HiFiMAN Sundara Headphones

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Technicalities: Shiro Sagisu – Hundred years war (02:24-02:57), a lot wider soundstage on the Sundara and slightly deeper. I know most people consider them bright but when I remember our studio sessions and live performances I’ve been to, I think cymbals and high-hats should be snappy like Sundaras present them. The D8000's bass was very muddy in comparison, like listening to a mid range dynamic headphone at best. What goes on in this spectrum is, as we know, where the nitty-gritty, more essential part of instruments and vocals are.

It uses a suspension headband design which I prefer for minimizing the amount of weight on the top of your head. Awful midrange shout" you describe, I experience as natural tonality that gives nice presence and naturalness to acoustic music. The Sundara Kanda forms the heart of Valmiki's Ramayana and consists of a detailed, vivid account of Hanuman's adventures. Because equalizing best practices require you to drop the preamp gain settings a bit, ensuring you’ve got headroom to spare is important.

There is a possibility you've not read my work before or not come across me in your travels in the audio realm, either virtually or in the flesh. A bit better tonality on the R70X and timbre is better as well, but cleaner and more detailed on the Sundara. The most important thing you need to know is that sounds appear close to the front of the driver and therefore get to your ears pretty quickly. From my understanding of it, it’s not a question of if it gets to a point where AI can start writing really great convincing pop songs; it’s when that’s gonna happen. Timbre is very good and does remind me of dynamic drivers, although just a bit more unnatural than a well-tuned DD.

But this Sundara clearly tops them all, because unlike the others, it has no more serious tonal weaknesses! The headband's fixed design might not appeal to everyone, but you can adjust the tension of the soft, weight-dispersing leather-like strap that presses against the top of your head. After about half hour of listening he said there was no sub-bass and the there was something missing in the sound. There is the slightest hump in the midbass making them suitable for most of the genres from classical to EDM.

I am using PEQ (PK) as from my experience the definition is more consistent across different DSP/platform implementations than shelves. The only issue with the Cobalt is that it can be a little peaky up top, so it may exacerbate the Sundara’s inherent edginess for those who are very sensitive to that sort of thing. Technicalities: Shiro Sagisu – Hundred years war (02:24-02:57), soundstage is wider and a bit deeper on the R70X. The cable quality is like other HiFiMan headphones - it is a generic cable, not meant to be anything more than that. This product doesn’t block out any outside noise, requires a decent amount of power to work well, and isn’t wireless.