I always had a sweet spot for the Sundara musicality, the best Hifiman planar in term of high sound value in my opinion. Another problem (mostly with the Edition XS) is the metallic treble making certain noises unlistenable and annoying as f**k. whatever reasonable criteria you have, these headphones are designed and built meet your needs and where possible, exceed them. The Stealth structure ensures this to happen to a minimum for more precision, clarity and imaging precision.

So all my thoughts of the headphone still apply: It's the least fucked timbre-wise out of all the Hifiman's. Refractions, reflections to a minimum, in favor of more openness, transparency, clarity and thus allowing bigger images to be rendered within a much bigger space than any previous installment or actually throughout the industry’s competitors.

I never mix violin with cello with the HE1000s, Anja Lechner cello has a vast, dense, rich and transparent presentation perfectly layered from other instrument, and this can deliver the vibrant abrasive grunt with long airy release when asked for too.

It's more colored and less neutral and technical than Audivina but unless you want to monitor your music, I don't think anybody will say Audivina is superior in tonality cohesion and musicality presentation. cable with XLR adapter and it was sounding brighter, leaner, it really trick my mind for an instance and suddenly was more similar to Arya. Hifiman recently launched a number of new products, and before ze get to those, this is the last review from the “old” Hifiman product badge.

Are you saying, from your experience, that the notorious HE1000 v2 has better treble response/smoothness than the Arya Organic, while still having the bass impact, sound stage, and tone/timbre of the Organic (just a bit better)? I believe it but as I have a HE1000 Stealth Edition incoming (just a loaner, no, I'm not Netflixing these) I will check this out for myself to see how the latest model fares against mine. Then we have the real leather headband with a brushed metal holder with an angular shape i'm not the biggest fan in term of aesthetic but it's responsible for clamping force which is light and I hope it will not loosen more since we can't headbang or move our head down too fast with HE1000 Stealth, their a risk the headphones fall.

This not only offers better comfort but also an improved seal of the cushions around the ears and on the head for better bass. The rich, inviting, laid-back romantic nature of the V2 that transports you with every listening session deep into the night for the detriment of your sleep vs the ever so attentive barrage of attacks, the technical superiority throughout all the frequency range, the bass punch and power the and jumpy dynamics of the HE-1000 Stealth.As far as Hifiman goes, The HE1000 Stealth is probably the best timbre I've heard out of any of them. Then we have the piece of thick wood, it's very eye appealing and pleasant to touch when we position the cups.