HIFIMAN - Arya Organic

I have the Jotenhiem 2 and had the HD800S and Arya Organic, I believe for gaming the Stealth is better because of soundstage and more accurate measurement of directions proximity. I am currently on IEMs, hard to go back to Open backs headphones. Kiwi Ears Astral are really good IEM for gaming. Is literally endgame for most people and really good for music as-well. Currently using the Monarchs MK4, my end game. I also have the HD560S, HD6XX, HD490 Pros, Pros are technically better than Stealth and Organic, and much cheaper and very good for music, recommend velour pads instead of cloth. DM me for more detail if you want.

Just finished mixing/mastering a film with the LCD X and Focal Clears. I did notice that there were some things that both headphones weren’t the best at for translating into a theatre space. I did another film project mix using a pair of hifiman organics and loved those waaaay better! They reminded me way more of speakers. Personally I would like at the organics - they are cheaper my friend l. Currently trying out the he1000se and will look into the Diana MR which are much more expensive. That being said I would have been happy to stick with the organics.

Same here, I've only ever owned Hifiman headphones like the arya organics and Edition XS so I want to dip my toes into some nice closed backs with some great bass as a mix up.

You might be able to find Hifiman Arya Organic or Meze 109 Pro for 700€. Both are very good choises if you want something that is "musical". Sennheiser HD660S2 isn't a bad choise either.

I have the Arya organic and use them for both gaming and music. Great for both.

Hifiman Arya Organic + Topping DX3 Pro+ or Topping DX5 II if you want something with a screen and more power. make sure to turn down the highs and turn up the bass with an eq. Ez pz, just a low shelf at 100 and a high shelf at 10k-15khz depending on your tastes. After that just enjoy. I'm using something extremely similar to the Organic, the HE1000 V2 Stealth with a Topping DX5 II, it's my endgame. With a 7 db bass boost it makes my head numb and it has enough details/separation to make me go sometimes "zamn", but with my own eq it's just a very "good" set. I dont look for a "wow" factor, I just want great quality reproduction if that makes sense. If you want a wow factor, you certainly can do that with eq, these headphones take EQ really well. My recommendations : Hifiman Arya Stealth + Topping DX3 Pro+ (minimum) Hifiman Arya Organic + Topping DX5 II (Maximum) Depending on where you live and the local pricing, things may be in or out of budget but if possible, the last stack is literally endgame. I can't stress how nice it feels to have endless amounts of power on tap. I've listened to headphones costing 4000 USD (LCD-5) and they're not significantly better. Better, yes, but not what the price would suggest at all. The Arya Organic is literal endgame. If money is tight right now, get the Organic and a little TRN Black Pearl with balanced cables and then upgrade to the Topping DX5 II later on. After that just call it quits. Other headphones do some things better but not all of them. Whereas the Susvara will be a genuine upgrade in all aspects by 5-25% but it costs 5-10x more. Diminishing returns.

Sennheiser HE-1 ig? But if you just want something that sounds exceptionally good then get the Arya Unveiled and call it a day. You're already heavily in the diminishing returns category by that point. If you want something cheaper, go for the Arya Organic, even cheaper would be the Arya Stealth and if you want something even cheaper then the Edition XV is a solid option or you could go for the legendary HD600 around that price. The HD800s are well liked and stuff but reviewers i trust all say the Arya Unveiled is better for 90% of technicalities. I personally am gonna go for the Arya Organic in a few months.

600 dollars is a good budget for headphones, but you'd sadly need a source as well. At the very least 40 more bucks for a TRN Black Pearl. And a few more dollars for a balanced cable. Arya Stealth is available for 600 dollars, if you can stretch the budget to 700 dollars with the TRN Black Pearl and balanced cables then you're good to go. You'd need loads of eq to make it sound nice so a powerful amp is a must. Use Oratory's eq or a harman tuned preset first and then tweak if needed. OR, if you think that's too much/too annoying. Then there's the Edition XV, it has good imaging but its soundstage is small but its tuning is amazing. Get Topping DX3 Pro+, power the XV using that and there's honestly nothing out there that'll sound far superior STOCK. You'll need to eq the rest. The logical upgrade from here would be the Hifiman Arya Organic and you can call your headphone game quits. Genuine endgame. Anyways, if you just want something for positional audio, you can use a pair of iems like the Moondrop DUSK or Kiwi Astral with a TRN Black Pearl, excellent imaging and you dont need better for gaming. If you want something comfier the Tanchjim Fission is there. And for headphones, you can use an Audeze Maxwell and be happy with the positional cues.

I have the HIFIMAN Arya Organic paired with a Fiio K7 BT and have absolutely loved them. They’ve come down a lot in price recently too. The sound stage is huge and bass is very impressive, fast and hard hitting especially for an open back. Highly recommend.

I think you would be very happy with a arya organic and a fiio k7. They are warmer than other hifimans, but still a bit on the bright side. They do have bass. Comfort is top notch. Build quality is fine aswell. They sound absolutely phenomenal out of the box and take eq very well.

hopefully you do and don't go down the same path I have, for finding a system you wish not to upgrade, and then not spend $5,000 on it. my first serious headphone was the dt 990 pro. sounded great coming from a $40 logitech. turns out it was incredibly bright, lacked bass, and a sibilance mid range, all of which I now despise. I've heard the new 900 pro x tamed the high end, hopefully they've done the same for the other two regions. A decade later, I've upgraded multiple times and I'm currently using a $4700 headphone setup. Geshelli Labs Jnog 3 Dac with Sparkos ss2590 on all outputs, into the hifiman goldenwave prelude amp, into the hifiman arya organic headphones. I am at the point where no headphone competes with this setup. I've had the Susvara, Meze Empyrean 2, Mod house tungsten dual sided driver. None of these competes to my ears. Though, this is all purely subjective, please do not copy my system and ask why you don't like it. I've curated this system over a decade of trying to find the right products for my listening conditions and tastes.

Honestly for those genres, Organic is a really good candidate, id consider Audeze LCD-X as well, but they are more heavy and clamp harder if thats a potential issue