus and TT2 side by side in about 3 weeks.

 

[lunarhjs]

I Wilson Fisk'd a source at Hifiman, speaking in depth and although he claimed that there are 'no plans' for a Susvara V2 at the moment, although I think there can easily be plans for a Susvara V2 next year, he confirmed that if there is, that there will be an upgrade offer and he also said he can see absolutely no reason why there won't be an upgrade offer for those that wish for it. So looks like we're in the clear.