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Pros & Cons
Pros
Kicks, snares, toms and other percussion is where these really shine. For all my mid fi peeps out there, these are a steal at $229.
It isn't as low and punchy as i would have hoped, but i can't imagine keeping that clarity with more bass. As reported in many reviews, the sundara are both a bit brighter at the high end and go lower at the bass end with some sacrifice in the mids.
They are way better than the detractors say. Quite comfortable though bulkier than many. The softness just absorbs hair or glasses and keeps a solid seal.
M500 is a very good dac for it's price, but just good enough as a headphone amp. I highly recommend using a dac and amp combo if you really want to feel how these headphones immerse you into the music. Note, these need an amplifier / dac converter.
The beyer t90's at 250 ohms are like 3-4 db higher at the same volume level. The teslas in the beyers are amazing in that regard.
Cons
Very boxy-sounding, * sounding vocals and crazy bad tuning. Unless you already have a good amp…i’m not sure the value is there.
Highlights
Quality
This is the best overall headphones i have in terms of sound, bass, built quality, and fit.
The suspension band and side adjustments work great and feel long lasting.
I bought it for office use so i wouldn’t disturb my colleagues, but it is even louder than my hd650, returned
Blue mofi, this hifiman, razer (rumble) but is terrible bass sound, average: bowers & wilkins and the weak: akg701, sen sony.
Price
At this price, it's well worth it.
For the price these sound real good!
For all my mid fi peeps out there, these are a steal at $229.
Absolutely not but for under $300 it's a steal any day of the week.
Shipping
Amazon was great on the return, allowing me to order new ones before i even boxed the old ones up.
The return was great and i got the new ones in a few days.
My argons came back in april and were the closed back kings of my collection, battling for my auditory affection with my dt880s... Read More
Competitiveness
Circa 2022, i auditioned a lot of headphones and decided ananda stealth was the best i could afford for my first hp.
Hifiman mostly makes house sounding headphones with incremental improvements coinciding with significant increases in price- th... Read More
I purchased this headphone even though i have sennheiser hd 650 headphones.
I wanted to better understand all the talk about planar headphones especially the sundara headphones given their positive ratin... Read More
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
good, bass, closed, quality and great. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 318 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 4 2025.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
First these arent the absolute pinnacle of sound quality but they do deliver for the price 140 at time of purchase
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
As other reviewers have noted they have a strange frequency response
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
These are okay straight out of the box but not great
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The hifiman edition xs and he400se are both better sounding which is to be expected since they are open back planar magnetic
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Not sure why this product didnt get the love it deserves
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
For a 150 bucks these are a steal if you have the right equipment
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Macbook is more than enough to power them
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Im not really quite sure what some of the hate for this headphone is coming from
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