[velemar1]

Ordered mine early August, still waiting. Hopefully not much longer!

 

[Magol79]

WaveTheory has posted a review on YT:

 

[velemar1]

Wavetheory didn't like the closed Sundara, but I wonder if he had a Lokius to EQ them then he might have liked them. To be fair, he has not heard the original Sundara and may only be comparing it to the Ananda, Arya, and Hekv2, which are in another league.

 

[Hyde00]

Wavetheory didn't like the closed Sundara, but I wonder if he had a Lokius to EQ them then he might have liked them. To be fair, he has not heard the original Sundara and may only be comparing it to the Ananda, Arya, and Hekv2, which are in another league.

I watched his review he says he doesn't like the mid forward and shouty vocal, he has Loki I think? But he did say mids and vocal is harder to EQ precisely.

On the contrary I love forward vocal, I'm been struggling to find a forward vocal closed back and this actually catches my attention now LOL.

Previously been looking for a closed back Grado basically but such headphone doesn't exist. So while this might not be the same but hopefully at least similar ish?

 

[velemar1]

I watched his review he says he doesn't like the mid forward and shouty vocal, he has Loki I think? But he did say mids and vocal is harder to EQ precisely.

On the contrary I love forward vocal, I'm been struggling to find a forward vocal closed back and this actually catches my attention now LOL.

Previously been looking for a closed back Grado basically but such headphone doesn't exist. So while this might not be the same but hopefully at least similar ish?

Yeah I definitely don't like my vocals to be recessed. I enjoy when the vocalist is directed right into my ears on a headphone, so I'm not sure if his negatives would bother me. I guess I'll find out soon enough when my pair ships out to me.

 

[Hyde00]

Yeah I definitely don't like my vocals to be recessed. I enjoy when the vocalist is directed right into my ears on a headphone, so I'm not sure if his negatives would bother me. I guess I'll find out soon enough when my pair ships out to me.

lol nice, looking forward to your impression!

But yes I realize I adjust volume based on vocal loudness, if I can't hear vocal I just keep turning louder and louder until my ear start to explode. So vocal forward headphone help me keep my hearing because then I don't need to crank it so loud lol.

 

[OCC7N]

 

[FullBright1]

WaveTheory has posted a review on YT:

HIfiman headphones, open backs, are always midrange recessed.
So, WT seems to think they have natural mids, but they don't. The Susvara approaches having some mids..
Therefore, if the Closed Sundara has midrange, then, that is something new for the Brand, if we are discussing the HE-1000, Edition Xv2, HEKv2, HEKSE, or Susvara.

Had he compared the Sudara to a midrange annoying gear like the LCD-5, then we could have gotten some context.
But when you compare the Midrange of the Sundara to the missing or laid back, or recessed Mids of 95% of Hifimans' gear, then the "midrange foward" critique, is moot.

 

[IXOYE]

Forward midrange and shouty vocals are not in my taste, so these are unfortunately not for me.

 

[kehadnb94]

Has someone measured them yet?

 

[ninaphexed]

My pair just shipped should have them Monday and can give some input compared to 6xx, LCD-X on a Modi 3 and Asgard 2.

 

[THRiLL KiLL]

When do these officially start shipping?

 

[ninaphexed]

When do these officially start shipping?

I ordered mine on 8/26 so I assume this is official shipping.

 

[THRiLL KiLL]

I ordered mine on 8/26 so I assume this is official shipping.

I pre-ordered, so just being impatient waiting for shipdate.

 

[jfunk]

I have done a second video and tried to compare them to a couple of other headphones and taken a look at the frequency plot for them. I am still not great at describing sound signatures but gave it a go any way