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I demoed these and I was not a big fan of the sound. I preferred Ananda Unveiled and Edition XV from Hifiman. Would love to hear the FT7 with some EQ next time.
Open back headphones are a great place to look of your trying to increase the soundstzge closer to that feel from three speakers. One of the best soundstages in headphones is the Sennheiser HD800S, but those are super expensive. For something more affordable I'd reccomend the Hifiman Ananda Nano or Stealth, you can take that open back sound even further with the "Unvieled" version which apparently increases the soundsage even more as well as ups the performance accross the range, for a more midrange option there's the Hifiman Arya Organic, as well as the Stealth, and Unveiled versions. There's tons of other options in the opening back scene but those are the ones I would personally reccomend having used them.
Its the tuning, theyre made to appeal to a wide variety of people, the sound is "fun", audiophile headphones can feel a bit clinical at times, but its all in what you listen to and what sort of source youre running it through. I have some nice earbuds too, but I love my Sennheiser HD800s and Hifiman Ananda. Those are pretty pricey sets, but I can also highly reccomend the Blue Mix-Fi headphones, they're very "fun" sounding like the Airpods but have a huge amount of detail and excellent bass response, they have a built-in amp and use plannar magnetic drivers, best set under $300 I've heard.
Super detail heavy, did give them a quick try. pretty cool though. are aryas similar? i think xv is probably better from hifiman lineup for me
I own the hd490 and I have the Ananda unveiled, I upgraded to the 490 from a 6xx and I can say they are an amazing pair of headphones. For me the comfort, both from the light weight and the light clamp as well as the pivot of the earcups for me are enough to daily drive them. I also wear glasses and find the pads sit perfectly on my head without irritating my ears. I seen a few complaints about the glasses clamp and ears rubbing, everyone's head is different but I don't experience anything of the sort. I usually forget I'm wearing headphones when I have them on. Also they have quite impressive bass versus the 6xx.
To me the Edition XS and Ananda Nano are absolute steals right now and for a little more money the Arya or Ananda Unveiled could be end game for a lot of people.
現在除了ROG體驗館之外,一般的耳機店家也沒看到會進來這型號耳機來販售,看來ASUS還是把它當遊戲周邊在銷售,我猜就算到了體驗館可能也一問三不知,還不知道試聽可能不會像耳機店更換器材試用,只會知道跟遊戲相關的,看到有人在三井3C買到好價錢,我跑了附近的根本幾家,根本都沒有進貨來賣,看來也只有到光華商場區才會有,不到現場看才會知道有沒有特價,本來想故意換換不是HIFIMAN的來玩玩看,想想我已經有\*HIFIMAN ANANDA Unveiled + Brise audio TOTORI升級線,\*可能我跟根本也不需要買來測試,有能說只是比EDXS低頻多了一點,EDXS已經玩爛了價錢更便宜,換條線就有低音了,那純粹不玩遊戲就是買ROG的信仰,可惜我以前買過ASUS的經驗,一台筆電一年壞三次主機板之後,基本上我都是略過,我舊的MAC我自己更換電池和SSD,可以撐十年,買新的MAC之後舊的還可以給女友繼續使用
Compared to the MV-1, I prefer the beyerdynamic sound for listening to bass-heavy tracks.I upgraded my HiFiMAN EDXS to a higher-end model after only one week.I like the performance of the HiFiMAN ANANDA Unveiled + Brise audio TOTOTRI; the sound is wide, with good extension, and it can handle a wider range of music genres. It has everything. I used the Audeze LCD-2 + Effect audio CODE 23; it had detail and character. After switching to the CODE 23, the sound separation became close to that of the LCD-X, but it had more of the classic Audeze series character. https://preview.redd.it/xmicj7w59rng1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b527f4a06f952c210720882d9acdcc0cda02454d
You should try the Ananda Unveiled since u love the nano, its incredible and is a nice upgrade from the nano in every way except bass punch (but bass detail and extension is even better and still has good punch just not as much punch/impact as nano) i went through the original ananda many years ago also the stealth, nano, and edition xs. The new Unveiled is amazing and punches way above its 550$ price point getting pretty close/similar to Hifiman Arya/He1k unveiled. Also i was worried about the whole unveiled concept like a lot of people but its not a issue and ive read that the ananda u veiled is far safer than the other unveiled's (the more expensive unveiled are more fragile and exposed) also I main the hd560s+pc38x for gaming, love them!
Lol same when I got my Anandas, I can hear and pinpoint locations of sounds way more easily compared to other headphones
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