HiFiMAN Arya Full-size Over Ear Planar Magnetic Audiophile Adjustable Headphone

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The steel part is the headband arch and wide gimbal with the rest is a lightweight high-grade plastic construction. If you are someone who cares about audio quality "deeply," you'll want a pair of headphones like these. Both headphones provide similar comfort, Arya Organic has a bit more comfortable headband, while HD8XX has bigger ear cups so there is more air to let the ears “breathe”.

With the ability to change both, you can then often give these headphones a new life and therefore increase their usable longevity. If you felt the Ananda was too relaxed sounding the Arya ups the energy, improves the dynamic range, and makes everything just that little bit more exciting to listen to. Hifiman is an innovative manufacturer that consistently strives to become a leader in the audio market.

Additionally, the clamping force is just perfect, not too strong so I can keep the headphone for hours on my head without feeling any discomfort, but also not too firm so I can move my head and I don’t feel the headphone will fall during faster movement. The star of the show when it comes to the HIFIMAN Arya lineup is usually the midrange and the large panorama they can paint for the listener but the Arya Organic takes a different approach in this region. However, in exchange placement definition is improved twofold and the aura around each component within recordings seems smaller, sharply painted, and better contained allowing the listener to easily pinpoint those recording components.

The contents come inside their new style unbleached corrugated cardboard box and are labeled with a product laminate across the top. The Arya Stealth drivers also make use of Hifiman’s Advanced Asymmetrical Magnetic Circuit (double sided asymmetrical magnet circuit) to obtain the perfect balance between high driver efficiency and high sound quality. That’s a very impressive part, it’s very fast, detailed, and sparkly, but not as bright as the one known from the predecessors - Arya SE, or even brighter Arya OG, but still, it’s one of the most detailed headphones I’ve ever listened to. Working with this advanced material is extremely challenging yet the successful incorporation of this film as the Arya’s planar driver is the cornerstone of its remarkable sound. Packaging​HiFiMAN Arya Organic comes in the same box as most of their latest products - simple cardboard with subtle branding (I received a pre-production headphone with a box that featured no branding at all, but the final products will have a box with the branding known from e.

As mentioned earlier, the Arya’s design is based off that of the HE1000v2, with the same suspension-style headband system, and the unmistakable, HiFiMan elongated ovoid ear cup shape–albeit in all-black finish. This implementation can be responsible for the extra amount of oomph you get, acting similar to when you break the air seal between your cheeks and the pads with a HIFIMAN can. This is by no means the most luxurious pair you'll ever feel, but it might just be the most comfortable one, and this is what really matters. Still, I like to tweak it just a little bit via EQ, with the biggest alteration being that I like to cool down the upper midrange just a tiny bit.