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Put the amp on top

Lol but they don't even have a mic? How am I supposed to plug them into my xbox? Dumb

I fookin' new there was a HE-1 in an $8 bin somewhere. I was hoping I'd find it first. Congrats OP. If you ever feel like selling it I'll not only double your money, I'll triple it. Thats an offer you can't refuse.

Yeah, I think I overreacted a little bit.

I actually tried the XS. It is a great headphone except for some very slight artificial "sheen" to the sound. And even though my head was big enough for the band (one click seemed to be the best position), it felt a little loose on my head when I leaned forward or when I moved side to side. So I returned it and got the Ananda, but they sent me the older version, so I returned that as well.

I am just going to wait a little for the dust to settle and probably order directly from HIFIMAN instead of Amazon.

Probably swap the cables for thick ones, the thicker the better.

does it make the soundsignature cooler? why does these things even get hot? my k5 pro ess only gets like hand warm or close to it

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Change the lights in the middle to RGB, it'll be better then when you're playing Fortnite or call of duty

And best of all, it's FOR DIGITAL!

I owned a V6 for many years. i still have a 7506 I'd like to press back into service after I replace the pads.

Sounds good to me! Would you recommend I make open alpha first or a full custom? I feel like open alpha would be better to start with.

Yep, that's about how this sub looks this week

For someone who’s supposed to have smart opinions you’ve just got boring facts.

Try removing the golden filters on the ear-cups, that will help with opening them up and removing the veil

It's popular for DAC/amps to be stacked on top of each other, but I'd suggest getting some little shelves. For my headphone system I am using instrument cases (usually used for scientific equipment) to give each item of equipment room to breathe.

Wait for Monday meme bro

"high end" dac amps don't exist it's just an illusion to sell you this mystical Idea to buy their product. You have to do your own logical research and ask yourself why you are buy a particular product.

It could be normal for an amp if it's class A, although likely not. For a dac, definitely absolutely not normal.

> You are reading far, far too much into these numbers.

Imagine for a second saying this about a car company, or something closer like the specs of an amplifier.

Whatever they are doing, their headphones sound great. They are also very consistent in hitting their target, indeed over multiple headphones never mind batches or supposed revisions of headphones.

I do think the Edition XS and Arya sound very very close to each other, the tonality is very similar.

OG Ananda is a bit lighter/rolled off in the bass. From VSG's measurements they may have fixed that with the stealth edition.

https://vsg.squig.link/?share=HIFIMAN_Ananda_(2022_Stealth_Magnets),HIFIMAN_Edition_XS,HIFIMAN_Arya_(2021_Stealth_Magnets)

Well worth it, pick based on price and fit. Edition XS is far and away the best value, I recommend that.

Other companies like Audeze, there is far far more batch to batch variation, even with no "revisions", stealth or otherwise.

One indication I think is how close Oratory's EQ work, they seem to just work exactly on my Hifiman. Have to modify quite a bit for LCD-X, I think mine is different to his one.

You just painted me a picture of a chaotic company. If they can't properly manage such extremely simple things, why should I not think their headphones aren't made with the same sloppiness? Just slap on there whatever drivers or pads come out of some big random bin.

I suddenly have this uneasy feeling that it is a very suspect company. With all those measurements of the Arya/Ananda/XS being so close, almost within the variation you see between left and right side drivers, I am suddenly envisioning all the drivers coming from the same bin and just getting slapped on whatever egg-shaped cup model is being assembled.

Right, so they miscopied, or possibly adjusted, one datapoint. The original is neither 25Ω nor 27Ω anyway, it was measured by both ASR and RAA at 33Ω.

You are reading far, far too much into these numbers. It's like divining tea leaves.

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I like the fiio k3 as well