Edition XV

How much did you pay for the Organic? If $700 ish and you don’t have bunch of extra cash around I’d just stick with that one. TLDR: they are all pretty similar especially if you use eq or like to try different pads. Get whatever your budget allows without feeling like you spent too much This may not

Open backs are basically always going to roll off, modern planars just sometimes postpone it a bit longer, and more importantly slope downwards a bit more gently. They're generally just slightly easier to EQ to conformity with harman-style targets down to ~20hz. For example you could compare the ext

Those are the HIFIMAN Edition XV. Amazing headphones!

200-500hz for me sounds emphasized which is lightly corroborated by measurements, it seems. 2khz has that characteristic hifiman dip, and 6khz has some sort of peak, resonance maybe. Different units are showing more or less modal behavior (weird volume ripples) from 100-1000hz due to the massive dia

I’m a little puzzled why you wouldn’t even try something like the Edition XS if that fits your head properly and nothing else does. I have a large head and large ears, and HiFiMan’s egg-shaped cups are easily the most comfortable for me. I’ve seen the Edition XS for sale for under $200 USD recently,

My compliment to the Arya Stealth is the Focal Radiance. They are on the warmer side but doesn't lack in detail. They're a fun and engaging listen with great low end heft. If you could stretch out the budget a little and find one on the used market and you're in for a treat. The best budget option i

Makes sense. Got my headphones primed and ready (Hifiman Edition XV, huge soundstage)

I have multiple HiFiMan products, and the only one I've had to RMA was a DAC/amp that had a bad USB-C port. It was replaced pretty quickly. I have large ears, so their egg-shaped cups on their headphones tend to be very comfortable for me. The audio quality on their open back headphones tend to be e

They're very solid for gaming and excellent for music, which I'd also say about the Aune AR5000 (surprisingly probably my second most used headphones after the HE1000se). The Edition XV is probably good for everything in gaming except hardcore eSports type stuff, for which I'd probably go for someth

For me the Hifimans aren’t known for their bass but they do have a linear sub bass extension and resolving planars which means you can EQ in bass pretty much without distortion. My Arya Stealth with bass boosted really slams hard, has rumble and sub bass causing a great sound profile. Another one ou